Background
John Stow was born in about 1525 in the City parish of St Michael, Cornhill, then at the heart of London's metropolis. His father, Thomas Stow, was a tallow chandler.
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John Stow was born in about 1525 in the City parish of St Michael, Cornhill, then at the heart of London's metropolis. His father, Thomas Stow, was a tallow chandler.
Stow did not take up his father's trade of tallow chandlery, instead becoming an apprentice, and in 1547 a freeman, of the Merchant Taylors' Company, by which stage he had set up business in premises close to Aldgate Well, close to Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street.
Stow was a prosperous tailor until about 1565-1570, after which he devoted his time to collecting rare books and manuscripts, a hobby that left him impoverished. Self-educated, with a passion for learning, he became the friend of famous antiquaries and was employed by Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, to edit medieval chronicles. He had already published an edition of Chaucer (1561) and a Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles (1565; many abridged versions). His first original work was The Chronicles of England (1580), revised as Annales of England (1592).
The Survey, which is in the form of a perambulation around the London wards, contains details of the buildings, monuments, people, life, and customs of London at a time of transition from medieval to modern, along with an account of the city’s origins and growth.
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)