[1] S. Bartholo|mewes by Smithfield founded. Smithfield sometimes a common laie|stall & a place of execution.About the third yeare of K. Henries reigne, the foundation of saint Bartholomews by Smithfield was begun by Raier one of the kings musicians (as some write) who also became the first prior thereof. In those daies Smithfield was a place where they laid all the ordure and filth of the citie. It was also the appointed place of execution, where felons and o|ther malefactors of the lawes did suffer for their mis|deeds.