tapestry: thick hangings or curtains with figures worked on them.
mead: a fermented drink made of honey: metheglin is another form of the word.
wattle: flexible twigs, withies, or osier rods: daub, mud.
turbulent: disorderly, riotous.
Thames Street: a very narrow street running along the bank of the Thames between Blackfriars and the Tower.
ward: a division of the City. The ward mote or ward meeting still exists, and elects the alderman or representative of the ward on the City Council.
[11. THE WALL OF LONDON.]
The White Tower is the 'keep' or central part of the Tower of London, begun by William the Conqueror and finished by the Red King. It is 92 feet high and the walls are 17 feet thick.
Dowgate: the site of one of the gates of Old London Wall is near where Cannon Street Railway Station now stands: here the Walbrook fell into the Thames.