PREFACE.CHAPTER I.

Contents

[PREFACE.]
[CHAPTER I.]
[THE PORT OF LONDON.]
[THE CITY NOT IN DEMESNE.]
[THE ROMAN OCCUPATION.]
[THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND.]
[THE BISHOP OF LONDON.]
[THE DANES IN LONDON.]
[ALFRED "RESTORES" LONDON.]
[THE FRITH-GILD OF THE CITY.]
[THE FIRST PAYMENT OF DANEGELT.]
[LONDON SUBMITS TO SWEYN.]
[CNUT EXPELLED BY ETHELRED.]
[THE LAWS OF ETHELRED.]
[THE "LITHSMEN" OF LONDON.]
[LONDON THE CAPITAL.]
[EARL GODWINE AND THE CITIZENS.]
[CHAPTER II.]
[THE NORMAN CONQUEROR.]
[LONDON SUBMITS TO WILLIAM.]
[WILLIAM'S CHARTER TO THE CITY.]
[THE "DOOMSDAY" BOOK.]
[THE ELECTION OF HENRY I.]
[HENRY'S CHARTER TO THE CITY.]
[THE SHERIFF-WICK OF MIDDLESEX.]
[LONDON'S ELECTION OF STEPHEN.]
[THE EMPRESS MATILDA.]
[LONDON AND THE SYNOD AT WINCHESTER.]
[THE EMPRESS MATILDA IN LONDON.]
[LONDON HOLDS THE BALANCE.]
[CHAPTER III.]
[FITZ-STEPHEN'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON]
[CHARTER OF HENRY II TO THE CITY.]
[THE REVOLT OF THE BARONS]
[RICHARD I AND HIS CHANCELLOR.]
[THE CITY AND ITS "COMMUNE."]
[SUBSTITUTION OF MAYOR FOR PORT-REEVE.]
[CHRONICLE OF ARNALD FITZ-THEDMAR.]
[THE CITY'S CLAIM AT CORONATION BANQUETS.]
[INSURRECTION UNDER LONGBEARD.]
[THE GOLDEN BULL.]
[FITZ-WALTER THE CITY'S CASTELLAIN.]
[LONDON AND THE GREAT CHARTER.]
[DEATH OF KING JOHN.]
[CHAPTER IV.]
[THE TREATY OF LAMBETH.]
[TUMULT RAISED BY CONSTANTINE.]
[THE KINGDOM OVER-RUN BY FOREIGNERS.]
[TAKEN INTO THE KING'S HAND.]
[LONDON SUPPORTS THE BARONS.]
[THE CITY AT THE MERCY OF THE KING.]
[ORGANIZATION OF CRAFT GUILDS.]
[THE MISE OF AMIENS.]
[SIMON DE MONTFORT'S PARLIAMENT.]
[THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM AND ITS RESULTS.]
[THE FATE OF FITZ-THOMAS, MAYOR.]
[THE MAYORALTY RESTORED.]
[WALTER HERVY RE-ELECTED MAYOR.]
[CHAPTER V.]
[FITZ-THEDMAR'S PREJUDICE AGAINST HERVY.]
[CHARGES AGAINST WALTER HERVY.]
[THE RESULTS OF HERVY'S POLICY.]
[INTERRUPTION OF TRADE WITH FLANDERS.]
[FLEMINGS EXPELLED FROM ENGLAND.]
[ARRIVAL OF EDWARD I IN ENGLAND.]
[THE MURDER OF LAURENCE DUKET.]
[THE ITER AT THE TOWER.]
[THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS.]
[DEATH OF QUEEN ELEANOR.]
[THE KING IN DIFFICULTIES.]
[RISING OF THE SCOTS UNDER WALLACE.]
[DEATH OF EDWARD I.]
[CHAPTER VI.]
[THE ORDAINERS AND THEIR WORK.]
[RICHER DE REFHAM, MAYOR.]
[THE FALL OF GAVESTON.]
[THE CITIZENS RESIST A TALLIAGE.]
[DISSENSION IN THE CITY.]
[PROCEEDINGS AT THE ITER OF 1321.]
[CLAIMS PUT FORWARD BY THE CITY.]
[CONTINUATION OF THE ITER.]
[HAMO DE CHIGWELL, MAYOR.]
[MILITARY SERVICE OF LONDONERS.]
[ESCAPE OF MORTIMER FROM THE TOWER.]
[THE CITY LOST TO EDWARD II.]
[MURDER OF BISHOP STAPLETON.]
[DEATH OF THE KING.]
[CHAPTER VII.]
[THE CITY MARKET MONOPOLY.]
[THE CORONATION STONE.]
[JOHN DE GRANTHAM ELECTED MAYOR.]
[THE KING AND THE EARL OF LANCASTER.]
[TRIAL OF HAMO DE CHIGWELL.]
[LONDON MERCHANTS AND THE STAPLES.]
[A NEW TAX ON WOOL.]
[RICHARD DE BETOYNE, MAYOR OF THE STAPLE.]
[BETOYNE'S CONDUCT AT YORK APPROVED.]
[EXPIRATION OF TREATY OF NORTHAMPTON.]
[THE KING'S MONOPOLY OF WOOL.]
[THE CITY PREPARES TO DEFEND ITSELF.]
[THE BATTLE OF SLUYS.]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
[THE KING'S UNEXPECTED RETURN, 30 NOV., 1340.]
[THE CITY'S RIGHT TO VARY CUSTOMS.]
[EDWARD AGAIN SETS SAIL FOR FRANCE.]
[SURRENDER OF CALAIS.]
[THE BLACK DEATH.]
[THE BATTLE OF POITIERS.]
[THE PEACE OF BRETIGNY.]
[RENEWAL OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE.]
[ASSESSMENT ON CITY PARISHES.]
[PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOOD PARLIAMENT.]
[THE COMMON COUNCIL CHOSEN FROM THE GUILDS.]
[THE CITY AND THE DUKE OF LANCASTER.]
[THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN REMOVED.]
[CHAPTER IX.]
[RICHARD THE "LONDONERS' KING."]
[JOHN PHILIPOT.]
[A CITY LOAN OF £5,000.]
[THE POLL-TAX AND PEASANTS' REVOLT.]
[REFORMS UNDER JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON.]
[NICHOLAS EXTON, ALDERMAN, DEPOSED.]
[PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON.]
[NORTHAMPTON CONFINED IN TINTAGEL CASTLE.]
[THE BOOK CALLED "JUBILEE."]
[EFFORTS TO OBTAIN NORTHAMPTON'S RELEASE.]
[DISAFFECTION TOWARDS THE KING.]
[THE LORDS APPELLANT IN THE CITY.]
[RE-APPEARANCE OF NORTHAMPTON.]
[THE CITY REFUSES A LOAN TO RICHARD.]
[FARRINGDON WARD—WITHIN AND WITHOUT.]
[CHAPTER X.]
[DOUBTFUL REPORTS AS TO THE LATE KING'S DEATH.]
[THE STATUTE OF HERESY.]
[RICHARD WHITTINGTON, MAYOR.]
[THE MAYOR'S PRECEDENCE IN THE CITY.]
[BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.]
[MORE CITY LOANS.]
[HENRY'S CONQUEST OF NORMANDY.]
[THE TREATY OF TROVES.]
[DEATH OF KING HENRY V.]
[CHAPTER XI.]
[RIVAL CLAIMS OF BEDFORD AND GLOUCESTER.]
[RELIEF OF ORLEANS.]
[CORONATION OF HENRY VI.]
[THE KING'S RETURN FROM FRANCE.]
[CALAIS APPEALS TO LONDON.]
[THE PENANCE OF ELEANOR COBHAM.]
[CAPTURE AND DEATH OF CADE.]
[RIVALRY BETWEEN YORK ANS SOMERSET.]
[THE DUKE OF YORK NOMINATED PROTECTOR.]
[A GENERAL RECONCILIATION AT ST. PAUL'S.]
[COMMISSIONS OF ARRAY.]
[THE CITY AND THE YORKISTS.]
[THE DUKE OF YORK CLAIMS THE CROWN.]
[LONDON FORSAKEN BY HENRY.]
[CHAPTER XII.]
[CHARTERS OF EDWARD IV TO THE CITY.]
[RENEWAL OF THE CIVIL WAR.]
[HENRY VI RESTORED TO THE CROWN.]
[THE "BASTARD" FAUCONBERG.]
[RESTORATION OF EDWARD IV.]
[ACCESSION OF EDWARD V.]
[THE CITY AND THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.]
[CORONATION OF RICHARD III.]
[BOLD SPEECH OF THE CITIZENS.]
[VISIT OF HENRY VII TO THE CITY.]
[THE PERKIN WARBECK CONSPIRACY.]
[DEFEAT AND CAPTURE OF WARBECK.]
[THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE ARTHUR.]
[THE CITY'S CONTROL OVER THE COMPANIES.]
[MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS MARY.]
[LAST DAYS OF HENRY VII.]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
[PROCEEDINGS AGAINST EMPSON AND DUDLEY.]
[CORONATION OF HENRY VIII.]
[SOLDIERS FURNISHED BY THE CITY.]
[EDUCATION IN THE CITY.]
[DEAN COLLET AND ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.]
[PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS FOUNDED BY CITIZENS.]
[THE CITY BEFORE THE STAR CHAMBER.]
[EVIL—MAY-DAY.]
[THE CITY OBTAINS THE KING'S PARDON.]
[AN EPIDEMIC IN THE CITY.]
[RECEPTION OF CARDINAL CAMPEGGIO.]
[THE EMPEROR CHARLES VISITS THE CITY.]
[TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF BUCKINGHAM.]
[LIVERY COMPANIES TO SURRENDER THEIR PLATE.]
[PARLIAMENT THREATENED BY WOLSEY.]
[LONDON AND THE KINGDOM.]
[DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUE.]
[THE AMICABLE LOAN.]
[A TRUCE WITH FRANCE.]
[PAUL WYTHYPOL, MERCHANT-TAILOR.]
[THE FALL OF WOLSEY.]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
[THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE CLERGY.]
[TITHES PAYABLE IN THE CITY.]
[THE CITY AND THE GREAT BEAM.]
[ANNE BOLEYN AND THE CITY.]
[THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE CHARTERHOUSE.]
[EXECUTION OF FISHER AND MORE.]
[THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE.]
[JANE SEYMOUR—ANNE OF CLEVES.]
[THE DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES.]
[RELIGIOUS HOUSES FOSTERED BY THE CITY.]
[INSTITUTION OF PARISH REGISTERS.]
[THE CITY AND THE DISSOLVED HOUSES.]
[PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES.]
[RENEWAL OF WAR WITH FRANCE.]
[A BENEVOLENCE RAISED IN THE CITY.]
[MORE LEVIES TO BE RAISED IN THE CITY.]
[ENFORCEMENT OF UNIFORMITY.]
[THE CITY AS GOVERNORS OF ROYAL HOSPITALS.]
[FUNERAL OF HENRY THE EIGHTH.]
[CHAPTER XV.]
[THE CORONATION OF EDWARD VI.]
[THE REFORMATION.]
[SUPERSTITIOUS USES.]
[SPOLIATION OF THE CHURCHES.]
[THE TUNING OF THE PULPITS.]
[CRANMER AT ST. PAUL'S.]
[KETS REBELLION.]
[THE CITY OPPOSED TO THE PROTECTOR.]
[THE PROTECTOR LODGED IN THE TOWER.]
[THE KING ENTERTAINED BY SHERIFF YORK.]
[THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.]
[THE WARD OF BRIDGE WITHOUT.]
[UNPOPULARITY OF WARWICK.]
[THE FALL OF SOMERSET.]
[THE CITY AND THE ROYAL HOSPITALS.]
[ALDERMAN DOBBS AND CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.]
[CHAPTER XVI.]
[NORTHUMBERLAND'S CONSPIRACY, 1553.]
[MARY PROCLAIMED QUEEN IN THE CITY.]
[THE MASS RESTORED.]
[CORONATION OF QUEEN MARY.]
[WYATT'S REBELLION.]
[QUEEN MARY AT THE GUILDHALL.]
[SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION.]
[MEN AND MONEY DEMANDED OF THE CITY.]
[THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.]
[RECONCILIATION WITH THE POPE.]
[THE MARIAN PERSECUTION.]
[FOREIGNERS IN THE CITY.]
[DECLARATION OF WAR WITH FRANCE.]
[SOLDIERS FURNISHED BY THE CITY.]
[THE LOSS OF CALAIS.]
[DEATH OF MARY.]
[CHAPTER XVII.]
[CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.]
[RESTORATION OF THE PRAYER BOOK.]
[THE WAR WITH FRANCE.]
[THE LOSS OF HAVRE OR NEWHAVEN.]
[THE RESTORATION OF ST. PAUL'S.]
[THE INCEPTION OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.]
[SIR THOMAS GRESHAM.]
[THE ROYAL EXCHANGE COMPLETED.]
[INSURANCE BUSINESS AT ROYAL EXCHANGE.]
[GRESHAM COLLEGE.]
[THE CITY FLOODED WIH POLITICAL REFUGEES.]
[THE FIRST PUBLIC LOTTERY.]
[SEIZURE OF SPANISH VESSELS.]
[THE DUKE OF ALVA'S ENVOY IN THE CITY.]
[MEASURES OF RETALIATION AGAINST SPAIN.]
[THE RISING IN THE NORTH.]
[THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO.]
[FURTHER CALLS FOR MONEY AND MEN.]
[COUNT CASIMIR ENTERTAINED BY GRESHAM.]
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
[PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.]
[JESUITS IN THE CITY.]
[SPECIAL PREACHERS FOR THE CITY.]
[PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.]
[THE FALL OF ANTWERP.]
[THE BABINGTON CONSPIRACY.]
[PREPARATIONS TO MEET THE ARMADA.]
[THE ADVENT OF THE ARMADA.]
[RICHARD TOMSON AND HIS EXPLOIT.]
[THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S.]
[THE CAMP AT TILBURY.]
[THE CITY AND DISBANDED SOLDIERS.]
[THE CITY AND THE EARL OF ESSEX.]
[PRIVATEERING AGAINST SPAIN.]
[ALDERMAN SIR JOHN SPENCER.]
[THE CAPTURE OF CADIZ.]
[THE CITY REFUSES FURTHER SUPPLIES.]
[THE TYRONE REBELLION.]
[INSURRECTION OF EARL OF ESSEX.]
[MOUNTJOY IN IRELAND.]
[THE LAST DAYS OF ELIZABETH.]

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