PREFACE
CONTENTS
LONDON BEFORE THE CONQUEST.
THE CONQUEROR'S CHARTER (1066).
LONDON ENVIRONS IN DOMESDAY (1085).
THE CHARTER OF HENRY I. ( circa 1130).
MATILDA IN LONDON (1141).
A NORMAN PICTURE OF LONDON ( circa 1173).
DISTURBANCES IN THE CITY (1177).
ORDINANCES CONCERNING BUILDING (1189, 1212).
THE LIBERTIES OF THE CITY CONFIRMED (1191).
JOHN'S THIRD CHARTER (1199).
LONDON BRIDGE (1202).
OPPRESSION BY HENRY III. (1249).
INTERFERENCE BY BARONS (1258).
THE STEELYARD (1282).
THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE AND ORDER (1282).
THE CITIZENS AND EDWARD II. (1311).
CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY (1319).
A REVOLT AGAINST EDWARD II (1326).
A PROCLAMATION OF EDWARD III. (1329).
THE ARTICLES OF THE HEAUMERS AND OF THE HATTERS (1347).
REGULATIONS CONCERNING WAGES AND PRICES (1350).
THE CHARTER TO THE DRAPERS (1364).
A LETTER FROM EDWARD III. (1365).
A LEASE TO GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1374).
THE CITY ARMS (1375).
WAT TYLER IN LONDON (1381).
LONDON LICKPENNY ( Early Fifteenth Century ).
WHITTINGTON'S SECOND MAYORALTY (1406).
THE PERSECUTION OF THE LOLLARDS (1413).
IMPRISONMENT FOR REFUSING OFFICE (1415).
OATHS OF THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (1419).
JACK CADE IN LONDON (1450).
THE MAYOR'S DIGNITY (1464).
REGULATIONS CONCERNING STRANGERS (1485).
THE MARCHING WATCH (1510).
DESTRUCTION OF FENCES ABOUT THE CITY (1514).
MORE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON (1517).
EVIL MAY DAY (1517).
THE PAPAL LEGATE IN THE CITY (1519).
WOLSEY AND THE CITIZENS (1525).
THE APPRENTICES (1527, ETC. ).
A WATER PAGEANT (1533).
LATIMER'S EXHORTATION TO LONDON (1549).
MARY'S SPEECH TO THE CITIZENS (1553).
SORANZO'S REPORT ON LONDON (1554).
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE (1566).
A LORD MAYOR'S SHOW (1575).
LONDON AND THE ARMADA (1587).
THE CITY'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STAGE (1592).
A PLAGUE ORDER (1593).
LONDON SCHOOLS (1598).
A GERMAN VIEW OF LONDON (1600).
LONDON AND ULSTER (1609).
THE DEMANDS OF CHARLES I. (1626).
THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH (1629).
THE CITY'S PETITION TO CHARLES I. (1640).
LONDON UNDER THE EARLY STUARTS (1642).
A PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE CITY (1643).
CROMWELL IN LONDON (1653).
LONDON AND THE RESTORATION (1660).
STATE OF LONDON BEFORE THE PLAGUE (1661).
THE PLAGUE (1665).
THE FIRE (1666).
A PROCLAMATION OF CHARLES II. (1666).
EVELYN'S PLANS FOR REBUILDING THE CITY (1667).
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STREETS (1671).
A LORD MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION (1679).
THE POPISH PANIC (1681).
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS (1681).
LONDON AFTER JAMES II.'s ABDICATION (1688).
LORD MAYOR'S DAY (1689).
GAY'S "TRIVIA" (1716).
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720).
DEFOE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON (1725).
A PETITION AGAINST THE EXCISE BILL (1733).
LONDON STREETS (1741).
THE LOYALTY OF THE LONDON MERCHANTS (1743).
THE GORDON RIOTS (1780).
THE TRADE OF LONDON IN 1791.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
