Sir Martin Bowes was a very prominent and active civic dignitary of Tudor London whose career continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Born into the citizenry of York, Bowes was apprenticed in London and made his career at the Royal Mint, as a master-worker and under-treasurer, and personally implemented the debasement of English currency which became a fiscal imperative in the later reign of Henry.
Sir Martin Bowes in 1562 (Broke Hall portrait)
Debased testoon 1544–1547
Tower Place in Woolwich, built by Bowes in the 1540s
St Mary Woolnoth is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street near Bank junction. The present building is one of the Queen Anne Churches, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The parish church continues to be actively used for services, with Holy Communion every Tuesday. St Mary Woolnoth lies in the ward of Langbourn.
The view from the Bank end of Lombard Street (2017)
Register of St Mary's Woolnoth (15th century)
St Mary Woolnoth pictured in 1959.
Coat of arms of the Diocese of London at the gate of the church