LONDON
CITY OF LONDON - 3
Other Churches
St Bartholomew the Great  St Bartholomew the Less  St Botolph Aldersgate  St Helen Bishopgate  St Olave, Hart Street 
 
St Bartholomew the Great
West Smithfield
Underground: Barbican: Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines
Hours: Mon-Fri. 8.30am-5.00pm (11th Nov-14th Feb 4.00pm). Sat 10.30am-4.00pm. Sun 8.30am-8.00pm.
There is a charge for visitors of £4.00 (adults) but not for the 1st hour or those wishing to worship. Check:
http://www.greatstbarts.com/ 

Rahere (1144)Founder of the church. Made when the east end was modified in c. 1405. Effigy, in Augustinian habit, of Reigate stone. Two bedesmen and angel holding shield at feet. Back wall is pierced to the ambulatory John (1681) & Margaret (1680) Whiting

'lived lovingly in holy Wedlock in this Parish 40 years and upwards...'
Edward Cooke (1652)
Attributed to Thomas Burman
Percival Smalpace (1558 & Wife (1588)
Below the busts is a slate panel incised with images of the couple's naked corpses. Attrib to Giles de Witt

St Batholomew the Less
St Batholomew's Hospital
Underground: Barbican: Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines

Hours: 7.00am - 8.00 pm or later
Website of the Friends

(if you click on this link, click 'cancel' when the box shows)

William Markeby (1439) & Wife

St Botolph, Aldersgate
Underground: St Paul's : Central Line
NB Not to be confused with St Botolph Aldgate; you won't be the first!
Hours unknown  
http://www.stbotolphsaldersgate.org.uk/

Richard Chiswell (1711) 'Citizen and Stationer of London' Also his parentsJohn and Margaret - his first wife Sarah, and his five children, who died young, whom he had with his second wife Mary; she is buried in 'Christ Church, London.' Attrib. to William Woodman Snr   Sir John Micklethwaite (1682) Attrib. to Gibbons Dame Anne Packington (1563)
The three kneeling figures, shield and inscription are not 'brasses' but incised and painted to look like a brass.
There are many other monuments not yet shown

St Helen Bishopgate
Great Saint Helen
Underground: Liverpool Street: Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, and Metropolitan  Line
Hours unknown. Website: http://www.st-helens.org.uk/

Agnes and John Crosby (1476)
Purbeck marble tomb chest with alabaster effigies

St Olave, Hart Street
Underground: Tower Hill: District & Circle Lines
Church open weekdays, 10am-5pm; except the week after Christmas and the week after Easter and during August.

http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/

Samuel Pepys (1703 )
The diarist.
By Blomfield (1884)
Sir Andrew Riccard (1672) in Roman dress;
erected by Levant Company of which he was chairman.
Attrib. to
Bushnell
Mrs Elisabeth Pepys (1669) - wife of the diarist.
By John Bushnell
Sir John Radclif (1568)
 This is a fragment of a recumbent effigy on a later base
Jane Humberstone (1694)
The  monument was erected by her  husband, Matthew (1709) whose  name is added at the bottom
   
Sir James Deane (1608)
 Sir James and his three wives.
   

Other Monuments
Lady Radclif (1585) The kneeling figure only
Peter Cappone (1582) A Florentine merchant. Kneeling figure in surround.

Andrew (1610), Alderman, and Paul Bayning (1616), Alderman and Sheriff. Kneeling figures surrounding  a corner. Attrib. to Christopher Kingsfield
Elizabeth Gore (1698) -  one month short of her  19th birthday
 Lord Mayor Sir Richard Haddon (1524) Brass with kneeling figures of two wives and five children.
Thomas Morley (1566) Brass - a palimpsest
Also several brasses of the 17th century
Sir William Ogborne (1734) Master Carpenter to Board of Ordnance. Cartouche.



The above photographs were mostly send to me by Dr John Physick and Miss Sally Badham, both former presidents of the Church Monuments Society, and to whom thanks
More London photographs would be very welcome. Thank you!
 
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