St Mary Bothaw

St Mary Bothaw
St Mary Bothaw
	Current photo of site
Location	Corner of Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill London
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Anglican, originally Roman Catholic
History
Founded	10th century
Architecture
Demolished	1666

Last updated September 16, 2023

St Mary Bothaw (or Saint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber^[1]) was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the City of London. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt,^[2] although some of its materials were used in the rebuilding of St Swithin, London Stone, with which parish it was merged.

Location

The church stood in the Walbrook ward, in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street^[2] (now Cannon Street).^[3]

History

St Mary Bothaw was described by Stow as a "proper church".^[4] The dedication is generally derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house".^[5] The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton is recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn.^[6] It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within the City under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.^[7]

Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London, in 1422, was buried in the church. ^[6] 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. John Stow, however, said that he was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity in Aldgate.^[8]

Destruction

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;^[9] 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.^[10] The site was retained as a churchyard until the Cannon Street Railway Station was built over it in the nineteenth century.^[5]

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References

↑ Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J (1983). The London Encyclopaedia. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
1 2 Jenkinson, Wilberforce (1917). London Churches Before the Great Fire. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. p. 202.
↑ Seymour 1733, p.479
↑ Stow, John (1890) [1598]. Survey of London, Volume I. A.Fullarton & Co. p. 446.
1 2 White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. p. 116.
1 2 Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense. Vol. 1. pp. 438–439.
↑ Huelin, G. (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. Guildhall Library Publications. ISBN 0-900422-42-4.
↑ Seymour 1733, p.483
↑ Whinney, Margaret (1971). Wren . London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20112-9.
↑ White, JG (1910). The Ancient Records and Antiquities of the Parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw. London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society.

Sources

Seymour, Robert (1733). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent. Vol. 1. London: T. Read.

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[1] Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J (1983). The London Encyclopaedia. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.

[jenk-2] 1 2 Jenkinson, Wilberforce (1917). London Churches Before the Great Fire. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. p. 202.

[3] Seymour 1733, p.479

[4] Stow, John (1890) [1598]. Survey of London, Volume I. A.Fullarton & Co. p. 446.

[white-5] 1 2 White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. p. 116.

[ric-6] 1 2 Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense. Vol. 1. pp. 438–439.

[huelin-7] Huelin, G. (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. Guildhall Library Publications. ISBN 0-900422-42-4.

[8] Seymour 1733, p.483

[9] Whinney, Margaret (1971). Wren . London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20112-9.

[10] White, JG (1910). The Ancient Records and Antiquities of the Parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw. London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society.

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v t e Churches in the City of London
extant churches	All Hallows-by-the-Tower All Hallows-on-the-Wall City Temple Dutch Church, Austin Friars St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe St Andrew, Holborn St Andrew Undershaft St Anne and St Agnes St Bartholomew-the-Great St Bartholomew-the-Less St Benet, Paul's Wharf St Botolph, Aldersgate St Botolph, Aldgate St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate St Bride, Fleet Street St Clement, Eastcheap St Dunstan-in-the-West St Edmund, King and Martyr St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate St Giles, Cripplegate St Helen, Bishopsgate St James, Garlickhythe St Katharine Cree St Lawrence Jewry St Magnus the Martyr St Margaret Lothbury St Margaret Pattens St Martin, Ludgate St Mary Abchurch St Mary Aldermary St Mary Moorfields St Mary Woolnoth St Mary-at-Hill St Mary-le-Bow St Michael, Cornhill St Michael, Paternoster Royal St Nicholas, Cole Abbey St Olave, Hart Street St Paul's Cathedral St Peter upon Cornhill St Sepulchre-without-Newgate St Stephen Walbrook St Vedast alias Foster Temple Church
churches of which only the tower remains	All Hallows Staining Christ Church, Greyfriars St Alban, Wood Street St Alphage London Wall St Augustine, Watling Street St Dunstan-in-the-East St Martin Orgar St Mary Somerset St Olave, Old Jewry
churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished	All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Lombard Street All-Hallows-the-Great St Antholin, Budge Row St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange St Benet Fink St Benet Gracechurch St Christopher le Stocks St Dionis Backchurch St George Botolph Lane St Katherine Coleman St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street St Matthew Friday Street St Michael Bassishaw St Michael, Crooked Lane St Michael Queenhithe St Michael Wood Street St Mildred, Bread Street St Mildred, Poultry St Stephen Coleman Street St Swithin, London Stone
churches destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt	All Hallows Honey Lane All-Hallows-the-Less Holy Trinity the Less St Andrew Hubbard St Ann Blackfriars St Benet Sherehog St Botolph Billingsgate St Faith under St Paul's St Gabriel Fenchurch St Gregory by St Paul's St John the Baptist upon Walbrook St John the Evangelist Friday Street St John Zachary St Laurence Pountney St Leonard, Eastcheap St Leonard, Foster Lane St Margaret Moses St Margaret, New Fish Street St Martin Pomary St Martin Vintry St Mary Bothaw St Mary Colechurch St Mary Magdalen Milk Street St Mary Mounthaw St Mary Staining St Mary Woolchurch Haw St Michael-le-Querne St Nicholas Acons St Nicholas Olave St Olave, Silver Street St Pancras, Soper Lane St Peter, Paul's Wharf St Peter, Westcheap St Thomas the Apostle
other former churches	College of Minor Canons Holy Trinity Gough Square Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate Hospital of St Thomas of Acre Old St Paul's Cathedral St Audoen within Newgate St Augustine Papey St James Duke's Place St Martin Outwich St Mary Axe St Nicholas Shambles St Peter le Poer