Saint Mary Bothaw
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Saint Mary Bothaw

London, City of London, Greater London, England

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    London, City of London, Greater London England
    Coordinates: 51.51140, -0.09008
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St Mary Bothaw was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the City of London. It stood in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street (now Cannon Street). The dedication is generally believed derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house"


St Mary's was one of the 13 'peculiars' within the City under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral. The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton is recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn. English historian and antiquarian John Stow, in his 1598 Survey of London, described it as a 'proper church'


Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London in 1411 and 1421, is said to have been buried in the church. According to some sources, St Mary's also contained the tomb of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone, the first Lord Mayor of London, and his coat-of-arms was in a stained-glass window there. Stow, however, said that Fitz-Ailwin was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity in Aldgate


Along with the majority of parish churches in the City, St Mary Bothaw was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt; St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them. Instead the parish was united to that of St Swithin, London Stone, and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church


The site was retained as a churchyard until the Cannon Street Railway Station was built over it in the 1860s

[Adapted from Wikipedia.com]

St Mary Bothaw was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the City of London. It stood in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street (now Cannon Street). The dedication is generally believed derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house"


St Mary's was one of the 13 'peculiars' within the City under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral. The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton is recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn. English historian and antiquarian John Stow, in his 1598 Survey of London, described it as a 'proper church'


Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London in 1411 and 1421, is said to have been buried in the church. According to some sources, St Mary's also contained the tomb of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone, the first Lord Mayor of London, and his coat-of-arms was in a stained-glass window there. Stow, however, said that Fitz-Ailwin was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity in Aldgate


Along with the majority of parish churches in the City, St Mary Bothaw was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt; St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them. Instead the parish was united to that of St Swithin, London Stone, and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church


The site was retained as a churchyard until the Cannon Street Railway Station was built over it in the 1860s

[Adapted from Wikipedia.com]

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