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The Mortality Bill for the year 1665, published by the ''Parish Clerk’s Company'', shows 97 parishes within the [[City of London]].<ref>"The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London" Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X</ref> By September 6 the city lay in ruins, 86 churches having been destroyed.<ref>The "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922</ref> In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]] to decide which would be rebuilt.<ref>"Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129</ref> Fifty-one were chosen, but '''St Mary Woolchurch Haw''' where the [[Mansion House, London]] now stands<ref>“Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909</ref> in [[Walbrook|Walbrook Ward]] was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.<ref>"The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659</ref> Described by [[John Stow|Stow]] as a “reasonably fair and large”<ref>"A Survey of London, Vol I" Stow,J p446 : Originally 1598- this edn,London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890</ref>, its dedication was derived from the wool that was weighed from its main cross beam<ref>"A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918</ref> . It was a much loved church <ref>Its [[churchwarden]] even allowed his own house to burn while he rescued what he could from his church- Huelin, G, “Vanished Churches of the City of London”, London,Guildhall Library Publications, 1996ISBN 0900422424</ref>. Following the fire it was united to [[St Mary Woolnoth]] <ref>[http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/england/lnd/stmarywoolchurchhaw.htm New parish details]</ref> and quickly became a thriving concern<ref>[http://protocat.nla.gov.au/Record/237237 Farewell sermon of first incumbent]</ref>. Partial records still survive at [[International Genealogical Index|IGI]].<ref>[http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site]</ref>.

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