St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward

In 1329 Geoffrey Denny was born at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 16 Apr 1554. The xvj day of Aprell was sett up in sant Androwes Undershafft for master Kyrtun, alderman of London and marchand tayller of London, and marchand of the stapull of Calles, with a cote armur, iij penons of armes, goodly ons, and sett up over ys tombe.

Note. P. 60. Funeral ensigns of alderman Kyrton. Stephen Kirton, member of the Merchant-taylors in 1534. He was never sheriff or lord mayor. He bore four coats quarterly, 1. Argent, a fess and chevronel in chief gules; 2. Argent, a crescent and bordure sable; 3. Paly, argent and gules, a fess between three leopard's heads, all counterchanged; 4. Argent, a fesse between three butterflies gules. (Lord Mayors, &c. by Wm. Smith, Rouge-Dragon.)

On 19 Oct 1556 Bishop Henry Man died. He was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 22 Oct 1556. The xxij day of October was bered doctur [Man], sumtime the pryor of Shen the charterhowse, and after mad bysshope of Man by kyng Edward the vjth; [and] was mared [married]; and bered at sant Andrews hundershaft, London, and ded at master Whetheley('s) marchand tayller.

Note. P. 116. Burial of bishop Man at St. Andrew's Undershaft. "Henry Man, doctor of divinity in the university of Oxenford, and sometime bishop of Man, which Henry departed this life the 19. day of October, An. Do. 1556, and lyeth buried under this stone."—"before the doore within the chancell." (Stowe.) The letters patent of his appointment by Henry VIII. dated 22 Jan. 1545–6 are printed in Rymer's Fœdera, xv. 85.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 09 Dec 1560. The ix day of Desember was bered in sant Andrews undershaft mastores Lusun wedow, the wyff of master Lusun merser and stapoler and late shreyff of London, with a lx in blake gownes, and her plase and the chyrche hangyd with blake and armes, and a xxiiij clarkes syngyng; and she gayff xl gownes to men and women of brod cloth, and evere woman had nuw raylles, and ther was a sermon, and a iiij dosen of skochyons of armes; and after a gret dole, and after a grett dener.

Note. P. 245. Funeral of mistress Luson or Leveson. This was the widow of "Nicholas Leveson, mercer, sheriff 1535. Buried at St. Andrew's Undershaft." Arms, Azure, a fess undy argent and sable, between three leaves or. (List by Wm. Smith, Rougedragon.)

In 1582 Thomas Offley (age 82) died. He was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On 10 Jun 1610 John Craven 1st Baron Craven was baptised at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On 18 Jul 1618 William Craven (age 70) died. He was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On 28 Nov 1626 Captain Lewes Roberts (age 30) and Anne Williamott were married at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On 11 Nov 1641 Christopher Clitherow (age 63) died. He was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On 17 Dec 1656 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 69) and Alice Hastings Lady Clifton (age 50) were married at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Evelyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1657. Dr. Raynolds (age 58) (since Bishop of Norwich) preached before the company at St. Andrew Under-shaft, on Nehemiah xiii. 31, showing, by the example of Nehemiah, all the perfections of a trusty person in public affairs, with many good precepts apposite to the occasion, ending with a prayer for God's blessing on the company and the undertaking.

In 1671 John Dethick died at his estate in Tottenham [Map]. He was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.

On or before 05 Aug 1672 William Wight (age 70) died. On 05 Aug 1672 William Wight (age 70) was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward.