Sources and abbreviations

The following are among the sources and authorities which have been consulted, the abbreviations being those made use of throughout the work:-

A.S. Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, by Bosworth & Toller.

Agas. Map of London, c. 1570 by R. Agas. Reproduced by Vertue for the Society of Antiquaries. Another reproduction in the Guildhall.

Anc. Deeds. Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds preserved in the Public Records Office. Vols. I to VI. (The deeds are arranged in classes lettered A, B, C, D and numbered.)

Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. 2 vols. ed. Thorpe.

Ang. Sax. Chr. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, ed. Plummer and Earle. 2 vols. Clarendon Press, and ed. Thorpe. 2 vols.

Ann. Lond., Ann. Paul. Annales Londoniensis and Annales Paulini, Chronicles of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. (Rolls Series)

Ann. Mon. Annales Monastici. (Rolls Series)

Arch. Archæologia, being the publications of the Society of Antiquaries. (In progress.)

Bailey. History of the Tower of London.

Beavan. Aldermen of the City of London, by the Rev. A.B. Beavan. 2 vols.

B.M. British Museum MSS. and Charters. Harleian, Cottonian, Lansdowne, Additional Collections, etc.

Boyle, 1799. List of Streets, etc.

Cal. Charter R. Calendars of the Charter Rolls, prepared under the superintendences of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (Cited by the sovereign and the number of the volume.) Rolls Series.

Cal. Cl. R. Calendars of the Close Rolls, as above. (Cited by the sovereign and the dates contained in the colume.)

Cal. Doc. France. Calendar of Documents in France, ed. J.H. Round. 2 vols.

Cal. P.R. Calendar of the Patent Rolls, as above.

Cal. Inq. p.m. Calendars Inquisitions post mortem, as above, and of Record Commission. 4 vols., folio.

Cal. F. of Fines. Lond and Midd. Calendar of the Feet of Fines for London and Middlesex. 2 vols, ed. Hardy.

Cal. L. Bk. Calendars of the Letter Books of the City of London, ed. by Dr. R.R. Sharpe for the Corporation of the City of London. (Numbered A-L.)

Cal. Hust. Wills. Calendar of Wills in the Court of Husting, London, ed. Dr. R.R. Sharpe. 2 vols.

Chron. Lond.,1189-1483. Chronicles of London. Ed. 1827.

Chron. Lond. Chronicles of London, ed. C.L. Kingsford.

Cart. Ang. Sax. Cartularium Anglo-Saxonicum, ed. Birch. 3 vols and Index.

Cod. Dipl. Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, ed. J.N. Kemble.

Chronicles of England. , by William Malmsbury, Matthew Paris, Florence of Worcester, Grafton, Fabyan, Holinshed, etc. (Various editions.) Referred to by Chronicler's name.

Collingwood. Map in Directory of London, 1907.

Dipl. Ang. Sax. Diplomatarium Anglo-Saxonicum, ed. Thorpe.

D. and C. St Paul's MSS. Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Manuscripts in St Paul's Cathedral Library.

D. and C. Westminster MSS. Dean and Chapter of Westminster Manuscripts in Westminster Abbey.

Elmes, 1831. Elmes' Topographical Directory, 1831.

English Historical Review. (Several columes.)

Gent. Mag. Lib. Gentleman's Magazine Library, ed. Sir L. Gomme. London. Vols. XV, XVI, XVII.

Gregory's Chronicle of London. (Camden Society.)

Greenwood, 1827. Greenwood's Map of London 1827-9.

Halliwell. Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words.

Hatton, 1708. Hatton's New View of London, 1708. 2 vols.

H. MSS Com. Historical Manuscripts Commission. Reports and Appendices. (In progress.) Cited by the number of the Report.

Horwood, 1799. Horwood's Map of London, 1794-99.

Home Counties Magazine. Vols I to XIV.

Inq. p.m. Inquisitions post mortem in the Record Office. Original MSS.

I.T.R. Inner Temple Records.

L.C.C. List, 1901-12. List of Streets in the Administrative County of London, compiled by the London County Council, 1901-12.

L. and P. H. VIII., etc. Calendars of the Letters and Papers of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth, James I, Charles I, Commonwealth, Charles II, William III and Mary. Domestic Series in the Pubic Record Office. (Cited by the sovereign and volume.)

Lib. de Antiq. Leg. Liber de Antiquis Legibus. (Camden Society.)

Lib. Albus, Lib. Cust. Liber Albus, Liber Custumarum Londoniensis, ed. H.T. Riley. 4 vols.

Lockie, 1810, 1816. Lockie's Topography. Editions 1810 and 1816.

Leake, 1666. Hollar's Survey of London, ed. by Leake, 1666. (London Topographical Society.)

Lond. I. p.m. Inquisitions post mortem relating to the City of London. 3 vols. (British record Society) and published in the transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society.

Lond. Guide, 1758. A Complete Guide to London. 7th edition. Rivington, etc. 1758.

M. and H. N. and Q. Middlesex and Hertfordshire Notes and Queries.

Mem. Riley. Memorials of London - London Life, ed. H.T. Riley. (A translation of documents from the City Letter Books, A-L, mentioned above.)

Maitland. History and Survey of London, by W. Maitland. 2 vols. 1775.

Miller. History of a City Church - St Dunstan in the East.

Mon. Angl. Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. Ellis, etc. 8 vols.

N.E.D. New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, ed. Sir John Murray.

N. and Q. Notes and Queries. (In progress.)

Newcourt. Newcourt's Repertorium. 2 vols.

O. and M., 1677. Olgilby and Morgan's Map of London 1677.

O.E. Old English

O.S. Ordnance Survey maps. Eds. 1848-1851, 1875, 1880, 1894.

P.C., 1732. New Remarks of London. Collected by the Company of Parish Clerks, 1732.

P.O. Directory. London Post Office Directory.

Povah. Annals of St Olave Hart Street and All Hallows Staining.

Records of a City Church (St Mary at Hill), Early English Text Society Series.

Reg. Roff. Registers of Rochester Monsatery. Rolls Series.

Rot. Hund. Rotuli Hundredorum, being the Hundred Rolls for the reigns of Edward I and II. Record Commission. 2 folio vols.

Rot. Parl. Rotuli Parliamentorum, Rolls of Parliament. 6 vols.

Rymer's Fædera. 10 vols.

Ryther . Map of London 1604.

Remembrancia. Index to the Remembrancia preserved amongst the archives of the City of London.

Rocque, 1746. Rocque's Maps of London, 1746 and 1763.

S., p. - . Survey of London by John Stow. Eds. 1598, 1603, 1618, 1633. The edition made use of is the 1603 unless otherwise stated.

Staples. History of St Botolph, Aldersgate.

Strype, eds. 1720, 1755. Survey of London by Johyn Sotw, ed. by Strype, 1720 and 1755. 2 vols.

Stow, Kingsford. Survey of London by John Sotw, ed. by Kingsford, 1908. 2vols.

Stow, W. Remarks on London, etc., 1722.

Skeat. Etymological Dictionary and other works.

Skeat and Mayhew. Dictionary of Middle English.

Tallis. Streets of London.

Tanner's Notitia Monastica.

Trans. L. and M. Arch. Soc. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society. (In progress.)

Trans. St. Paul's Ecc. Soc. Transactions of the St Paul's Ecclesiological Society. 5 vols.

Victoria County History of London. Vol I. (Contains a most valuable description of the Roman remains found in the City.)

Wheatley. London Past and Present, by H.B. Wheatley. 4 vols.

Welch. Modern London, by C. Welch.

Wilkinson. Londina Illustrata, by R. Wilkinson. 3 vols

Wilkinson. History of St Martin Outwich

Abbot of St. Alban's Inn

This was the town house of the Abbots of St. Albans, prior to the dissolution of the monasteries in the time of Henry VIII.

It stood at the east side of Old Broad Street, to the north of St. Anthony's School, and was purchased by Edward Ketcher, pewterer of Thomas Leighe about 1544. By his will, dated 5 Elizabeth, the property was devised by Edward Ketcher to his son John (Inq. p.m. Lond. II. 38), who was Alderman of Cripplegate Ward, 1588-96.

It seems probable that Cushion Court and Adams Court, Old Broad Street (q.v.), now occupy the site approximately.