(ST.) MILDRED, BREAD STREET

   On the east side of Bread Street at No. 38 (P.O. Directory). In Bread Street Ward. The parish extends into Cordwainer and Queenhithe Wards.

   Earliest mention: "St. Mudrid in Bredstrate" (1223-52) (Anc. Deeds, A. 1655). "St. Mildred in Brodstred," 1275 (Ct. H.W. I. 20). "St. Mildrid de Bradestte," 1285 (MS. D. and C. St. Paul's, Lib. L. 93). "St. Mildrid in Fyshstrete," 1544 (L. and P. H. II. VIII. XIX. (2), p. 412).

   Lord Trenchant a new builder or great benefactor about 1300 (S. 349).

   John Shadworth gave the parsonage house, revestry and Churchyard to the parish, 1428 (ib.).

   Parsonage house burnt, and rebuilt by Sir John Hawlen, 1485 (ib.). Church repaired and beautified 1628.

   Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt, the parish of St. Margaret Moses being united to it (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201-6).

   At the rebuilding an additional piece of ground was added to the site for the enlargement of the church, 1682 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben Bequest, 1600-1700, No. 47).

   A Rectory. Patron : Canons of St. Mary Southwark, afterwards the Crown.

   Dedication to St. Mildred, the Kentish saint, Abbess of Minster.