See Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London (part 2) by Trevor Brigham and Bruce Watson at Regis House and Figure 182 Location map of London sites at Archaeological Sites
The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
The Rt Hon. Lord Templeman, City Churches Commission, Diocese of London, Report to the Bishop. January 1994. See also Templeman Report
For obituary see Walsingham, Cobb, P. (ed), pp 90–91: 1990. His funeral at St Magnus has been described as "one of the last major rallying points of the Anglo-Catholic world" – see Ex Fide. See also The Times, 29 October 1983, p. 10.
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Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls Of Magnus Martyr hold Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold. The Waste Land and other poems, lines 263 to 265, Eliot, T.S.: Faber & Faber, London, 1940. For commentaries, see chapter 2 of Anglo-Catholic in Religion – T.S. Eliot and Christianity by Barry Spurr, 2010, ISBN978-0-7188-3073-1 and Liturgical Influences of Anglo-Catholicism on The Waste Land and Other Works by T. S. Eliot by A. Lee Fjordbotten, 1999 at Liturgical Influences. Spurr notes that St Magnus "was one of the leading shrines of the Anglo-Catholic movement and it is very notable that Eliot should not only refer to it, but, in the midst of a poem of almost unrelieved negativity, present it so positively (if somewhat uncomprehendingly) in terms of the exquisite beauty of its interior: its ‘Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold’ (the liturgical colours, we should note, of Eastertide and resurrection, a concept otherwise denied repeatedly throughout The Waste Land)".
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The Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia was founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris – see Australian Dictionary of Biography – and dedicated to St Magnus of Orkney, but this appears to have been due to Canon Morris's support for the notion of 'muscular Christianity' rather than to any links with churches dedicated to St Magnus.
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The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
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The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
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The confusion appears to have arisen because the Dominican Petrus Calo (died 1348) recounts the story of St Mammes under the heading of St Magnus the Martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia under Aurelian with a feast day of 19 August Collectore Petro Calo Dominicano. See Bibliotheca hagiographica latina : antiquae et mediae aetatis II, p. 765, n. 5154 BHL and Bibliotheca historica medii aevi. Richard Newcourt's Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (1708) and later works then referred to a St Magnus of Caesarea.
See, for example, London and Its Environs: A Practical Guide to the Metropolis and Its Vicinity, Illustrated by Maps, Plans and Views, Adam and Charles Black (1862), The hallowed spots of ancient London, Eliza Meteyard (1862), London and Westminster: City and Suburb – Strange Events, Characteristics, and Changes, of Metropolitan Life (Vol 1), John Timbs (1868), Mediaeval LondonBenham, W. and Welch, C.: London, 1901, and Dedications And Patron Saints Of English Churches Ecclesiastical Symbolism Saints And Their Emblems, Francis Bond, 1914 Dedications. However, a guide to the City Churches published in 1917 reverted to the view that St Magnus was dedicated to a martyr of the third century: The City Churches, Taeor, M.E.: London, 1917
John Flete's manuscript history of the Abbey, written in the 1440s, records: "rex Edgarus dedit lapides quibus sanctus Stephanus lapidatus fuit, et quaedam ossa cum sanguine ejusdem; tibiam unam cum costis et aliis minutis ossibus sanctorum Innocentium ; item duas costas et terram infectam sanguine sancti Laurentii, tres costas sancti Hippolyti, dentes sanctorum Magni et Symphoriani, cum cruce sancti Felicis item reliquias sancti Georgii et Sebastiani cum aliis" The history of Westminster Abbey
"The 'Missal' of Robert of Jumièges and manuscript illumination at Peterborough c. 1015–1035", T. A. Heslop in Peterborough and the Soke (2019). See Missal
See: Acta Sanctorum. The feasts of St Magnus of Cuneo, a soldier of the Theban Legion, and the seventh century bishop St Magnus of Avignon also fall on 19 August, but the latter was a confessor rather than a martyr and the former does not generally appear in martyrologies. Bede's Martyrology notes for 19 August "XIV. Kal. Natale S. Magni, seu S. Andreæ, cum sociis suis duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Præfigunt A. T. L. In Alexandria: ast A. et T. sic distinguunt. In Alexandria natale S. Magni et S. Andreæ martyrum. Eodem die natale S. Mariani cum duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Deinde addunt: Romæ natale S. Magni martyris." Bede. Sabine Baring-Gould's 'Lives of the Saints' concluded that: "It can hardly be doubted that S. Magnus, Bishop and Martyr, has been manufactured by the blunders of martyrologists. S. Andrew the Tribune is commemorated in ... Latin [as] "Magnus Martyr". In the early Latin lists, on 19 August, was accordingly inscribed "Andreas Tribunus, Magnus Martyr". This was read as if there were two Saints, Andrew the Tribune, and Magnus the Martyr". Lives of the Saints. See also The martiloge in Englysshe after the vse of the chirche of Salisbury and as it is redde in Syon with addicyons, ed. F. Proctor and E.S. Dewick, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1526.
Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066–1154, Vol. 2, No. 1177: Oxford, 1913. See Charter. The text is as follows: "[1108–16, Apr.] London Precept by Henry I to G. Bp. of London and the Archdeacon and the whole chapter of St Paul's: That the Abbot and church of St Peter's, Westminster, have and hold the land which William I gave them; namely, the wooden chapel of St Margaret in Eastcheap, with the parish (parochia) and land and houses thereto pertaining; and half the stone chapel of St Magnus the Martyr with the whole parish; and the church of St Lawrence with appurtenances; and the church of St James on the river bank; as they held in the time of William I and of the King himself, and of Bps. Hugh and Maurice. Witnesses: Queen Matilda; R. Basset." As explained in Fake? The art of deception by Mark Jones (ed.), British Museum, 1990, "possession of royal writs constituting written evidence of the conferment of favourable rights and immunities was of such importance to great early monastic foundations like Westminster ... Abbey that they sometimes produced spurious ones where the genuine article was lacking".
Proposed demolition of nineteen city churches. Report by the clerk of the council and the architect of the council, London County Council, p. 14 and p. 18: London, 1920 LCC Report. As the original dedication was not to St Magnus of Orkney, the date of that saint's death cannot be used as a terminus post quem for the foundation of the church as suggested in, for example, The Medieval Church dedications of the City of London, Oxley, J., LAMAS 29: 1978. The reference in the charter to "the stone church of St Magnus near the bridge and all the lands in the same city which a certain man named Livingus together with his son when he became a monk, and his wife when she devoted herself to a holy life, gave to the monastery" is similar to a reference of 1076 in the Trial of Penenden Heath to the "lands and houses which Livingus, priest, and his wife, had in London". Archbishop Lanfranc served a writ for the restitution of lands of which the churches had been unlawfully disseised in 1067 when Odo became Earl of Kent. See Penenden Heath trial. See also The earliest mention of Bow Church, BW Kissan, TLAMAS (1933)
Gazetteer, Carlin, M. and Belcher, V. in British atlas of historic towns: Vol. 3, The City of London, Lobel, M.D. (ed.): Oxford, 1989, quoting Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066–1154, Vol. 2, No. 1883: Oxford, 1913. See Charter. The text is as follows: "[1128–33] Woodstock: Precept by Henry I to G[ilbert] Bp. of London and the Archdeacon and the whole Chapter of St. Paul's: That the Abbot and church of St. Peter of Westminster and their priest shall hold the church of St Magnus the Martyr in London, and the whole parish pertaining thereto as well and honourably as in the time of William I and William II and of Bps. Hugh, Maurice, and Richard. They are not to be impleaded therefor. Witness: Richard Basset."
Annals. See also London Churches Before the Great Fire, W. Jenkinson, SPCK (1917).
See propers for "XIV Kal. Septembres in natali sancti Magni" Gelasian Sacramentary. The Old English Martyrology, compiled in the second half of the 9th century, records that "on the nineteenth day of the month [August] is the feast of the martyr St Magnus, whose mass can be found in the older massbooks" The Old English Martyrology: Edition, Translation and Commentary, ed. Christine Rauer, 2013. It has been suggested – see Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian, ed. Bernhard Bischoff and Michael Lapidge (1994) – that the "older mass books" may refer more to those of Campanian origin, perhaps brought to England by Adrian of Canterbury that to the Gelasian Sacramentary.
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The confusion appears to have arisen because the Dominican Petrus Calo (died 1348) recounts the story of St Mammes under the heading of St Magnus the Martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia under Aurelian with a feast day of 19 August Collectore Petro Calo Dominicano. See Bibliotheca hagiographica latina : antiquae et mediae aetatis II, p. 765, n. 5154 BHL and Bibliotheca historica medii aevi. Richard Newcourt's Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (1708) and later works then referred to a St Magnus of Caesarea.
See The True-Born Englishman and Poetry of Daniel Defoe.
The poem introduces Duncombe in the following terms:
And lest examples should be too remote,
A modern magistrate of famous note,
Shall give you his own history by rote.
I'll make it out deny it he that can,
His worship is a True-born Englishman,
In all the latitude that empty word
By modern acceptation's understood.
The parish-books his great descent record,
And now he hopes ere long to be a lord;
And truly, as things go it would be a pity
But such as he should represent the city;
While robbery for burnt-offering he brings,
And gives to God what he has stole from kings!
Great monuments of charity he raises,
And good St. Magnus whistles out his praises.
To city gaols he grants a jubilee,
And hires huzzas from his own mobilee.
Lately he wore the golden chain and gown,
With which equipp'd, he thus harangued the town;
London Parishes; containing the situation, antiquity, and rebuilding of the Churches within the Bills of Mortality: London, 1824 See London Parishes
There is also a fine view of the church from Lower Thames Street dated 1838 in The churches of London Vol, II, Godwin, G, and Britton, J.: London, 1838 – see St Magnus in 1838
Extract of a Letter From Mr. M'Caul in The Jewish Expositor, and Friend of Israel (Volume V, page 478) The Jewish Expositor "... there is but one way to bring about the object of the Society, that is by erecting a Judaeo Christian community, a city of refuge, where all who wish to be baptized could be supplied with the means of earning their bread."
'The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume VIII: Tract 90 and the Jerusalem Bishopric', Gerard Tracey (ed.), p.291: Oxford, 1999, ISBN978-0199204038. See Newman Letters and Diaries
Notes on the will of Henry Cloker, 1573, and St Magnus the Martyr and their connection with The Worshipful Company of Coopers, Lake C.: London, 1924. See also The Times, 2 January 1925, p. 7; Cloker ServiceArchived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, and
Notes and Queries
Charters of St Paul's, London (Anglo-Saxon Charters), Kelly, S.E. (ed.), Pp 3–4: Oxford, 2004 ISBN978-0-19-726299-3. An item relating to the worship of Cybele, the 'Magna Mater', has been found in the River Thames near London Bridge (see Cybele), but there is no evidence that St Magnus Martyr derived from a 'sedes Magna Mater'.
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As pointed out by Tony Dyson in a review of London 800–1216 by C. Brooke and G Keir: "Although related to existing property boundaries, there is no evidence that ... parish boundaries followed existing tenurial units, and it is notable that a crossroads stands at the centre of most parishes." He also notes that "From the late 11th century legislation on the payment of tithe, which provided the churches' main income ... made it increasingly important to define the exact area over which a church had rights." See Map of London parishes.
"The southern section of Fish Street Hill leads directly from the Monument to the pedestrian crossing opposite St Magnus the Martyr Church and further enhancement of the street with Yorkstone paving used throughout, architectural lighting and improved signage would be of benefit to emphasis this route to the riverside from Monument Station. Lower Thames Street itself forms part of the Transport for London Road Network. Its corridor creates significant severance between the Fenchurch Street area and the City's riverside. While level differences and utility infrastructure are major constraints, additional improvements to the street including enhanced pedestrian crossings and street trees would be of major benefit to reduce the severance caused and encourage greater access to the riverside." See Area Enhancement StrategyArchived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
Notes on the will of Henry Cloker, 1573, and St Magnus the Martyr and their connection with The Worshipful Company of Coopers, Lake C.: London, 1924. See also The Times, 2 January 1925, p. 7; Cloker ServiceArchived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, and
Notes and Queries
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See Hymnary.org and Choral Wiki. Sydney Nicholson composed Missa Sancti Magni, A Simple Communion Service in F based on this hymn tune in 1937 and Gerre Hancock did the same with Missa resurrectionis in 1976.
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This can be seen in a colour aquatint by William Daniell,
III: The City from London Bridge – Six Views of London, published 1 June 1804; see DaniellArchived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
The Towers of Trebizond, Macauley, R.: Collins, London, 1956. Chantry-Pigg is said to have been based on John Herbert Cloete Twisaday, vicar of All Saints, Notting Hill. 'Pen portraits' of St Magnus in the time of Fynes-Clinton are given in Anthony Symondson's essay 'Renovating Heaven and Adjusting the Stars' (chapter 9 of Loose Canon: A portrait of Brian Brindley, D. Thompson (ed), pp. 69–70: London, 2004 ISBN0-8264-7418-7) and The Unity of Christians: The Vision of Paul Couturier, Lunn, B.: Special Edition of 'The Messenger' of the Catholic League, 2003 at Catholic League
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The Halls of The Fishmongers' Company, Metcalf, P., Plate 24: Phillimore, Chichester, 1977 ISBN0-85033-243-5. See also The Times, 3 April 1922, p.5 and 24 February 1923, p. 14; also Hulton Archive. A good view of the church from the river was also available before the development of New Fresh Wharf; see National Maritime Museum
See letter of complaint to The Times, 14 March 1924, p. 13 and 'before' and 'after' photographs in The Times, 19 March 1924, p. 18. See also Ancient Lights.
The Halls of The Fishmongers' Company, Metcalf, P., Plate 24: Phillimore, Chichester, 1977 ISBN0-85033-243-5. See also The Times, 3 April 1922, p.5 and 24 February 1923, p. 14; also Hulton Archive. A good view of the church from the river was also available before the development of New Fresh Wharf; see National Maritime Museum
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Two thousand years of London Bridge, Lennard, P., transcript of a lecture delivered at Gresham College on 10 November 2004 at Gresham College
"Similiter ecclesiam Sancti Laurentii cum cimiterio et dominicam curiam suam et terras quas in patrimonio jure possederat quidam clericus Livingus nomine in eadem urbe pro salute anime sue et parentum suorum libere et absolute Sancto Petro donavit et ego melius et liberius confirmari precepi; item plenarie et firmiter concessi unam capellam ligneam et unius lapidee ecclesie Sancti Magni medietatem prope pontem et terras suas omnes in eadem urbe quas quidam urbanus vir prefate civitatis nomine Livincgus pater cum filio jam ibi monachus factus, uxor quoque sua ibidem deo sacrata sancta illi monasterio subdiderant". "Also the church of St Lawrence with its churchyard and the demesne court and lands held in inheritance by a certain clerk named Livingus, and given to him to St Peter's. Also a wooden chapel, and the moiety of the stone church of St Magnus near the bridge, and all the lands in the same city which a certain man named Livingus together with his son when he became a monk, and his wife when she devoted herself to a holy life, gave to the monastery."
See Charter.
BL Cotton Charter VI 3; see Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 – c.1214, London Record Society 25, Mason, E. (ed.), pp. 25–40: 1988; Text of Charter and London: the City Churches Pevsner, N and Bradley, S: New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN0-300-09655-0
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The confusion appears to have arisen because the Dominican Petrus Calo (died 1348) recounts the story of St Mammes under the heading of St Magnus the Martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia under Aurelian with a feast day of 19 August Collectore Petro Calo Dominicano. See Bibliotheca hagiographica latina : antiquae et mediae aetatis II, p. 765, n. 5154 BHL and Bibliotheca historica medii aevi. Richard Newcourt's Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (1708) and later works then referred to a St Magnus of Caesarea.
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See Hymnary.org and Choral Wiki. Sydney Nicholson composed Missa Sancti Magni, A Simple Communion Service in F based on this hymn tune in 1937 and Gerre Hancock did the same with Missa resurrectionis in 1976.
A scholarship bearing McCaul's name is still awarded by King's College, London McCaul Scholarship
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The London Bridge Improvement Act of 1756: A Study of early modern urban finance and administration, Latham, M.: Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leicester, 2009, available at Leicester UniversityArchived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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See: Acta Sanctorum. The feasts of St Magnus of Cuneo, a soldier of the Theban Legion, and the seventh century bishop St Magnus of Avignon also fall on 19 August, but the latter was a confessor rather than a martyr and the former does not generally appear in martyrologies. Bede's Martyrology notes for 19 August "XIV. Kal. Natale S. Magni, seu S. Andreæ, cum sociis suis duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Præfigunt A. T. L. In Alexandria: ast A. et T. sic distinguunt. In Alexandria natale S. Magni et S. Andreæ martyrum. Eodem die natale S. Mariani cum duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Deinde addunt: Romæ natale S. Magni martyris." Bede. Sabine Baring-Gould's 'Lives of the Saints' concluded that: "It can hardly be doubted that S. Magnus, Bishop and Martyr, has been manufactured by the blunders of martyrologists. S. Andrew the Tribune is commemorated in ... Latin [as] "Magnus Martyr". In the early Latin lists, on 19 August, was accordingly inscribed "Andreas Tribunus, Magnus Martyr". This was read as if there were two Saints, Andrew the Tribune, and Magnus the Martyr". Lives of the Saints. See also The martiloge in Englysshe after the vse of the chirche of Salisbury and as it is redde in Syon with addicyons, ed. F. Proctor and E.S. Dewick, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1526.
The story of the site of Regis House, King William Street, London, EC4, Waddington, Q.: published by Rudolph Palumbo, London, 1931, reprinted 1954. Palumbo had acquired the land in 1929, see London Gazette, which was very close to his business address at 127 Lower Thames Street, the City offices of Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons, and his parents' restaurant at 37 Fish Street Hill. He built 37A Walbrook as the family office in 1952.
London Docklands Railway (City Extension) Act 1986 c. xxiii and Pastoral Scheme made by the Church Commissioners dated 9 April 1987. See Monument Station and London Transport Museum
Bygone Billingsgate, Manton, C. and Edwards, J.: Phillimore, Chichester, 1989 ISBN0-85033-689-9. For the archaeological excavation see PDN81Archived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
See NPOR. See also Two hundredth anniversary of the Organ of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge (1911) and Organs of St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, Freeman A, in 'The Organ' No. 17 Vol V (July 1925). Papers and photographs relating to research on organs and organ builders by the Revd Andrew Freeman (1876–1947), priest and organ scholar, are now in the collections of the University of Birmingham.
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The steeples of the two churches are shown in The Old Churches of London, Cobb, G., p.57: London, Batsford, first published 1942, third edition 1988. See also Carolus Borromeuskerk and Carolus Borromeus church. The tower of St Magnus itself influenced William Scamp's design of the tower of St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta (built 1839–44) – see St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Shortland-Jones, E. A.: Valletta, 2000 – and the design of the second St Philip's Church in Charleston, built in 1710–23 – see Charleston's church architecture.
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Church of S. Magnus the Martyr by London Bridge: The Story of the Organ, Lightwood, J.T. with additional notes by C.N. W(aterhouse): no date (late 1920s). See photograph at Organ caseArchived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
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See Orkney Communities and The Church of St Magnus the Martyr by London Bridge, Anon. [Aggett, David T.]: privately printed (no date)
The newe testament both Latine and Englyshe ech correspondent to the other after the vulgare texte, communely called S. Ieroms. Faythfully translated by Myles Couerdale. Anno. M.CCCCC.XXXVIIICoverdaleArchived 18 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
See The True-Born Englishman and Poetry of Daniel Defoe.
The poem introduces Duncombe in the following terms:
And lest examples should be too remote,
A modern magistrate of famous note,
Shall give you his own history by rote.
I'll make it out deny it he that can,
His worship is a True-born Englishman,
In all the latitude that empty word
By modern acceptation's understood.
The parish-books his great descent record,
And now he hopes ere long to be a lord;
And truly, as things go it would be a pity
But such as he should represent the city;
While robbery for burnt-offering he brings,
And gives to God what he has stole from kings!
Great monuments of charity he raises,
And good St. Magnus whistles out his praises.
To city gaols he grants a jubilee,
And hires huzzas from his own mobilee.
Lately he wore the golden chain and gown,
With which equipp'd, he thus harangued the town;
Church Commissioners' Deed No. 538909 and related correspondence at the Church of England Record Centre. Board of Inland Revenue Valuation Office records at The National Archives, Kew. See also RidgwaysArchived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
A Latin hymn celebrating the saint ('Nobilis, humilis, Magne martyr') survives from soon after the construction of the cathedral; see St Magnus Hymn. A lost Latin life of the saint, Vita Sancti Magni by Master Robert, thought to be Robert of Cricklade, provided material for two sagas in Old Norse. For a detailed study of the cult see St Magnus of Orkney: A Scandinavian Martyr-Cult in Context, Antonsson, Haki.: Brill, Leiden, 2007 ISBN978-90-04-15580-0
The steeples of the two churches are shown in The Old Churches of London, Cobb, G., p.57: London, Batsford, first published 1942, third edition 1988. See also Carolus Borromeuskerk and Carolus Borromeus church. The tower of St Magnus itself influenced William Scamp's design of the tower of St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta (built 1839–44) – see St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Shortland-Jones, E. A.: Valletta, 2000 – and the design of the second St Philip's Church in Charleston, built in 1710–23 – see Charleston's church architecture.
The newe testament both Latine and Englyshe ech correspondent to the other after the vulgare texte, communely called S. Ieroms. Faythfully translated by Myles Couerdale. Anno. M.CCCCC.XXXVIIICoverdaleArchived 18 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Church of S. Magnus the Martyr by London Bridge: The Story of the Organ, Lightwood, J.T. with additional notes by C.N. W(aterhouse): no date (late 1920s). See photograph at Organ caseArchived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
The London Bridge Improvement Act of 1756: A Study of early modern urban finance and administration, Latham, M.: Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leicester, 2009, available at Leicester UniversityArchived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
This can be seen in a colour aquatint by William Daniell,
III: The City from London Bridge – Six Views of London, published 1 June 1804; see DaniellArchived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
Bygone Billingsgate, Manton, C. and Edwards, J.: Phillimore, Chichester, 1989 ISBN0-85033-689-9. For the archaeological excavation see PDN81Archived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
The present Regis House replaced the original building of that name (of 1931) and Ridgway House (built in 1913 for Ridgways Teas) in King William Street, together with properties in Fish Street Hill, including the Canterbury Arms pub (a link with the pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket). The pub is recalled in the novel 'The Hidden War' by David Fiddimore (Pp 136–7, and 490, as "a drinking haunt of the Customs Officers who worked the Pool of London". London, 2009 ISBN978-0-330-45448-3) For the archaeological excavations see Brigham, T., Watson, B., Tyers, I. with Bartkowiak, R. 1996 'Current Archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London part 1' London Archaeologist 8 (2), 31–8 Part 1; Brigham T., Watson B. and Bartkowiak R., 1996, 'Current archaeological work at Regis House in the City of London, part 2', London Archaeologist 8(3): 63–68 Part 2; Trevor Brigham, Tony Dyson and Bruce Watson, 'Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval development at Regis House, London EC4', Trans London and Middlesex Archaeol Soc 61 (2010), 89–129 COLATArchived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. See also Site recordArchived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Discovering trade and transport at Regis House and Current Archaeology. One of the finds was a maiolica altar flower jug decorated with the instruments of the Passion, which is now on display in the Museum of London. Jug
"The southern section of Fish Street Hill leads directly from the Monument to the pedestrian crossing opposite St Magnus the Martyr Church and further enhancement of the street with Yorkstone paving used throughout, architectural lighting and improved signage would be of benefit to emphasis this route to the riverside from Monument Station. Lower Thames Street itself forms part of the Transport for London Road Network. Its corridor creates significant severance between the Fenchurch Street area and the City's riverside. While level differences and utility infrastructure are major constraints, additional improvements to the street including enhanced pedestrian crossings and street trees would be of major benefit to reduce the severance caused and encourage greater access to the riverside." See Area Enhancement StrategyArchived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Church Commissioners' Deed No. 538909 and related correspondence at the Church of England Record Centre. Board of Inland Revenue Valuation Office records at The National Archives, Kew. See also RidgwaysArchived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Notes on the will of Henry Cloker, 1573, and St Magnus the Martyr and their connection with The Worshipful Company of Coopers, Lake C.: London, 1924. See also The Times, 2 January 1925, p. 7; Cloker ServiceArchived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, and
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See: Acta Sanctorum. The feasts of St Magnus of Cuneo, a soldier of the Theban Legion, and the seventh century bishop St Magnus of Avignon also fall on 19 August, but the latter was a confessor rather than a martyr and the former does not generally appear in martyrologies. Bede's Martyrology notes for 19 August "XIV. Kal. Natale S. Magni, seu S. Andreæ, cum sociis suis duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Præfigunt A. T. L. In Alexandria: ast A. et T. sic distinguunt. In Alexandria natale S. Magni et S. Andreæ martyrum. Eodem die natale S. Mariani cum duobus millibus quingentis nonaginta septem. Deinde addunt: Romæ natale S. Magni martyris." Bede. Sabine Baring-Gould's 'Lives of the Saints' concluded that: "It can hardly be doubted that S. Magnus, Bishop and Martyr, has been manufactured by the blunders of martyrologists. S. Andrew the Tribune is commemorated in ... Latin [as] "Magnus Martyr". In the early Latin lists, on 19 August, was accordingly inscribed "Andreas Tribunus, Magnus Martyr". This was read as if there were two Saints, Andrew the Tribune, and Magnus the Martyr". Lives of the Saints. See also The martiloge in Englysshe after the vse of the chirche of Salisbury and as it is redde in Syon with addicyons, ed. F. Proctor and E.S. Dewick, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1526.
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The steeples of the two churches are shown in The Old Churches of London, Cobb, G., p.57: London, Batsford, first published 1942, third edition 1988. See also Carolus Borromeuskerk and Carolus Borromeus church. The tower of St Magnus itself influenced William Scamp's design of the tower of St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta (built 1839–44) – see St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Shortland-Jones, E. A.: Valletta, 2000 – and the design of the second St Philip's Church in Charleston, built in 1710–23 – see Charleston's church architecture.
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The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London, Clark, O.: London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol. 8, January 2006 ISSN0956-618X
