Rolls Chapel (Chancery)

Description

From this page, originally from Remarks on London, being an Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark… By W. Stow., London, 1722.:

Rolls Chapel in Chancery Lane, so called because it’s a Repository now of Charters, Patents, Commissions, and other Matters, made up in Rolls of Parchment, from the beginning of King Richard the Third, in 1484; those before that Time are kept in Wakefield Tower, in the Tower of London; but at first here was founded by King Henry the Third, in 1233, an House of converted Jews upon a Jew’s House, which had been formerly confiscated to the Crown. Pr. and S. are every Sunday Morning in Term Time at 10, and only Pr. at 3, and on Holydays at 10 and 3; Sac. every second Sunday of the 4 Terms, on Christmas day, Easter Sunday, and Whitsunday.

Note, Pr. signifies Prayers, Sac. Sacrament; S. Sermon; and Lect. Lecturer.

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 10 April 2008

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• - Terry Foreman on Mon 14 Apr 2008, 04:40am. Flag this

  The Rolls Chapel is in the lower left corner of this map
  http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=292&x=11&y=11

  
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  Chancery Lane (more plainly)

  http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/132.php

References in the diary

1660

Feb: 11
Mar: 16

1665

Apr: 16