CONTENTS

PART I
THE GOVERNMENT OF LONDON
CHAP.PAGE
[1.]The Records3
[2.]The Charter of Henry the Second8
[3.]The Commune11
[4.]The Wards24
[5.]The Factions of the City35
[6.]The Century of Uncertain Steps66
[7.]After the Commune72
[8.]The City Companies108
PART II
ECCLESIASTICAL LONDON
[1.]The Religious Life127
[2.]Church Furniture159
[3.]The Calendar of the Year164
[4.]Hermits and Anchorites170
[5.]Pilgrimage179
[6.]Ordeal191
[7.]Sanctuary201
[8.]Miracle and Mystery Plays213
[9.]Superstitions, etc.218
[10.]Order of Burial223
PART III
RELIGIOUS HOUSES
[1.]General227
[2.]St. Martin’s-le-Grand234
[3.]The Priory of the Holy Trinity, or Christ Church Priory241
[4.]The Charter House245
[5.]Elsyng Spital248
[6.]St. Bartholomew250
[7.]St. Thomas of Acon263
[8.]St. Anthony’s268
[9.]The Priory of St. John of Jerusalem270
[10.]The Clerkenwell Nunnery284
[11.]St. John the Baptist, or Holiwell Nunnery286
[12.]Bermondsey Abbey288
[13.]St. Mary Overies297
[14.]St. Thomas’s Hospital309
[15.]St. Giles-in-the-Fields311
[16.]St. Helen’s313
[17.]St. Mary Spital322
[18.]St. Mary of Bethlehem325
[19.]The Clares329
[20.]St. Katherine’s by the Tower334
[21.]Crutched Friars342
[22.]Austin Friars344
[23.]Grey Friars348
[24.]The Dominicans354
[25.]Whitefriars360
[26.]St. Mary of Graces363
[27.]The Smaller Foundations365
[28.]Fraternities382
[29.]Hospitals385
APPENDICES
[1.]List of Wards of London391
[2.]List of Aldermen393
[3.]Alphabetical List of Aldermen whose Names are affixed to Deedsin the Thirteenth Century395
[4.]List of Parishes397
[5.]Patronage of City Churches400
[6.]Festivals401
[7.]An Anchorite’s Cell404
[8.]The Monastic Houses406
[9.]A Dominican House407
[10.]The Papey411
[11.]Charitable Endowment413
[12.]Fraternities420
[INDEX]423