^ST PANCRAS SOPER LANE GARDINER CONNECTIONS
(1400–1555)
Name| Relationship| Connection to St Pancras Soper Lane| Primary Source
^Richard Gardiner (c.1429–1489): [ Alderman & Mercer, Lord Mayor 1478 ] Owned the large Soper Lane house with private chapel wing in St Pancras parish; bequeathed to wife Audrey for life, then to St Mary Magdalen guild.[ PROB 11/9/219 ff.12r–15v; Sharpe Letter-Book L fol.71b ]
^John Gardiner senior of Exning (d. c.1458): [Patriarch, Co Founder Count House Capitol, Mercer] £20 dower to daughter Isabel for St Pancras Soper Lane obits & petty school. ^Copinger Manors of Suffolk vol.1 p.235; VCH Suffolk vol.10 p.158
^William Gardiner, fishmonger (d.1480): [ Brother of Alderman Richard Gardiner ] Bequeathed Thames-side stalls abutting St Pancras adjunct [CL Estate/38/1A/1] (Clothworkers’ founding)
^Sir Wyllyam Gardynyr, skinner (d.1485): [Nephew of Alderman Richard Gardiner ] Unicorn tavern residuals & Red Poleaxe workshop within parish bounds. [PROB 11/7 Logge f.150r]^Ellen Tudor (widow of Sir Wyllyam d. 1485):[Niece-in-law of Alderman Richard Gardiner] Life interest Unicorn tavern (St Pancras parish) + obits. [CPR Henry VII p.389; PROB 11/7 f.150r]
^Thomas Gardiner, kings chaplain (d. 1536): Prior of Tynemouth [Son of William (d.1485) Grand-nephew of Richard (d.1489)] Received £10 annual for Westminster masses routed via St Pancras. [WA Muniment 6672; CPR p.389]^Robert Gardiner of Bury (executor): [Nephew of Alderman Richard Gardiner] £5 obit to St Pancras in Richard’s codicil. [PROB 11/9/219 codicil]
^Audrey Cotton (wife of Richard, later Sir Gilbert Talbot): [Wife of Alderman Richard Gardiner ] Inherited Soper Lane house with chapel wing in St Pancras parish. [PROB 11/9/219; CPR Henry VII vol.2 p.141]
^Mary Gardiner → Alington Grand-niece: Beneficiary of Soper Lane residuals via mother Audrey Gardiner, Talbot nee Cotton. [Visitation of Cambridgeshire 1575 p.12]
^ST MILDRED’S POULTRY GARDINER CONNECTIONS
(1400–1555)
Name| Relationship| Connection to St Mildred’s Poultry| Primary Source
^Richard Gardiner (c.1429–1489): [Alderman & Mercer, Lord Mayor 1478] Principal parishioner; owned multiple tenements in the parish (including the “Great House” on Cheapside corner); buried in St Mildred’s chancel; left £20 for church repairs and obits. [PROB 11/9/219 ff.12r–15v; Sharpe Letter-Book L fol.71b; Stow Survey of London (1598) p.281]Audrey Cotton Gardiner-Talbot (d. after 1509): [Wife of Alderman Richard Gardiner (d.1489), later Lady Gilbert Talbot] Inherited the Great House and tenements in St Mildred’s parish; continued obits after Richard’s death PROB 11/9/219; CPR Henry VII vol.2 p.141
^Sir Wyllyam Gardynyr (d.1485): [Nephew of Alderman Richard Gardiner] Unicorn tavern residuals & Red Poleaxe workshop within St Mildred’s parish bounds [PROB 11/7 Logge f.150r]
^Ellen Tudor (a. 1530): [Widow of Sir Wyllyam Gardynyr ] Life interest Unicorn tavern (St Mildred’s parish) + obits [CPR Henry VII p.389]
^Robert Gardiner of Bury (fl.1471–1492+): [Nephew of Alderman Richard Gardiner] £5 obit to St-Mildred’s in Richard’s codicil; executor handling parish payments [^PROB 11/9/219 codicil]
^Mary Gardiner → Alington: [Grand-niece of Alderman Richard Gardiner ] Beneficiary of Cheapside/St Mildred’s residuals via mother Audrey [Visitation of Cambridgeshire 1575 p.12]