The year 1557 was a glorious one for householders, for on September 5th in that year "was a proclamasyon mad that the bochers of London shold selle beyffe and moton and velle, the best for a penny fordyng the pound, and nekes and legges at iii fordynges the pound, and the lambe the quorter viiid., and yff they wyll not thay loysse ther fredom for ever and ever."
The fire brigade of 1557 was on a very moderate scale as compared with that of the present year of grace, and the members had charitable and religious duties imposed on them which the brigade of modern times would scarcely consider as coming within the sphere of their duty. We read: "Jan. 7th, 1556-7, in Chosdwener Street Word a bellman was appointed to go round the ward and ring his bell at the strett ends in case of fire, and to helpe the powre (poor) and pray for the ded."
Index.
- Abbey of St. Mary of Graces, [208];
- abbots of, [216]
- Aldgate, [22];
- churches, [181];
- attacked, [192];
- barons in, [190]
- Aldersgate Street, [118];
- Aldersgate, [24];
- churches, etc., [123]
- Amusements, [285]
- Anne of Bohemia, [55]
- Annesley, Samuel, [112]
- Artillery company, [93]
- Audley, Sir Thomas, [193]
- Bailly, Harry, [169]
- Bakers punished, [48]
- Bancroft, Francis, [108]
- Basset, Fulco, [262]
- Baynard's Castle, [232]
- Bishop, a brave old London, [262]
- Bishopgate, [26];
- in charge of Hanseatic merchants, [27]
- Bishopsgate Street, [76]
- Boadicea, [3]
- Braybrooke, Robert de, Bishop of London, [249]
- Brember, Sir Nicholas, [236]
- Bridgegate, [31]
- British village, the, [2]
- Burning heretics, [276]
- Butchers' price of meat fixed, [290]
- Canterbury pilgrims, [170]
- Canute attacks London, [13]
- Charter, the Conqueror's, [220]
- Chaucer and the Tabard, [165]
- Churches, [35], [38], [43], [80], [81], [86], [87], [126], [127], [146], [181], [188], [195]
- Conduits, [37]
- Convent of St. Clare, [197]
- Cooks, [136]
- Cooper, Sir Astley, [145]
- Coronation, Queen Eleanor, [44]
- Cottage hospitals, [195]
- Cripplegate, [28]
- Cromwell family, [84]-[5]
- Crosses and images burnt, [277]
- Crosby, Sir John, [99]
- Crown Field, [36]
- Curfew, [36], [125]
- D'Albret, Sir Perducas, [241]
- Diarist, an old London, [269]
- Ditch, London, [20]
- Dowgate, [26]
- Drowning, execution by, [229]
- Dunmow flitch, [224]
- Edward III. in peril, [208]-[9], [236]
- Eleanor Cross, the, [38], [71]
- Excise Office, [159]
- Executions, [37];
- re Wyatt's rebellion, [274]
- Falcasius and the justice, [250]
- Fauconbridge, [23]
- Fires, incendiary, [138];
- bellman at, [290]
- Fitzwalter, Baron, of Baynard's Castle, [219];
- service and privileges, [225]-[6]
- Foreign merchants, [27], [61]-[64]
- Funerals, [278]
- Gates, [5], [22]
- Glass, [149]
- Gloucester, Duke of, [241]-[4]
- Gresham, Sir Thomas, [104];
- Sir John, funeral, [280]
- Grossers' Company, [238]
- Helwood, Peter, [128]
- Henry III., [46]
- Henry VI., [56]
- Henry VIII., [57]-[60]
- Hoadley, Benjamin, [148]
- Holbein, Hans, [189]
- Holdsworth, Richard, [147]
- Hostelries, [136]-[8]
- Howard, Lord Edward, [65]
- Houses, historic, [99], [102]-[4], [106], [131]-[6], [143]-[6];
- religious, and chapels, [87], [110]-[11], [113]-[15], [130], [153]
- Howell, James, [150]
- Hurricane, A.D. 1091, [35]
- Iconoclasm, [276]
- Inns, [96]
- Inscription, curious, [10]
- James I. enters London, [139]
- Jews, usury, massacre, etc., [49], [50];
- synagogue, [115]
- Joscelyne, Ralph, re walls, [17]
- Katherine of Valois, [55]
- Knighten Guild, [185]
- Knollys, Hansard, [114]
- Knowles, Sir Robert, [241]
- Leathersellers' Company, [93];
- charters, [94];
- halls, [95]
- Lollards, [259]
- London, pillaged, [4];
- fortified, A.D. 1643, [19];
- Roman remains, [77]
- Longbeard, W. Fitzosbert, [42]
- Lord Mayor's Day, [66]
- Louis XIV., anecdote, [91]
- Lud, King, [25]
- Ludgate, [25]
- Lydgate, [39]
- Machyn, Henry, [269];
- diary, extracts from, [274]
- Marching watch, [56]-[60]
- Margaret of Anjou, pageant, [55]
- Matilda the Fair, [222]-[3]
- Matilda, Queen, [179]
- May Day, the Evil, [62]
- Mayors and aldermen, [122]
- Merchants' lecture, [156]
- Miracle plays, [257]
- Moorgate, [30]
- Nevil, Sir Thomas, [192]
- Newgate, [28];
- John Offrem's escape, [29]
- Norman, Prior, [183], [186]
- Norman, Sir John, [67]
- Old Bishopsgate, [116]
- Old Broad Street, [142];
- public buildings in, [161]
- Old Jewry, [48]
- Pageants, [55], [68], [281]
- Pamphlets, [73]
- Papey, the, [87]
- Paulet, Sir William, [144]
- Pawnbrokers, [195]
- Pestilence, [191]
- Pickaxe Street, [118]
- Pillory, [276]-[7]
- Pinder, Sir Paul, [101]
- Pinmakers, [152]
- Plantagenet, Edmund, [200]
- Post Office, [99]
- Praed, [97]
- 'Prentices, [39]
- Printers and publishers, [140]
- Priory and Hospital of Bethlehem, [88]
- Priory and Hospital of the Holy Trinity, [178]
- Punishment, [287]
- Radcot Bridge, affair of, [246]
- Richard II., [237]
- Riots, goldsmiths' and tailors', [51]
- Roman Catholicism—Queen Mary—[275]
- Roman remains, [77]
- Royal Society, the, [105]
- Seals, St. Helen's, [83];
- St. Mary of Graces, [217]
- Scott, John, D.D., [148]
- Sildham, [54]
- St. Augustine's, [153]
- St. Bartholomew, fracas at, [265]
- St. Clare, [199]
- St. Mary Spital, [86]
- St. Paul's, [256]
- Tabard, the, [166]
- Temple Bar, [32]
- Thames, Valley of the, [1]
- Tombs, St. Botolph, [81];
- St. Helen, [84]
- Tournament in Cheapside, [52]
- Traitors' quarters exposed, [122]
- Tresilian, Sir Robert, [245]
- Trinity Hall, [129]
- Tyler, Wat, slain, [240]-[1]
- Villeins, [212]
- Walls of London, [3]-[18]
- Walworth, Lord Mayor, [241]
- Wardhoke, [164]
- Wesley, John, [130]
- Wesleys, the, [112]
- Wife, sale of a, [289]
- William builds the Tower, [14]
- Workhouse founded, [107]
- Wyclif, [254]
Transcriber's Notes
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