Note 133 — XXX.—SITE OF ROSE FIELD (MACKLIN STREET, SHELTON STREET, NEWTON STREET (PART), AND PARKER STREET (PART)).

“July 8, 1640. Warrant to the Petty Constables of the parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. Clement’s Danes to give notice to the persons whose names are underwritten to appear ... before Sir John Hippisley and Sir Henry Spiller to show cause why they neglect and refuse to cleanse and repair their parts of a common sewer near Lewknor’s lane, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, which has become a public nuisance.” (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1640, p. 459). This sewer, which ran about 74 feet north of Lewknor’s lane (Parton’s Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, p. 101), seems to have originally, as an open ditch, formed the boundary between Rose Field and Bear Close.