CONTENTS

DATE PAGE
To 1066.London before the Conquest[1]
1066.The Conqueror's Charter[4]
1085.London Environs in Domesday[4]
c. 1130.Henry I.'s Charter[8]
1141.Matilda in London[10]
c. 1173.A Norman Picture of London[12]
1177.Disturbances in the City[17]
1189.Ordinances concerning Building[19]
1191.The Liberties of the City Confirmed[22]
1199.John's Third Charter[23]
1202.London Bridge[25]
1249.Oppression by Henry III.[27]
1258.Interference by Barons[29]
1282.The Steelyard[31]
1282.The Preservation of Peace and Order[33]
1311.The Citizens and Edward II.[36]
1319.Constitutions for the Government of the City[37]
1326.A Revolt against Edward II.[40]
1329.A Proclamation of Edward III.[42]
1347.Articles of the Heaumers and of the Hatters[44]
1350.Regulations concerning Wages and Prices[46]
1364.The Charter to the Drapers[49]
1365.A Letter from Edward III.[51]
1374.A Lease to Geoffrey Chaucer[52]
1375.The City Arms[54]
1381.Wat Tyler in London[56]
c. 1400.London Lickpenny[62]
1406.Whittington's Second Mayoralty[66]
1413.The Persecution of the Lollards[68]
1415.Imprisonment for refusing Office[70]
1419.Oaths of the Mayor and Aldermen[72]
1450.Jack Cade in London[74]
1464.The Mayor's Dignity[78]
1485.Regulations concerning Strangers[79]
1510.The Marching Watch[82]
1514.Destruction of Fences[84]
1517.More's Description of London[85]
1517.Evil May Day[88]
1519.The Papal Legate in the City[91]
1525.Wolsey and the Citizens[93]
1527.The Apprentices[95]
1533.A Water Pageant[98]
1549.Latimer's Exhortation to London[100]
1553.Mary's Speech to the Citizens[102]
1554.Soranzo's Report on London[105]
1566.The Royal Exchange[106]
1575.A Lord Mayor's Show[107]
1587.London and the Armada[110]
1592.The City's Attitude towards the Stage[111]
1593.A Plague Order[115]
1598.London Schools[121]
1600.A German View of London[123]
1609.London and Ulster[125]
1626.The Demands of Charles I.[129]
1629.The Keeping of the Sabbath[131]
1640.The City's Petition to Charles I.[132]
1642.London under the Early Stuarts[134]
1643.A Proclamation against the City[136]
1653.Cromwell in London[138]
1660.London and the Restoration[140]
1661.State of London before the Plague[144]
1665.The Plague[146]
1666.The Fire[148]
1666.A Proclamation of Charles II.[156]
1667.Evelyn's Plans for Rebuilding[159]
1671.An Act concerning the Streets[162]
1679.A Lord Mayor's Proclamation[164]
1681.The Popish Panic[169]
1681.Postal Arrangements[169]
1688.London after James II.'s Abdication[172]
1689.A Lord Mayor's Day[174]
1716.Gay's "Trivia"[177]
1720.The South Sea Bubble[179]
1725.Defoe's Description of London[181]
1733.A Petition against the Excise Bill[183]
1741.The London Streets[185]
1743.The Loyalty of the London Merchants[187]
1780.The Gordon Riots[188]
1791.London's Trade[191]

HISTORY OF LONDON