The survey of London: contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe / With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A[nthony] M[unday] in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A. M., H[enry] D[yson] and others. This present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables.

John Stow

Date:: 1633

Credit: The survey of London: contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe / With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A[nthony] M[unday] in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A. M., H[enry] D[yson] and others. This present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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rouriid weare no beard. hurj. K.nmim, Weigbt of ftarling pence 31. grainesof '] wbeac. ftarlings, as 1 have tryed by conference of the pence of Bar^rede King of Mer- ciiij t^lffidyEdw^fdy and Edclred^ Kings of the WeftPlegmond Archbi- (hop of Canterbury i and others. fvilUam the Conquerours penny alfo was fine filver, of the weight of the Ea- ftcrling,andhadonthe one fide ftam- ped, an armed head, with a beardlefle face, (for the Normansvf^xt no beards) with a Scepter in his hand. The Infcri- prtion in the circumference, was this, Le ReiWilam.On the other fide,a crofte double to the Ring, betweene 4. rowels of fix points. King Henry the firft his penny was of the like weight,finencfle,forme of face, ^rofte See. This Henry, in the eighth yeere of his reigne, ordained the penny which was round, fo to be quartered by the crofle, that they might eafily bee broken into halfe-pence and farthings. In the firft,fecond,third,fourth, and fifth of King Richard the firft his reigne, and afterwards, 1 finde commonly Ea- fterling money mentioned, and yet oft- times the fame is called jirgem,iis afore, andnototherwife. . - The firft great fum that I read of to be paid in Eafterlings, was in the fifth of Richard the firft, when RobertEarlc of L eicefler, being prifoner in France fered for his ranfonae athoufand marks Eafterlings; notwithftanding, the Ea, fterling pence were long before. The weight of the Eaftcrling penny may appeare by Statutes, name¬ ly, of weights and meafures, made in the 5 i.yeef^pfHfwry the thkd,in thefe words : Tinrty two grami^fffd^eaty dry and roundytaken in the mddejt of the eare, fhould be the weight of a farling penny-, twenty ofthofe pence fhould weigh one ounce, twelve onuces a pound Troy, It followeth in the Statute, Eight pouf^ to make a gal¬ lon of wine, and eight gallons a bufhell of London meaf»re,(ffc, Notwithftanding which Statute, I finde in thc-eighth of Edward the firft, Cregorie Roke/ley,M.aL or of being chiefe Mafteror^Mi- nifter of the Kings Exchange or Mints, a new* coync being then appointed, the pound of Eafterling money fhould con- taine (as afore) 12. ounces, to wit, fine filverjfuch as was then made into foyle. and was commonly called filver of Gu- thurens lane; 11, ounces, two Eafter- lings, and one ferling or farthing, and ^ O-' the other ly.pence halfcpenny farthing to be lay. Alfo the pound of money ought to weigh 20. fniilmgs 3. pence by account; fo that no pound ought to be over 20.(hillings 4. pence, nor lefTe than 2 o. fhillings 2, pence by account; the ounce to weigh 20. pence, the pch. ny weight 24. graincs. Which 24. by weight then appointed, were as much as the former 32. graines of Wheat: a penny force, 25, graines and an halfe. the penny deble or feeble, 2 2. graines and an halfe. See. Now for the penny Eafterling, how it tooke that name, I chink good briefe- ly to touch. It hath beene faid, that Ku- maPompilius, the fecond King of the Rofhanes yComtmvAed monies firft to be made, of whofe name they were called Numi; and when copper pence, filver pence, and gold pence were made, (bc- caufe every filver penny was worth ten copper pence, and every gold penny worth ten filver pence) the pence w^ere therefore called in Latine, Denarij • and oftentimes, the pence are named of the matter or ftuffe of gold or filver. But the Money of England was called of the workers and makers thereof; as the Flo^ ren of gold is called of the Florentines, that were the workers thereof; and fo the Eafter ling pence tooke their name of the Eafterlings, which did firft make this money in EnHand, in the reigne of Henry the fecondk Thus have I fet downe, according to ray reading in Antiquity, of money matters ; omitting the imaginations of late Writers. of whom fome have faid, Eafterling money to take that name ofa ftarre ftamped in the border or ring of the penny : otherfomc, of a bird,called a Stare or Starling, ftamped in the cir¬ cumference ; and other (more unlikely)' of being coyned at Strivelin or Starling, aTowneiti Scotland. Sec, Now concerning halfepcnce and far¬ things, the accompc of which is more fubtiler than the pence,I need not fpeak ■ of them more, than that they were only made in the Exchange at London, and no whereclfe: Firft,pointed to be made hy Edward, the htH, in the eighth of his reigne; The pen¬ ny Eafler- inghowk tooke the nacae. H.».made anew coynein- the third of his reigne. Starling money,, when it tooke be¬ ginning in this Land. Of halfe- pence and farthings.

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