The church of St. Faith was originally a distinct building, standing near the east end of , but when the old cathedral was enlarged, between the years and , it was taken down, and an extensive part of the vaults was appropriated to the use of the parishioners of St. Faith, in lieu of the demolished fabric. This was afterwards called , and, according to a representation made to the dean and chapter, in the year , measured feet in length, and feet in breadth. After the fire of London, the parish of St. Faith was joined to that of St. Augustine, and, on the rebuilding of the cathedral, a portion of the church-yard belonging to the former was taken to enlarge the avenues round the east end of , and the remainder was inclosed within the cathedral railing. On the union of the parishes, or more accurately, from the time of the great fire, the vaults ceased to be used, except for interments: but the dean and chapter having, in the year , caused a railing to be set up, by which the space of ground appropriated to the parish of St. Faith was reduced to feet by , a long disagreement ensued, and had nearly terminated In an expensive suit-at-law. A final agreement, however, was at length entered into, in , and enrolled in Chancery in the year following, in which it was declared that

the parishes of St. Faith and St. Augustine shall be at liberty to bury their inhabitants and others in that part of the vaults under the said cathedral, containing

2,600

square feet, be the same more or less, clear of walls and piers, which is separated from the other part of those vaults by a rail, and which they have been accustomed to bury in; but not so near the foundation of the said cathedral as may injure the same; paying for every such burial the usual fees of

6s. 8d.

to the dean and chapter, and

6s. 8d.

to the clerk of the works, or to such person as the dean and chapter shall appoint;

secondly, that the said parishes may and shall bury their inhabitants in all and every part of the north-east part of the church-yard adjoining to the said cathedral, containing

25,810

square feet, be the same more or less, clear of the pavements, in common with the dean and chapter, paying the usual fee of

3s. 4d.

to the dean and chapter for every burial.

fourscore and

nineteen

years,

crowds, or Jesus chapel,

the chapel of our Lady and St. Nicholas,

the entry to the same;

free ingress and egress through the said entry to their crowds, commonly called their storehouse or wine-cellar.

all that vault or crowds within the said church

of

St. Paul's

, lately named, called, or reputed for the parishes, the Virgin lying within the same,

Mr. Brayley says could this be the virgin St. Faith, who is said to have suffered martyrdom during the persecution of the Christians under the emperor Dioclesian, or a figure of the Virgin Mary? Brayley, ii. 304.

and all the appurtenances of the same,

It appears from Stow, that the ancient church of St. Faith in cryptis, and which must have been what was granted as above to the dean and chapter, was under the choir of , and adjoining to the west end of Jesus chapel; which latter must, of course, have been immediately beneath the chapel of Our Lady.

On the east side of is