London in the Time of the Stuarts

by Walter Besant

Allhallows, Staining	Will. Linton	1658	£26	per annum	6 boys
Almonry	Emery Hill	1677	7	„ „	...
St. Saviour’s Church Yard	Applebea	1681	20	„ „	30 „
Dunhill Fields	Trotman	1673	80	„ „	30 „
Castle Street	Alf. Tenison	1685	1500	„ „	30 „
Cherry Tree Alley	W. Worrall	1689	30	„ „	40 „
East Smithfield	Sir S. Sterling	1673	20	„ „	16 „
Islington	Dame Alice Owen	1613	20	„ „	30 children
Lambeth	R. Lawrence	1661	35	„ „	20 „
Palmer’s School: see Almshouses
Grey Coat Green Coat } see Almshouses
Parker’s Lane	W. Skelton	1663		...	50 boys
Plow Yard	J. Hickson	1689	£30	per annum	20 „
Rotherhithe	Hills and Bell	1612	3	„ „	8 children
Tothill Fields	Emery Hill	1677			20 boys
Whitechapel	Davenant	1686	about £80	„ „	{ 60 „ 40 girls

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APPENDIX IV
COMPOSITION OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS

In 1687 there were in the House of Lords—12 Dukes, 2 Marquesses, 66 Earls, 9 Viscounts, 64 Barons, 2 Archbishops, and 24 Bishops. Total 181.

In the House of Commons—92 Knights of Counties, 25 cities 2 Knights each and Lords 4, 8 Cinque ports, 16 Barons, 2 Universities 2 burgesses each, and 344 burgesses for Boroughs.

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APPENDIX V
ENLARGEMENT OF THE STREETS

The following rules were laid down for the enlargement and improvement of the streets:—

“Pursuant to the said Act of Parliament, a Common Council was called for the purposes thereof; in which it was enacted, ‘That the street called Fleet Street, from the place where the Greyhound Tavern stood to Ludgate, and from thence into St. Paul’s Churchyard, shall be further enlarged to be of the breadth of forty-five foot.

That the street leading from the east end of St. Paul’s Churchyard into Cheapside shall be further enlarged to be of the same breadth of forty-five foot.