238 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
in Strype's Court, Petticoat Lane, as is generally believed, although the
late Mr. A. P. Wire, in the Essex Review, vol. viii., October, 1899, says
Houndsditch, but quotes no authority for the statement. Educated at
St. Paul's School, Strype proceeded to Jesus College, Cambridge, where
he matriculated on July 5, 1662 ; and subsequently migrating to St. Cather-
ine's Hall, he graduated B.A. in 1665 and M.A. 1669, afterwards being also
incorporated M.A. at Oxford. Entering the church he was appointed
to the perpetual curacy of Theydon Bois in July 1669 and in November of
the same year, at the invitation of the inhabitants, he became minister of
Leyton, and continued so to serve for no less than 68 years, until his death
in 1737. For a portion of this time he also held the sinecure vicarage of
West Tarring in Sussex, and was lecturer of Hackney until 1724. Bowed
with the weight of increasing age and infirmity, the last few years of his
life were spent in the home of his grand-daughter, Susan, at Hackney, where
he died on December 11, 1737, aged 94 years 1 month and 10 days, and was
buried in Leyton Church, where the best years of his life had been spent and
where he had faithfully ministered so long. His literary activity was
enormous, for in addition to sermons, he wrote and published many weighty
volumes, the material for which he collected with infinite labour and pains.
The most important of his works are the lives of three Archbishops of Canter-
bury, Thomas Cranmer, Matthew Parker and John Whitgift, and his
Ecclesiastical Memorials and Annals of the Reformation, the former
in three folio volumes and the latter in four ; but he is perhaps most widely
known as the continuator of Stow's Survey of London, wherein he gives
a very full account of Leyton Church.
Before leaving the church our President thanked Mr. Glass in the name
of the Club for his kindly welcome.
On the return walk to the Town Hall, some of the party took the opportun-
ity to inspect the Church House, formerly the vicarage, a small unpretentious
Georgian building, where John Strype, the historian, resided during his long,
ministry of the parish, which lasted for sixty-eight years from 1669 onwards.
At the Town Hall the party was received and welcomed by the Chair-
man of the Urban District Council (Mr. Councillor F.J. Cobb, J.P.) and the
chairman of the Libraries Committee (Mr. Councillor A. J. Allanson). The
two members of Parliament for Leyton, Mr. E. E. Alexander, member for
Leyton (East), and Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., member for Leyton (West)
were also present with the party. In the Council Chamber an exhibition
of old Essex prints had been arranged for the benefit of the visitors by Mr-
Moon and his assistant, and these attracted much interested attention.
Afternoon tea was kindly provided for the party in the Councillors' Room
at the Town Hall at 5 o'clock, after which some further time was enjoyable
spent in inspecting the print exhibition.
The President expressed the thanks of the party to all who had con-
tributed to the magnificent reception which had been accorded to the Club
that afternoon, both at the Parish Church and at the Town Hall, and for the
generous hospitality shown to the party ; and he referred especially to Mr.
Moon, upon whom the brunt of the work in organising such a successful
meeting and exhibition had fallen. Mr. Moon replied suitably, and the
visitors then took leave.