London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 / A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

by Reginald R. Sharpe

Letter Book I, fo. 191b.

Letter Book I, fo. 218b. In May, 1419, the sword was surrendered, and the security changed to one on wool, woolfells, &c.—Id., fo. 227b.

Letter Book I, fo. 229. (Memorials, p. 654.)

Journal 1, fo. 30b.

Letter Book I, fo. 200b. (Memorials, p. 657.)

Letter, dated Caen, 11 September.—Letter Book I, fo. 200b.

Writ, dated 18th Oct.—Letter Book I, fo. 203.

Stubbs, Const. Hist., iii, 89.

Letter Book I, fo. 222.

Letter Book I, fos. 211b, 212b, 217. Proclamations made by the civic authorities at this time were subscribed "Carpenter"—the name of the Common Clerk or Town Clerk of the City. The custom of the Town Clerk of London for the time being, signing official documents of this kind with his surname alone, continues at the present day.