The Goldsmithery

The Goldsmiths' quarter ("orfaveria") in Cheapside, extending from Wood Street to Foster Lane and Old Change. In parish of St. Matthew, Friday Street, 1310-1l (Ct. H.W. I. 219).

Earliest mention: "Orfaveria in foro London," H. III. (Cal. Ch. I. p.m. Vol. I. p. 308). "Aurifabrica in foro," 1235 (Cal. Charter Rolls, I. 201-2).

Other names : "The Goldsmithery," 1278 (Ct. H.W. I. 35). "Aurifabria," 6 Ed. I. (ib. 29). Shop in "Aurifabria" opposite the church of St. Peter de Wodestrate, 1290 (Ct. H.W. I. 94).

Gold and silver to be sold there or at the King's Exchange, 1327 (Cal. P.R. Ed. III. 1327-30, p. 43).

Perhaps Goldsmiths' Row occupied this site later.