See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN STOW (c. 1525-1605)

STOW (c. 1525-1605)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English historian and See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary, was the son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• STOW, JOHN (c. 1525-1605)

Stow, a tailor, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1525 in See also:

• LONDON

London, in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, Cornhill . His parents were poor, for his See also:

• FATHER

father's whole See also:

• RENT

rent for his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden was only 6s . 6d. a See also:

• YEAR

year, and Stow himself in his youth fetched every See also:

• MORNING

morning the See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk for the See also:

• FAMILY

family from a See also:

• FARM

farm belonging to the nunnery of the Minories . He learned the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of his father, but possibly did not practise it much after he See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up . In 1549 he " kept house " near the well within Aldgate, but after-wards he removed to See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

Lime See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward, where he resided till his See also:

• DEATH

death . About 156o he entered upon the See also:

• WORK

work with which his name is associated . He made the acquaintance of the leading antiquaries of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, including See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden, and in 1561 he published his first work, The woorkes of Geffrey See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, newly printed with See also:

• DIVERS

divers additions whiche were never in printe before . This was followed in 1565 by his Summarie of Englyshe See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles, which was frequently reprinted, with slight See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations, during his lifetime . Of the first edition a copy was said to have been at one time in the See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville library . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum there are copies of the See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of 1567, 1573, 1590, 1598 and 1604 . Stow having in his See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication to the edition of 1567 referred to the See also:

• RIVAL

rival publication of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• GRAFTON
• GRAFTON, DUKES OF
• GRAFTON, RICHARD (d. 1572)

Grafton (c . 1500-c .

1572) in contemptuous terms, the dispute between them became extremely embittered . Stow's antiquarian tastes brought him under ecclesiastical suspicion as a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person " with many dangerous and superstitious books in his See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession," and in 1568 his house was searched . An See also:

• INVENTORY (post-class. Lat. inventarium, a list or repertory, from invenire to find)

inventory was taken of certain books he possessed " in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of papistry," but he was apparently able to satisfy his interrogators of the soundness of his Protestantism . A second See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to incriminate him in 1570 was also without result . In 158o Stow published his Annales, or a Generale See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from See also:

• BRUTE, SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL (1779–1839)

Brute until the See also:

• PRESENT

present yeare •of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ 158o; it was reprinted in 1592, r6o1 and 1605, the last being continued to the 26th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 16o5, or within ten days of his death; editions " amended " by See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund Howes appeared in 1615 and 1631 . The work by which Stow is best known is his Survey of London, published in 1598, not only interesting from the See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint simplicity of its See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and its amusing descriptions and anecdotes, but of unique value from its See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the buildings, social See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition and customs of London in the time of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . A second edition appeared in his lifetime in 1603, a third with additions by See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• MUNDAY (or MONDAY), ANTHONY (c. 1553-1633)

Munday in 1618, a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth by Munday and Dyson in 1633, a fifth with interpolated amendments by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• STRYPE, JOHN (1643-1737)

Strype in 1720, and a See also:

• SIXTH

sixth by the same editor in 1754 . The edition of 1.498 was reprinted, edited by W . J . Thorns, in 1842,in 1846, and with illustrations in 1876 . Through the patronage of See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker, Stow was enabled to See also:

• PRINT

print the See also:

• FLORES

Flores historiarum of See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster in 1567, the Chronicle of Matthew See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1571, and the Historia brevis of Thomas See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham in 1574 . At the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of Parker he had himself compiled a " farre larger See also:

• VOLUME

volume," An See also:

• HISTORY

history of this See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, but circumstances were unfavourable to its publication and the See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript is now lost .

Additions to the previously published See also:

• WORKS

works of Chaucer were twice made through Stow's " own painful labours "in the edition of 1561, referred to above, and also in 1597 . A number of Stow's See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts are in the Harleian collection in the British Museum . Some are in the See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth library (No . 306); and from the volume which includes them. were published by the Camden Society, edited by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner, Three Fifteenth-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century Chronicles, with See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Memoranda by John See also:

• STOWE, HARRIET ELIZABETH [BEECHER] (1811-1896)

Stowe the Antiquary, and Contemporary Notes of Occurrences written by him (188o) . Stow's See also:

• LITERARY

literary labours did not prove very remunerative, but he accepted poverty in a cheerful spirit . See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson relates that once when walking with him Stow jocularly asked two mendicant cripples " what they would have to take him to their See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order." In March 1604 James . I. authorized him and his deputies to collect " amongst our loving subjects their voluntary contributions and See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind gratuities,'.' and himself began " the largesse for the example of others.'' If the royal See also:

• APPEAL

appeal was successful Stow did not live See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long to enjoy the increased comfort resulting from it, as he died on the 6th of See also:

• APRIL

April 16o5 . He was buried in the London See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Undershaft, where the See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument erected by his widow, exhibiting a terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta figure of him, still remains . Stow's Survey of London has been edited with notes by C . L . See also:

• KINGSFORD, WILLIAM (1819-1898)

Kingsford (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1908) .