“1574, Oct. 8. Buried Cisly Weanewright, ye carter’s wife.”—St. Peter, Cornhill.
“1578, June 1. Buried Cissellye, wife of Gilles Lambe.”—St. Dionis Backchurch.
“1547, Dec. 26. Married Thomas Bodnam and Urcylaye Watsworth.”—Ditto.
“1654, Sep. 20. Buried Ursley, d. of John Fife.”—St. Peter, Cornhill.
It was now that Awdry gave way:
“1576, Sept. 7. Buryed Awdry, the widow of — Seward.”—St. Peter, Cornhill.
“1610, May 27. Baptized Awdrey, d. of John Cooke, butcher.”—St. Dionis Backchurch.
St. Blaze,[22] the patron saint of wool-combers and the nom-de-plume of Gil Blas, has only a church or two to recall his memory to us now. But he lived into Charles’s reign:
“Blaze Winter was master of Stodmarsh Hospital, when it was surrendered to Queen Elizabeth, 1575.”—Hasted’s “History of Kent.”
“1550, May 23. Baptized Blaze, daughter of — Goodwinne.”—St. Peter, Cornhill.