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The Guildhall, London,
April, 1894.

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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CHAPTER I.

The greatness of London. How far due to its geographical position.

The wealth and importance of the City of London are due to a variety of causes, of which its geographical position must certainly be esteemed not the least. The value of such a noble river as the Thames was scarcely over-estimated by the citizens when, as the story goes, they expressed to King James their comparative indifference to his threatened removal of himself, his court and parliament, from London, if only their river remained to them. The mouth of the Thames is the most convenient port on the westernmost boundary of the European seaboard, and ships would often run in to replenish their tanks with the sweet water for which it was once famous.[1]