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308 TALLIS'S ILLTTSTBATED LONDON;
to English benefices, and filling them with foreigners.
Sir John de Sorditch was interred in Hackney Church.
When archery was a popular sport, the captain of the
London archers was distinguished by the title of the
Duke of Shoreditch, from the circumstance, that when
Henry "VIII. appointed a grand shooting-match at Wind-
sor, Barlow, an inhabitant of Shoreditch, and a citizen,
was the victor, and so pleased was the King with his
skill, that he named him on the spot, Duke of Shoreditch.
The parish church of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, was
erected by Dance, in 1740, upon the spot which the pre-
vious church had covered. Here several eminent charac-
ters, and some of the associates of Shakspere, were buried.
Among them may be named, William Somers, jester to
Henry VIII.; Richard Tarlton, the merry-andrew who
delighted the subjects of Queen Elizabeth; James Bur-
badge, and Richard Burbadge, his son, the friend and
associate of Shakspere; William Sly, Nicholas Wilkin-
son, and Richard Cowley, original actors, in the plays of
Shakspere; and the Countess of Rutland, daughter and
only child of Sir Philip Sydney. In Shoreditch is the
station of the Eastern and North-Eastern Counties
Railway.
From that point of Shoreditch where St. Leonard's
Church stands three roads diverge:—Hackney-road to
the left; Old-street-road to the right; and Kingsland-
road, a continuation of the line of Shoreditch. Hackney-
road, a long and wide thoroughfare, claiming no special
notice, conducts to the village and parish of Hackney, a
quiet rural place, abounding in schools and chapels of
various denominations. In former times it was the fa-
vourite residence of the Veres, the Brookes, and other
aristocratic families. The historian Strype was a lecturer
at Hackney for nearly forty years, where he died in 1737;
and here Matthew Henry, the celebrated scriptural com-
mentator, was a preacher. Kingsland, which is in the parish
of Hackney, is a handsome road leading to the pleasant
townships of Stoke Newington and Tottenham, and was,
to English benefices, and filling them with foreigners.
Sir John de Sorditch was interred in Hackney Church.
When archery was a popular sport, the captain of the
London archers was distinguished by the title of the
Duke of Shoreditch, from the circumstance, that when
Henry "VIII. appointed a grand shooting-match at Wind-
sor, Barlow, an inhabitant of Shoreditch, and a citizen,
was the victor, and so pleased was the King with his
skill, that he named him on the spot, Duke of Shoreditch.
The parish church of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, was
erected by Dance, in 1740, upon the spot which the pre-
vious church had covered. Here several eminent charac-
ters, and some of the associates of Shakspere, were buried.
Among them may be named, William Somers, jester to
Henry VIII.; Richard Tarlton, the merry-andrew who
delighted the subjects of Queen Elizabeth; James Bur-
badge, and Richard Burbadge, his son, the friend and
associate of Shakspere; William Sly, Nicholas Wilkin-
son, and Richard Cowley, original actors, in the plays of
Shakspere; and the Countess of Rutland, daughter and
only child of Sir Philip Sydney. In Shoreditch is the
station of the Eastern and North-Eastern Counties
Railway.
From that point of Shoreditch where St. Leonard's
Church stands three roads diverge:—Hackney-road to
the left; Old-street-road to the right; and Kingsland-
road, a continuation of the line of Shoreditch. Hackney-
road, a long and wide thoroughfare, claiming no special
notice, conducts to the village and parish of Hackney, a
quiet rural place, abounding in schools and chapels of
various denominations. In former times it was the fa-
vourite residence of the Veres, the Brookes, and other
aristocratic families. The historian Strype was a lecturer
at Hackney for nearly forty years, where he died in 1737;
and here Matthew Henry, the celebrated scriptural com-
mentator, was a preacher. Kingsland, which is in the parish
of Hackney, is a handsome road leading to the pleasant
townships of Stoke Newington and Tottenham, and was,