St Augustine Papey

St Augustine Papey was a mediaeval church in the City of London situated in what is now Bury Street.^[1] First mentioned as " Sci augustini pappey ",^[2] it originally belonged to the Priory of Holy Trinity.^[3] By 1430 the emoluments had become so small that it was united with All Hallows-on-the-Wall and in 1442 was appropriated as an almshouse for elderly clergy.^[4] At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was demolished and the site built over.^[5]

Notes

1. ↑ Guildhall Library data
2. ↑ "A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
3. ↑ British History On-line
4. ↑ "London in the Later Middle Ages" Barron,C.M: Government and People, 1200–1500. New York, Oxford University Press. 2004 ISBN 978-0-19-928441-2
5. ↑ “London city churches” Cobb,G: London, B T Batsford Ltd., 1977

Coordinates: 51°30′53″N 0°04′47″W / 51.5148°N 0.0796°W / 51.5148; -0.0796