St Augustine Papey Explained

St Augustine Papey
Founded Date:1170
Closed Date:1442
Demolished Date:1547
Location:London
Country:United Kingdom

St Augustine Papey was a mediaeval church in the City of London situated just south of London Wall opposite the north end of St. Mary Axe Street.[1] First mentioned as "Sci augustini pappey",[2] it originally belonged to the Priory of Holy Trinity.[3] By 1430, the emoluments had become so small that it was united with All Hallows-on-the-Wall and in 1442 was appropriated as an almshouse for elderly clergy.[4] At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was demolished and the site built over.[5] The churchyard was acquired by St Martin Outwich in 1539, and survives to this day on Camomile Street[6]

Notes

  1. https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/STAU2.htm
  2. "A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
  3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64080 British History On-line
  4. "London in the Later Middle Ages" Barron,C.M: Government and People, 1200–1500. New York, Oxford University Press. 2004
  5. “London city churches” Cobb,G: London, B T Batsford Ltd., 1977
  6. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/Documents/churchyard-statements-2017-one.pdf