London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 / A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

by Reginald R. Sharpe

Journal House of Commons, ii, 935.

Id., ii, 971.

Journal 40, fos. 47b, 48.

Journal 40, fos. 48-50; Journal House of Commons, ii, 972.

Journal House of Commons, ii, 976; Journal 40, fos. 50b, 51.

Journal 40, fo. 52. "A plan of the city and suburbs of London, as fortified by order of parliament in the years 1642 and 1643," is engraved in Maitland's History, i, 368-369. The remains of some of the earthworks and masonry erected during the civil war might have recently been seen in the neighbourhood of Hackney. The name of Castle Street is said to commemorate a rampart at Southampton House, in Holborn, whilst Mount Street is believed to take its name from a large earthwork known as "Oliver's Mount."—Loftie, "Hist. of London," i, 345.

Journal House of Commons, ii, 993.

Journal 40, fos. 56, 59, 59b, 61, 65, 66b.

Journal 40, fo. 54; Journal House of Commons, ii, 985.

Journal 40, fo. 54b.