St Magnus the Martyr Church

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. 1504. And this yeare was a great fier at the ende of London Bridge next to St. Magnus [Map].

Wriothesley's Chronicle 15 Feb 1554. 15 Feb 1554. The 15 of February were hanged of the rebells iii against St Magnus Churche [Map], iii at Billingsgate, iii at Ledenhall [Map], one at Moregate, one at Creplegate, one at Aldrigegate, two at Paules, iii in Holborne, iii at Tower hill [Map], ii at Tyburne [Map], and at 4 places in Sowthwerke [Map] 14. And divers others were executed at Kingston [Map] and other places.

Allso this daye about ix of the clock in the foorenoone was seene in London in the middest of the Element a raynebowe lyke fyre, the endes upward, and two sunnes, by the space of an hower and an halfe.

In May 1556 Judge Richard Morgan died. He was buried at St Magnus the Martyr Church [Map] on 02 Jun 1553.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 02 Jun 1556. The ij day of June was bered at sant Magnus [Map] at London bryge ser Recherd Morgayn knyght, a juge and on of the preve consell unto the nobull quen Mare, with a harold of armes bayryng ys cott armur, and with a standard and a penon of armes and elmett, sword, and targatt; and iiij dosen of skochyons, and ij whytt branchys and xij torchys and iiij gret tapurs, and xxiiij pore men in mantyll ffrysse gownes, and mony in blake; and master chansseler (age 55) of London dyd pryche.

Note. P. 106. Funeral of sir Richard Morgan, chief justice of the common pleas. The following anecdote is recorded with regard to the death of this person, after describing the execution of lady Jane Grey: "Judge Morgan, that gave the sentence against hir, shortly after fell mad, and in hys raving cryed continuallye to have the ladie Jane taken away from him, and so ended his life." Holinshed, first edit. 1577, p. 1733; and Foxe, vol. iii. p. 37.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 12 May 1557. Item, the xij day was bered master Tadeley haburdassher at sant Mangnus parryche [Map], with ij whytt branchys and xij stayff torchys, and iiij grett tapurs, and xvj pore men bare them, and they had xvj blake cassokes and nuw capes, and xvj payre of blake stokes; and he was one of the masturs of the hospetall; with a dosen of skcohyons and d.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 12 Oct 1558. The xij day of October was bered at [saint] Mangnus [Map] a prest, the wyche ded at sant M[ichael's in] Cornhyll, and gayff unto the poure men of the Salters .... ther lyffwyng [living], and gayff to the Salters alle.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 20 Nov 1558. The xx day of November ded the bysshope of Rochestur (age 51) and parsun of sant Mangnus on London bryge [Map].

On 20 Nov 1558 Bishop Maurice Griffith (age 51) died. He was buried at St Magnus the Martyr Church [Map]. His executors were William Petre (age 53), William Garrard (age 51) and Simon Lowe aka Fyfield.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 30 Nov 1558. The xxx day of November, was sant Andrewes day, the bysshope of Rochestur (deceased) was cared from the plasse in Sowthwarke unto sant Mangnus [Map] in London; for he was parsun ther; and he had a herse of wax, and a v dosen pensels, and the qwyre hangyd with blake and armes; and he had ij whyt branchys and ij dosen torchys; and he had ij haroldes of armes, ser Wylliam Peter (age 53) cheyff morner, and ser Wylliam Garrett (age 51), master Low, master Catter, and dyvers odur, and mony morners; and xij pore men had blake gownes, and xij of ys men bare torchys; and after my lord of Wynchester dyd pryche; and after he was bered they whent to ys plasse to dener, for ther was a grett dener, and he had a gret baner of armes and iiij baners of santes and viij dosen of skochyons.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 16 Sep 1559. The xvj day of September was (the) rod and Mare and John and sant Mangnus [Map] bornyd [burned] at the corner of Fystreet, and other thynges.

On 27 Sep 1571 William Garrard (age 64) died. He was buried at St Magnus the Martyr Church [Map].

Pepy's Diary. 02 Sep 1666. By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down to-night by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish-street [Map], by London Bridge [Map]. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower [Map], and there got up upon one of the high places, Sir J. Robinson's (age 51) little son going up with me; and there I did see the houses at that end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on this and the other side the end of the bridge; which, among other people, did trouble me for poor little Michell and our Sarah on the bridge. So down, with my heart full of trouble, to the Lieutenant of the Tower (age 51), who tells me that it begun this morning in the King's baker's' house in Pudding-lane, and that it hath burned St. Magnus's Church [Map] and most part of Fish-street [Map] already.