- Abergavenny House, 177
- "Abram Man," the, 416
- Agas, Ralph, map of, 274
- Ale-houses, number of, in 1736, 476
- Alfune, founder of Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, 63
- Alien priories suppressed, 240
- Alleyn, 364
- All Hallows the Great, Church of, Thames Street, 441
- Almshouses in the City, 238
- Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, 85
- Alsatia, 120
- Amusements in Saxon and Norman times, 90
- Anderida destroyed, 29
- "Angler," the, 416
- AngliÆ Metropolis, or, The Present State of London, 1690, quoted, 400
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1, 8, 13;
- London not mentioned in, 13
- Antwerp at commencement of Elizabeth's reign, 293
- Apothecaries, 474
- Apprentices, London, 334
- Assessment of London in 1397, 184
- Augusta, fate of, after the Romans left, 8
- Aulaf and Swegen, 85
- Austin Friars Monastery, 112;
- distinguished persons buried there, 264
- Bagnigge Wells, 492
- Baltic Coffee-house, 477
- Bank Side, 356
- Barber-surgeons, 474
- Barnard's Castle, 288
- Bartholomew's Fair, 457
- Bassing Hall, 83
- Bath, ruins of Roman temples at, 6
- Baynard's Castle, history of, 163
- Bean tansy, 476
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History, 1
- Beer-drinking, 419
- Beer the national drink, 83, 481
- Bermondsey, Abbey of, 134, 267
- — Spa Gardens, 496
- Bethlehem Hospital, 131
- Black Friars Church destroyed, 267
- Blackfriars Theatre, 308
- Blackwell Hall, 83
- Blakeney, William, story of, 249
- Blue-coat School, 115, 303
- Bonvici, Antonio, 170
- Bow Church, Mile End Road, 135
- Bowyers' Company, 454
- Bradford-on-Avon, description of Church of St. Laurence at, 71
- Bread a luxury in time of Charles II., 421
- Brewer, Dr., and his estimate of mediÆval London, 155
- Breweries along the river, 50
- Bridewell Palace, 83
- Briset, Jordan, and Muriel, his wife, 436
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1
- Gerrard's Hall in Basing Lane, 179
- Gildas, 1-3, 25, 43
- Gin-shops, number of, in 1736, 476
- Girls, education of, thorough, in time of Elizabeth, 314
- Gisors, John, 179
- Glasse, Mrs., and her book on cookery, 475
- Globe Theatre, Bank Side, 307, 356
- Glovers' Company, laws and regulations of, 209
- Government situations bought in time of George II., 482
- Greenstead Church, Essex, 71
- Greenwich Fair, 457
- Gresham College, 301
- — House, 288
- — Sir Thomas, account of, 290, 301;
- builds the Royal Exchange, 294;
- crest of, 294
- Grey Friars, foundation of, 113
- — — Church, celebrated persons buried here, 267
- Guildhall, remains of Roman London in, 48
- Guilds, 50, 208
- Guthrun's Lane, goldsmiths in, 217
- Haberdashers' Company, 452
- Hainault Forest, 233
- Hampton Court, 288
- Hanseatic League, 182
- Harding, Stephen, founder of the Cistercian Order, 123
- Harold at Waltham Abbey, 138
- Hengist and Horsa, 9
- Henry VI. erects new grammar-schools, 240, 303
- Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 129
- Heralds' College, 162, 174
- Herbalist, 474
- Holy Trinity, Aldgate, founded by Queen Matilda, 64, 111
- — — Church, Minories, 132
- Holywell Nunnery, 132
- Horsa, Hengist and, 9
- Household accounts of a family, 1677-79, 416
- — in time of George II., 465
- — furniture, inventory of, of newly-married pair, temp. 14th century, 253
- Hudson's Bay Company, 375
- "Huffs," 415
- Hutchinson, Lucy, 314
class="pginternal">208 — — Outwich, church of, 297 St. Martin's le Grand, a house of Augustine Canons, 113 — — church of, tavern built on site of, 267 — — sanctuary and collegiate church of, 55 St. Mary Axe, 328; — — of Bethlehem, hospital of, 131 — — Overies, legend of, 67 — — Rounceval, hospital of, at Charing Cross, 141 St. Mary's, or Bow Church, 135 — — Spital, hospital of, 131 — — destroyed, 266 St. Michael's Church, choir and aisles rebuilt by Sir William Walworth, 143 — — College, Crooked Lane, 143 St. Olaf, church dedicated to, 46 St. Osyth, Queen and Martyr, 45 St. Paul's, Cathedral of, 53, 54, 109, 346 — — Cross, 344 — — first church of, destroyed by fire, 48 — — School, 303 St. Swithin, church dedicated to, 46 St. Thomas of Acon, College of, 142 St. Thomas's Hospital, 134, 146 St. Vedast, church of, 76 Salutation of the Mother of God, house of the, 120 Saxon house, description of, 86 — London, destroyed by fire 1135, 48 — — darkest period of any, 48 — — foreign merchants in, 44 — — no remains of, 53 — women, employment of, 92 Saxons, East, 35 — — before and after conversion to Christianity, 44 — fond of vegetables, 87 Schools, Grammar, erected by Henry VI., 240, 303 — — in time of Elizabeth, 302 — of the alien priories suppressed, 240 Sebbi, King, 53 Selds, 186 Sernes Tower, 83 Servants, ladies used to beat, 310 — troop of, a mark of state, 310 "Setter," the, in the Georgian period, 489 Sevenoke, Sir William, 194, 216 "Shabbaroons," 415 Shakespeare, William, 364 Sion College, 269 Smithfield, horse-fair in, 51 "Sompnour" in Chaucer, 150 Soper's Lane, pepperers and grocers in, 217 Southwark Fair, 457 Sports, 51, THE END
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Transcriber's Notes: The following errors in the original have been corrected in this version. Page 5, footnote 1, "Lipincott" changed to "Lippincott" (Lippincott, Philadelphia) Page 55, "Hollywell" changed to "Holywell" (Hollywell, the nunnery) Page 56, "prilgrims" changed to "pilgrims" (waylaid those of the pilgrims) Page 120, "Hennivere" changed to "Hennebont" (castle of Hennebont) Page 182, "Hidelsheim" changed to "Hildesheim" (Hildesheim, near Hanover) Page 184, "or" changed to "of" (Hamburg in the reign of Queen Anne) Page 197, "flower" changed to "flour" (price of flour) Page 220, "noiser" changed to "noisier" (no noisier city) Page 229, "Goliah" changed to "Goliath" (slaughter of Goliath) Page 232, "Gerard's" changed to "Gerrard's" (was kept in Gerrard's Hall) Page 244, "are not to be exported" should probably read "are not to be imported" Page 297, "Russion" changed to "Russian" (Russian Company became whalers) Page 358, "it" changed to "its" (its red lattice) Page 393, "clegyman" changed "clergyman" (some city clergyman) Page 407, "quanity" changed to "quantity" (prodigious quantity of) Page 461, "MARSHELSEA" changed to "MARSHALSEA" (VIEW OF THE MARSHALSEA) Page 465, "hostlery" changed to "hostelry" (a great hostelry) Page 471, repeated word "I" removed (I must begin)
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