Abbey of Graces, or New Abbey, suppressed, i, 398.
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, captures the Dutch Fleet, iii, 239;
his death, 248.
"Abhorrers," party name of, ii, 460.
Abingdon, occupied by Essex, ii, 205.
Abney, Thomas, sheriff, knighted, ii, 574;
M.P. for the City, 609;
unsuccessfully contests the City, 613.
Abyndone, Stephen de, M.P. for the City, i, 178.
Acatour, Joce le, M.P. for the City, i, 118.
Acre, the seige of, raised by Sir Sidney Smith, iii, 238.
Acton, Sir William, elected mayor and discharged by Parliament, ii, 130;
imprisoned in Crosby House, 173.
Adams, Thomas, his conduct as mayor approved, ii, 235;
sent to the Tower, 266;
impeached, 273;
deprived of his aldermanry, 308;
restored, 383.
Addington, succeeds the younger Pitt, iii, 248;
proposes a renewal of the income tax, 252;
resigns and is succeeded by Pitt, 254;
proposed vote of thanks of Common Council to, 255-256;
joins Pitt's ministry and is created Viscount Sidmouth, 259;
withdraws from the ministry, 260.
"Addled" Parliament, the, ii, 61.
Adrian, John, elected mayor, i, 104.
Agincourt, battle of, i, 259.
Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, convicted of bribery, iii, 21;
expelled from Parliament, 22.
Aix la Chapelle, treaty of, iii, 56.
Aldermen, assessed as barons, i, 217;
elected for life, 243;
created justices by James I, ii, 58;
removal of several, 308;
restored, 383;
several removed and others appointed by Charles II, 396;
appointed by James II, 504;
to be in future nominated by the court of, 519;
fined for non-attendance at swearing-in of lord mayor, 573;
disputed elections of, 640-645; iii, 146-149.
---- Court of, first mention of, i, 72;
its claim to veto proceedings of Common Council, ii, 304-305, 448-451, 454;
matters of difference with the Common Council, 334, 448, 556;
standing counsel appointed for, 454;
reformed by James II, 519, 520;
thanks the king for Declaration of Indulgence, 520;
Jeffreys attends, with restitution of City's liberties, 530;
charged with obstructing the City's business, 643;
its claim to veto proceeding of Common Council confirmed by statute, iii, 27, 29;
resolution of, in favour of short parliaments, 135.
Alexandria, battle of, iii, 248.
Aleyne, Thomas, elected mayor, ii, 356;
knighted by Charles II, 380;
the citizens take the oath of allegiance at the house of, 381.
Alfred the Great, "restores" London, i, 12.
Aliens, taxation of, i, 280, 319.
Allen, Francis, M.P., reports to the House proceedings of the Common Council, ii, 229;
elected alderman, 230.
---- Sir John, mayor, particulars of, i, 394n.
---- Sir William, mayor, i, 517.
Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury, murder of, i, 18;
interred in St. Paul's, 19;
removed to Canterbury, id.
Althorp, Lord, the freedom of the City conferred on, iii, 339, 344.
Alva, Duke of, seizes English merchants in Antwerp, i, 508;
his envoy in the City, 511.
Amadas, Robert, goldsmith, discharged alderman, i, 371.
Amcotes, Sir Henry, mayor, i, 431.
America, commencement of war with, iii, 142;
war opposed by Chatham and the City, 149;
the Massachusetts Bill, 150;
New York appeals to London, 154;
City address to the king for cessation of hostilities with, 157;
the king's reply, 158;
motion to send a reply to the appeal from New York negatived, id.;
Philadelphia appeals to the City, id.;
address of livery to electors against war with, 158-160;
declaration of independence of, 166;
subscriptions in aid of war with, refused in the City, 167;
alliance with France, 168;
the independence of, recognised, 202-203.
Amherst, Lord, adjutant-general, his order for the military to fire without waiting for directions from civil magistrate, iii, 184;
objections raised by the City, 187, 188.
Amicable Loan, the, i, 374-376.
Amiens, the "Mise" of, i, 95;
peace of, iii, 249.
Andrews, Thomas, mayor, placed on commission for trial of Charles the First, ii, 301;
Commonwealth proclaimed by, 311;
proposal to confer knighthood on, 312.
Anne, Queen of Richard II, her assistance invoked by citizens for a charter, i, 224, 225;
her death, 243, 244.
---- Queen of Richard III, coronation of, i, 323.
---- Queen, accession of, ii, 610;
City addresses to, 610, 616, 623, 626, 629, 630, 635, 647, 649;
her picture at the Guildhall and her statue at the Royal Exchange, 611;
coronation of, id.;
her Tory proclivities, 612;
attends the lord mayor's banquet, 613;
at St. Paul's, 614, 616, 621, 624, 647;
attends the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, 634;
dismisses the Whigs, 636;
her indisposition, 648;
her death, 650.
---- Boleyn, her marriage with Henry VIII, i, 388;
the City's welcome to, 388, 389;
her coronation, 389;
her execution, 395.
---- of Brittany, assisted by Henry VII against the king of France, i, 329, 330.
---- of Cleves, her passage through the City, i, 397.
Ansgar, sheriff of Middlesex, i, 32.
Antoninus Pius, his itinerary, i, 5.
Antwerp, decline of, i, 505;
English merchants seized in, 508;
fall of, 530, 531.
Archers, Archery, the effectiveness of the long-bow, i, 190, 192, 197;
archery practised in Finsbury Fields, 190;
archers furnished by the City against France, 190, 204;
the City's gates to be guarded by, 220;
a detachment sent by the City to put down the Pilgrimage of Grace, 304;
mounted archers for defence of Calais, 480.
Armada, the, preparations in the City to meet, i, 534;
ships set forth by the City, 536n.;
sighted off the Lizard, 537;
the fate of, 537-541.
Argyle, Earl of, defeats the Earl of Mar at Sheriffmuir, iii, 8.
Armagnac, Count of, constable of France, i, 262.
Arms, assize of, i, 120.
Army, the, a tax imposed by Parliament for maintenance of, ii, 176;
objection to tax, 181;
petition for reforms in, 199;
rendezvous at Aylesbury, 200, 201;
establishment of a standing, 208;
the New Model, 214;
City petition for disbandment of, 239, 240, 242;
its relation to Independents and Presbyterians, 222, 240;
correspondence between the City and, 243, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 255;
the Declaration of, 246;
City Commissioners appointed to remain with, 248;
moves to Uxbridge, 249;
new Commissioners sent to, 257;
another Declaration of, 258;
the City surrenders to, 259;
enters London, 260;
demands money from the City, 263;
further correspondence with the City, 268, 269;
ill-feeling between the City and, 275;
another Declaration of, 293;
returns to London, 294;
pay demanded for, 296, 297;
a mutiny in, 310;
free quarters to be found in the City unless money be found for, 314, 315;
the City consents to furnish a contingent of cavalry, 332;
Parliamentary vote for disbandment of, 456;
encamped at Hounslow, 518;
disaffection in the camp, 528;
Pitt's army of reserve, iii, 252;
his Additional Force Bill, 257.
Army Plot, the, ii, 139.
Arthur, son of Henry VII, marries Catherine of Aragon, i, 335, 336.
Arundel, Edmund, Earl of, i, 158.
---- Henry, Earl of, i, 456.
---- Richard, Earl of, i, 234, 235;
arrested, 244.
---- Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, his opposition to the Lollards, i, 255.
---- Sir Thomas, i, 411.
Ascue, or Ascough, Anne, trial and execution of, i, 415.
Ashurst, Sir William, stands for the City, ii, 553;
elected sheriff, 565;
elected mayor, 573;
his unpopularity, id.;
at the head of the commission for the Bank of England, 585;
M.P. for the City, 598, 607, 609, 622n., 629;
unsuccessfully contests the City, 613.
Assandun, victory of the Danes at, i, 24.
Association, the, the City called upon to raise troops for protection of, ii, 220;
in defence of William the Third, 600.
Aswy or Eswy, Stephen, taken prisoner, i, 122;
M.P. for the City, 126.
Athelstan, his Mansion House in the City, i, 16;
his encouragement of commerce, id.
Atkin or Atkins, Thomas, M.P., committed to prison, ii, 123;
released, 125;
placed on commission for trial of the king, 301;
proposal to confer knighthood on, 312;
desired by City to make communication to Parliament, 369.
Atkins, John, M.P. for the City, loses his seat, iii, 309.
Atte Bowe, Alice, condemned to be burnt alive, i, 119.
Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, arrested for complicity in Jacobite plot, iii, 25.
Audley, James, Lord, defeated at Blore Heath, i, 296.
---- John, Lord, i, 380.
---- Sir Thomas, the building and site of the priory of Holy Trinity bestowed on, i, 387;
his death, 408.
Austin Friars, i, 399, 400.
Austrian Succession, war of the, iii, 49, 56.
Aylesbury, rendezvous of Parliamentary forces at, ii, 200, 201.
Aylmer, John, Bishop of London, advocates the appointment of special preachers in the City, i, 526, 527, 528n.
---- Lawrence, mayor, imprisoned, i, 338.
Aylyff, Sir John, barber-surgeon, first alderman of Bridge Ward Without (1550), i, 443;
particulars of, 443n.
Ayres, Deputy, ii, 590.
Babington, Anthony, his conspiracy against Elizabeth, i, 532.
Backwell, Edward, alderman, assists the City with money, ii, 439;
reduced to bankruptcy, owing to closing of the Exchequer, 445.
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, i, 510.
Badlesmere, Sir Bartholomew de, executed at Canterbury, i, 151.
---- Lady, insults the queen, i, 151.
Bagnall, Sir Samuel, i, 559.
Bailey, Sir William, mayor, i, 376.
Baker, John, recorder, M.P. for the City, i, 381.
Baldock, Chancellor, his house sacked, i, 158.
Baliol, Edward, surrenders the crown of Scotland to Edward III, i, 197.
Bamme, Adam, goldsmith, a candidate for the mayoralty, i, 239;
mayor, 240;
dies during his mayoralty, 244.
Bankes, Sir Henry, stands for mayoralty, iii, 127, 132.
Bank of England, the, foundation of, ii, 584-586;
a run on, 603;
makes an advance to William III, id.;
refuses to render assistance during South Sea troubles, iii, 19;
"Black Friday" at, 52, 53;
threatened by Gordon rioters, 184;
negotiations for removal of the military guard of, 216-219;
suspension of cash payments, 231;
a regiment of volunteers formed by employÉs of, 252.
Bannockburn, defeat of Scots at, i, 141.
Barclay Conspiracy, the, ii, 599.
Bardi, the, their banking house sacked, i, 158.
"Barebone's" or the "little" parliament, ii, 346.
Barentyn, Drew, first alderman of Farringdon Within, i, 243;
mayor, takes horse to meet the Duke of Lancaster, 245.
Barnard, Sir John, M.P. for the City, opposes passing of Election Act (II Geo., i. c. 18), iii, 28;
opposes Walpole's Excise Bill, 36;
re-elected M.P. for the City, 47;
again elected, 56.
Barnes, Sir George, mayor, signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, i, 453.
Barnet, battle of, i, 314.
Barons, the, revolt of, i, 59;
meeting of, at St. Paul's, 63, 72;
at Bury St. Edmunds, 73;
elect Robert Fitz-Walter as their leader, 74;
admitted into London, 77;
war between John and, 78;
invite Louis the Dauphin over, 79;
supported by London, 89;
reject the Mise of Amiens, 95;
in league with the citizens of London, id.;
refuse to go abroad with Edward I, 127;
insist upon a confirmation of their charters, 128;
elect ordainers, 133;
admitted into the City, 136;
the City's gates barred against, 138;
Edward II comes to terms with, 141;
in the City, 167.
Barrington, Lord, burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, iii, 118.
Barton, Elizabeth, executed, i, 390.
---- Henry, mayor, appointed commissioner for victualling the navy, i, 261.
Basing-House, siege of, ii, 196.
Basset, Philip, appointed chief justiciar, i, 91.
---- Robert, alderman, his gallant resistance to the Kentish rebels, i, 316.
Bateman, Sir Anthony, mayor, the French Ambassador insulted at the banquet of, ii, 404.
---- Sir James, subscribes to loan to Prince Eugene, ii, 624.
---- Robert, ii, 25.
Batencurt, Luke de, sheriff, goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, i, 116.
Bathurst, Lord, President of the Council, the City's correspondence with, touching the right of the citizens to arm themselves, iii, 187-190.
Baxter, Richard, trial of, ii, 510;
his opposition to James II, 521.
Baylis, Robert, his contest with Richard Brocas for aldermanry of Bread Street Ward, iii, 15-16.
Baynard's Castle. Robert Fitz-Walter, owner of, i, 74.
Beachcroft, Sir Robert, mayor, ii, 642.
Beam, the Great, reconveyed by Henry VIII to the City, i, 387, 388.
Beam, the Small, granted to Jacobina la Lumbard, i, 124;
granted to a friend of Hugh le Despenser, 133, 141.
Beaufort, Edmund. See Somerset.
---- Henry, Bishop of Winchester, quarrels with Gloucester, i, 270;
goes to France, 271, 273, 277;
created a cardinal, 271;
his goods seized, 277.
Becket, Gilbert, Portreeve of London, i, 55;
his tomb in St. Paul's Churchyard, 57.
---- Thomas, his birth, i, 55;
made chancellor and archbishop, 56;
his memory long cherished by the citizens, id.;
St. Thomas de Acon and S. Thomas's Hospital dedicated to, 57;
his image over the gate of Mercers' Chapel, 125;
windows relative to, altered at the Reformation, 425.
Beckford, William, alderman, Pitt's letter to, iii, 67;
causes Bute to be insulted at the Guildhall, 69;
supports Wilkes in Parliament, 71, 72;
supports Chatham's East India Bill, 79;
re-elected mayor, 90;
his magnificent entertainment, 98;
his failure to "fix" Rockingham, 99;
his famous speech, 102;
the City's thanks to, 103;
his last days, 105.
Bedford, Edward, Earl of, arrested for treason, i, 562.
---- John, Duke of, question of his precedence at the Guildhall, i, 257, 258;
presides over parliament, 263;
rivalry with the Duke of Gloucester, 268;
appointed Protector during minority of Henry VII, 269;
goes to France, 271;
returns to defend himself before parliament, 278;
sets an example of economy, id.;
death of, 279.
Bekering, Thomas, engaged in the Trumpington Conspiracy, i, 248.
Belknap, Robert, refuses the City's claims at coronation of Richard the Second, i, 213.
Benevolence, a, opposed by the City, i, 411.
Benfleet, South co., Essex, Danish fortification at, i, 13.
Benn, Antony, recorder, ii, 67;
knighted, 72.
Berkeley, Lord Thomas, i, 380.
Berlin Decree, the, iii, 267.
Berry, Captain, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 237.
Berwick, captured by Bruce, i, 141;
recovered by Edward III, 197.
Bethell, Slingsby, sheriff, ii, 472, 473, 475;
fined for creating a disturbance in Common Hall, 493;
returns to England, 548.
---- Slingsby, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 56.
Bethlehem Hospital, conveyed to the City, i, 451.
Betoyne, Richard de, connives at Mortimer's escape from the Tower, i, 154;
elected mayor, 159;
appointed warden of the Tower, id.;
accompanies City members to Parliament at Lincoln, 162;
M.P. for the City, 163, 174;
mayor of the Staple, disagrees with his colleagues at York, 174-176;
his conduct approved, 177.
Bide, John, alderman and sheriff, ii, 269.
Bigod, Hugh, justiciar of the City, i, 89, 90.
---- Roger, his altercation with the king, i, 127.
Billers, Sir William, mayor, his unpopularity, iii, 38.
Billingsgate, the City's right to tolls at, i, 308.
Billingsley, Sir Henry, the daughter of Sir John Spencer committed to the charge of, i, 553;
elected M.P. for the City, ii, 8.
Bill of Rights, ii, 553.
Bill of Rights Society, iii, 124.
Birch, Samuel, his inscription on statue of George III, iii, 281;
his proposed visit to Paris to present swords of honour to Blucher and others after Waterloo, 290.
Bishops, the seven, sent to the Tower, ii, 526;
trial and acquittal of, 527.
Black Death. See Plague.
Black Friars, Parliament meet in house of the, i, 133, 370;
the legatine court at the house of the, 379, 380;
their house suppressed, 398.
Blackfriars Bridge, formerly known as "Pitt Bridge," iii, 65.
"Black Friday," iii, 52.
Blackwell, William, town clerk, i, 473.
Blake, admiral, his victory over the Dutch, ii, 344.
Blenheim, battle of, ii, 616.

Blois, Henry de, Bishop of Winchester, acts as intermediary between Stephen and the Empress Matilda, i, 47;
his speech before the Synod at Winchester, 48.
Blore Heath, defeat of Lord Audley by the Earl of Salisbury at, i, 295, 296.
Blound, John le, mayor, knighted, i, 130.
Bludworth, Sir Thomas, nominated alderman by Charles II, ii, 396;
his conduct at the Fire of London, 415, 418;
elected sheriff, 470.
Boleyn, Thomas. See Rochford.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, afterwards Viscount, forms a Tory Ministry, ii, 638;
takes refuge in France to avoid impeachment, iii, 5;
assists the Pretender, 6.
Bolton, Peter, iii, 13.
---- Sir William, elected mayor, ii, 425;
Courts of Aldermen held at his house, 429;
proposal to appoint him surveyor-general for the rebuilding of the city, 432;
convicted of embezzlement, 432n.
Bond, Sir George, mayor, summons the citizens to church at the approach of the Armada, i, 538.
---- Martin, his monument, in St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, i, 545.
---- William, alderman, owner of Crosby House, i, 512.
Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London, deprived of his see, i, 438, 439;
his sentence confirmed, 440;
his bishopric conferred on Ridley, id.;
re-instated, 458.
"Book of Sports," the, burnt in Cheapside, ii, 187.
Boroughbridge, battle of, i, 152.
Bosworth, battle of, i, 326.
Boulogne, captured by Henry VIII, i, 409-411;
threatened by the French king, 414;
surrendered by Warwick, 445;
threatened by Spain, 556.
Bourne, Doctor, his sermon at Paul's Cross, i, 458.
Bowes, Sir Martin, mayor, improves the City's water supply, i, 416;
member of Hospital Committee, 417;
accompanies remains of Henry VIII to Windsor, 419.
Box, Henry, grocer, his school at Witney, co. Oxon, i, 353.
---- Ralph, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 473, 480;
elected, 483;
discharged, 486;
knighted, 548.
Boy-Bishop, the, ceremony in connection with, discontinued in the City, i, 421.
Bradley, Matthew, ii, 138.
Bradshaw, John, heads the commission for trial of Charles the First, ii, 301;
his letter to the City, touching its Irish estates, ii, 326.
Breda, the Declaration of, ii, 377;
treaty of, 437.
Brembre, Nicholas, carries a letter from the City to the king, i, 206;
appointed mayor by the king, 211;
promulgates charter forbidding foreigners to traffic by retail, 214;
opposes the Duke of Lancaster, 215;
arraigned and fined, 216;
subscribes to fund for winning back the nobility to the City, id.;
knighted, 220;
re-elected mayor, 224, 227, 228;
confers with the king, 231;
his complicity in the king's attempt upon the life of the Duke of Gloucester, 233;
charged with treason, 234;
his flight and capture, 235;
his trial, 236;
executed, 237.
Brentford, co. Middlesex, Charles I in possession of, ii, 175;
withdraws from, 176;
John Horne (Tooke), vicar of, iii, 87.
Bretigny, peace of, i, 199.
Breton, John le, warden of the City, i, 122, 128;
assists in furnishing ships, 126.
Brice, Hugh, mayor, coronation cup of Richard III, in custody of, i, 323;
re-elected mayor, 327.
Bridewell, Parliament sits at, i, 381;
converted into a workhouse, 451.
Bridge House Estate, the, return of rental of, i, 252.
Bridge Ward Without. See Southwark.
Bridgen, Edward, iii, 13.
---- William, mayor, fails to assist the sheriffs in burning No. 45 of the North Briton, iii, 76;
Wilkes proposes to use him as a stalking-horse, 126.
Broad, John, goldsmith, ii, 32.
Broad-bottomed administration, the, iii, 57.
Brocas, Richard, his contest with Robert Baylis for aldermanry of Bread Street Ward, iii, 15-16.
Broke, captain of the "Shannon," presented with the freedom of the City, iii, 287.
Bromfield, Sir Edward, ii, 125.
Brooke, Sir Basil, his plot for winning the City for the king, ii, 197.
Broom, coroner, arrests the mayor, ii, 501;
is suspended, 502;
re-instated, 549.
Brougham, his motion for Parliamentary reform, iii, 329.
Brown, John, elected alderman and discharged, i, 379.
Browne, Major-General Sir Richard, ii, 206, 207, 216;
arrested, 295;
deprived of his aldermanry, 319;
restored, 383;
elected mayor, 384;
appointed major-general of the City's forces, 385.
Bruce, Robert, captures Berwick, i, 141.
Bruges, recovery of, by the English army, ii, 629.
Brugge, Sir John, mayor, i, 367.
Bryan, William, engaged in the Trumpington Conspiracy, i, 248.
Buckingham, Edward, Duke of, his manor of The Rose in the parish of St. Laurence Pountney, the late site of Merchant Taylors' School, i, 366;
his trial at the Guildhall and execution, 366-367.
---- George, Duke of, his unpopularity in the City, ii, 100, 105;
his expedition to RhÉ, 103;
assassination of, 108.
---- Henry, Duke of, his harangue at the Guildhall in favour of Gloucester, i, 321;
rebellion and execution of, 324.
---- Owen, sheriff, knighted, ii, 598;
as mayor, entertains the Duke of Marlborough, 617;
late alderman of Bishopsgate Ward, 644.
---- See Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of.
Bucklersbury, a mass-house in, sacked ii, 533.
Bull, Frederick, alderman, elected sheriff, iii, 121;
elected mayor and M.P. for the City, 141;
seconds motion that L

again goes to Scotland, 142;
entertained in the City, 147;
promises to restore the City's Irish Estate, 149;
attempts to arrest the Five Members, 155;
City's petition to, 158;
his reply, 160;
leaves London, 161;
City's deputation to, at Oxford, 178-180;
the Common Hall rejects his terms, 180;
Parliamentary terms rejected by, 183;
issues a commission of array to Gardiner, 187;
besieges Gloucester, 193;
retires to Oxford, 196;
leaves Oxford, 206; re-enters Oxford, 212;
betakes himself to Newark after defeat at Rowton Heath, 222;
proposes to come to Westminster, 225;
offers to compromise the religious question, 226;
communicates with the City, 234;
the City's reply, 235, 237;
removed from Holmby House by Cornet Joyce, 242;
his answer to propositions for peace, 257;
negotiations for a personal treaty with, 282-285;
Levellers' petition against negotiating with, 291;
trial and execution of, 301;
his statue removed from Royal Exchange, 330.
Charles Prince, afterwards King Charles II, birth of, ii, 109;
letter and declaration of, sent to the City, 289;
further correspondence with the City, 340, 377;
issues the declaration of Breda, 377;
the City's answer, 378;
City gift to, 379;
the City sends commissioners to, id.;
proclaimed king, 380;
enters London, id.;
Richmond Park restored to, 381;
the citizens take the oath of allegiance, id.;
entertained by the City, 384;
coronation of, 389-391;
letter from, re election of Common Council, 398;
his charter to the City, 403;
his reception on return from a progress, 404;
his efforts to suppress the Fire, 416;
declares war with the Dutch, 445;
his illness, 459;
prohibits "tumultuous petitions," 460;
livery petition to, id.;
City petitions and addresses to, 461, 463, 465, 475, 498;
reluctantly accepts an invitation to dinner on lord mayor's day, 474;
issues writ of Quo Warranto against the City, 476;
tries to obtain a royalist Common Council, 494;
death of, 505.
Charles V of Spain, elected Emperor, i, 364;
his visit to the City, 364, 365;
enters into a league against France, 373.
Charles, Prince of Castile, married by proxy to Mary, daughter of King Henry VII, i, 339.
Charles Edward Stuart, Prince (the young Pretender), prepares to invade England, iii, 49;
failure of expedition, 50;
lands in Scotland, id.;
his march to Derby, 51, 52;
withdraws from Derby, 54;
defeated at Culloden, 55.
Charleton, John de, opposes Betoyne at York, i, 175-177.
Charlotte, Queen, wife of George III, her picture at the Guildhall, iii, 70.
---- Princess, daughter of George IV, her portrait presented to the City by Queen Caroline, iii, 319.
Charter-house, the, suppressed, i, 390-393.
Chastillon, Cardinal, entertained by Gresham, i, 504.
Chatham Place, iii, 65.
Chauncy, Maurice, his account of the proceedings against the Charter-house, i, 390-392.
Cheapside, Queen Eleanor's cross in, i, 125;
"Post of Reformation" set up in, 473;
destruction of cross in, ii, 187.
Cheriton, Waller's victory at, ii, 199.
"Chesapeake" the, defeated by the "Shannon," iii, 286, 287.
Cheshire, Royalist rising in, ii, 354.
Chester, siege of, ii, 224.
---- Ranulph, Earl of, i, 84.
Chetwyn, Philip, objects to Skippon being placed in command of City forces, ii, 276;
charges Alderman Gibbs with lying, 292;
committed to Warwick Castle, 319.
Cheyne, William, recorder, i, 230.
Chichele, Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury, i, 256.
---- Robert, mayor, ordered to make valuation of property in the City, i, 251;
return of his own rental, 252.
Chichester, Sir Arthur, ii, 33.
Chigwell, Hamo de, elected mayor, i, 149, 150;
deposed, 153;
appointed tax collector, 162;
re-elected mayor, 165;
abused by a brother alderman, id.;
trial of, at Guildhall, 169.
Child, Francis, alderman, knighted, ii, 552;
elected sheriff, 555;
M.P. for the City, 613;
opposes passing of Election Act (II Geo. i, c. 18), iii, 28.
---- Sir Josiah, a director of the East India Company, ii, 575, 576;
examined on the company's expenditure, 596;
his security for a loan to the king, 603.
Chimney Tax. See Hearth Tax.
Chinon, death of Henry II, at, i, 61.
Chiverton, Richard, mayor, knighted by Cromwell, ii, 352.
Christchurch, Newgate, soldiers quartered in, during Gordon riots, iii, 192.
Christ's Hospital, founded by the City, i, 450.
Cintra, Convention of, the City's indignation at the, iii, 269;
enquiry demanded, 272-274.
Cissor, Philip, or the tailor, M.P. for the City, i, 118.
Clarence, George, Duke of, intrigues with Warwick, i, 310.
---- Thomas, Duke of, informs the citizens of the king's success abroad, i, 262.
Clarendon, Henry, Earl of, recalled from Ireland, ii, 516.
Clark, Edward, alderman, knighted, ii, 552;
elected sheriff, 555.
---- Sir George, sent to Charles I at Oxford, ii, 180.
Clarke, Sir Samuel, candidate for aldermanry of Langbourn Ward, ii, 642.
---- William, concerned in the Bye Plot, ii, 7.
Clayton, Sir Robert, alderman, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464, 538, 598, 607, 609, 622n.;
mayor, 460;
attends presentation of address to Charles II, 475;
declines aldermanry at the restoration of City's charter, 531;
unsuccessfully contests the City, 553, 606, 613;
witnesses presentation of a bribe to the Speaker, 590;
M.P. for Bletchingly, 613;
his death, 622n.
Clements, Jaques, assassinates the French king, i, 548.
Clerkenwell Prison, inmates of, set free by Gordon rioters, iii, 183.
Cleve, Goscelin de, i, 195.
Cleveland, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, brought prisoner to London, ii, 342.
Cleydon, John, executed for Lollardry, i, 256.
Clifford, Thomas, Lord, recommends Charles II to close the Exchequer, ii, 444.
Clinton, Edward, Lord, i, 491.
Closterman, his picture of Queen Anne, ii, 611.
Clothworkers of London, Dutch envoys to Elizabeth entertained by, i, 530;
committee for fitting out ships against the Armada sit at the Hall of, 536;
James I, a member of company of, ii, 12;
the company's subscription to bounties for soldiers, iii, 64.
Clough, Richard, Gresham's agent in Antwerp, i, 496, 511.
Cnut, elected king by the Danish fleet, i, 20;
takes refuge in Denmark, 21;
returns, 22;
attacks London, 23;
his victory at Assandun, 24;
agrees with Edmund for a division of the kingdom, id.;
elected king of all England, 25.
Coal, an import laid on, for assisting to rebuild the City after the Great Fire, ii, 430-434;
abolition of coal and wine dues, iii, 349, 350.
Cobham, Edward, Lord, marches to London with Richard, Duke of Gloucester, i, 287.
---- Eleanor, i, 271;
tried as a witch, 281.
Cobold, Thomas, engaged in the Trumpington Conspiracy, i, 248.
Cockaine, Sir William, alderman, ii, 26, 68;
governor of the Irish Society, 38, 42;
entertains King James, 69.
Coleman, Edward, executed, ii, 458.
Colet, Henry, alderman, i, 348.
---- John, Dean of St. Paul's, i, 348;
founder of St. Paul's, school, 350-352.
College, Stephen, the "Protestant joiner," trial of, ii, 467, 468.
Collett, James, sheriff, knighted, ii, 606.
Collier, Richard, mercer, his school at Horsham, i, 353.
Combe, Harvey, his conduct during bread riots, iii, 241-245.
Committee of Both Kingdoms, formation of, ii, 199;
draws up proposals for peace, 201;
re-appointed, 203, 204.
Committee of Correspondence, formed by the City, iii, 175, 178;
dissolved, 193;
a committee formed by the livery, 196;
the use of the Guildhall allowed the committee, id.
Committee of Grievances, report of, 541-543.
Committee of Safety at the Guildhall, ii, 244.
Committees of Association, formation of, iii, 175, 176;
Lord Shelburne and the Wiltshire Committee, 177;
the City accepts form of Association, 178;
the use of the Guildhall refused to, 193.
Common Council, elected by the guilds, i, 206;
the old system reverted to, 207;
held in the Church of St. Stephen, Walbrook, 312;
a loan extorted from, ii, 129;
supports Pym, 152;
Charles I demands the Five Members from, 157;
petition for peace laid before, 177;
sends a deputation to the king, 178;
makes proposals for reduction of Newcastle, 189;
parliament entertained by, 198, 234;
their objection to present petitions to parliament unless drawn up by themselves, 217;
petition to parliament by, id.;
the Covenant taken by members of, 226;
Scottish commissioners attend, 228;
Fairfax invited to dinner by, 261;
a personal treaty with Charles demanded by, 282;
a purge administered to, 297;
disorderly proceedings in, 298, 299;
the claim of the Court of Aldermen to veto proceedings of, 304, 448-451;
proceedings of, regulated by Act of Parliament, 304;
a further purge administered to, 306, 307;
more matters of difference with the Court of Aldermen, 334, 556-558, 643-645;
dissolved by the Rump, 366;
restored, 371;
Charles II tampers with, 494;
ceases to sit, 509, 519;
resumes its sittings after restoration of City Charter, 532;
opposes Election Bill (II Geo. i, c. 18), iii, 28;
New York appeals to, 154;
motion to send a reply to the appeal from New York negatived in, id.;
Philadelphia appeals to, id.
Common Hall, votes £100,000 for Parliament, ii, 167;
rejects terms offered by Charles I, 180;
an Act touching elections in, 329, 330;
petitions Charles II for parliament to be allowed to sit, 460;
elections in, 469;
presents an address to Charles II, 475;
resolution of, to stand by King William, 601;
remonstrance on Luttrell being declared M.P. for Middlesex, iii, 88, 89;
resolutions reflecting on Lord Holland, 91;
another remonstrance, 91-93;
remonstrance objected to by certain livery companies, 93;
the king hesitates to receive it as being "entirely new," 94-96;
the king's reply, 97;
the remonstrance condemned by Parliament, 98;
another remonstrance (1771), calling upon the king to dissolve Parliament, 119;
the livery not allowed to attend in a body, 120;
another remonstrance (1773), in favour of short parliaments, 135;
the king's reply, 137;
opinion of Glynn, Recorder, as to rights of livery in Common Hall, 138;
Plumbe's case determining jurisdiction of Court of Aldermen over livery, 138-139;
counsels' opinion as to power of the livery in, 139-140;
another remonstrance (1775), against policy towards America, 150-152;
thanks of the livery to Chatham and Burke, 152;
the king's reply to remonstrance, id.;
the king refuses to receive future addresses of the livery, on the throne, 153;
resolution of the livery thereon, 155;
vote of thanks to Lord Effingham for refusing to take part in the American war, id.;
a new remonstrance to the king against war with America, 156;
remonstrance not presented, the king refusing to receive it on the throne, id.;
address of the livery to electors, against the war, 158-160;
another remonstrance to be received on throne, 193-194;
not presented, 195;
a Committee of Correspondence formed by the livery, 196;
the livery petition Parliament for a peace with France, 226;
urges the king to dismiss his ministers, 232-233;
address of the livery touching the Convention of Cintra, not received, 273-274;
a vote of thanks to Sir Francis Burdett, 277;
strong petition for Parliamentary reform, 278;
petition dismissed, 280;
another petition allowed to lie on the table, 281;
address of livery to Prince Regent, not presented, 283-285;
another address to the same for reformation of abuses, not presented, 296;
judicial decision that the livery have no right to introduce matters for consideration in, other than those for which they are assembled, 311;
address to William IV, not presented, 328-329;
address to the king, praying him to create a sufficient number of peers to enable the Reform Bill to be passed, 341;
the rights of the livery reserved in Reform Bill, 343-344.
Commonwealth, the, establishment of, ii, 303, 311.
Commune, a, granted to the Citizens of London i, 64.
Companies, Livery, contribute to a gift of £500 to the king, 201;
stand by Henry VI, against the Duke of York, 303;
the Corporation deprived of the control of, 337;
called upon by Wolsey to surrender their plate towards a loan, 368, 369;
precept to, for contingent to oppose Pilgrimage of Grace, 394;
subscribe to loans to Queen Mary, 467, 482;
loan of £100,000 to Parliament by, ii, 167;
£50,000 raised by, 193;
arbitrary treatment of, by the king, 505;
refuse to obey mayor's precept, 616.
See also Ulster Plantation, Virginia Plantation, &c.
Compton, Bishop of London, signs invitation to the Prince of Orange, ii, 529.
---- William, Lord, marries "Rich" Spencer's daughter, i, 553, 554.
Concealed lands, commission to search for, i, 531;
Statute (21, Jas. I, c. 2,) relative to, ii, 87.
Conduit, Reginald de, leader of city forces against Scotland, i, 180.
"Confirmatio Cartarum" the, i, 128.
Conyers, Gerard, elected alderman, ii, 640, 641.
Cook, Sir Thomas, alderman, governor of the East India Company, ii, 578;
charged with mis-using the Company's money, 593-595;
sent to the Tower, 594, 596;
elected mayor and discharged, 597;
contests Colchester, 599.
Cooke, Osmond, City marshal, iii, 75.
Cooke or Coke, Sir Thomas, alderman, committed to prison, i, 310;
seeks restoration of his lands, seized by Lord Rivers, 312, 313.
Cope, Sir John, defeated by the Young Pretender at Preston Pans, iii, 51.
Copenhagen, battle of, iii, 249.
Copland, Rev. Patrick, his sermon at Bow Church, ii, 55.
Copley, Anthony, plots against James I., ii, 7.
---- John, his picture commemorating the relief of Gibraltar, iii, 202.
Cordell, Sir John, alderman, imprisoned in Crosby House, ii, 173.
Cordwainers of London, Wardmote held at Hall of, iii, 15.
Cornewall, Sir George, M.P. for co. Hereford, iii, 198.
Cornhill, Gervase de, sheriff of London, i, 45.
---- Henry de, sides with Longchamp, i, 62;
joins the Barons, 77.
Cornish, Henry, Alderman, sheriff, ii, 464, 472, 473, 475;
assaulted by the military at Guildhall, 489;
a candidate for the mayoralty, 490;
fined for creating a disturbance in the Common Hall, 493;
trial and execution of, 512-514;
his attainder reversed, 548.
Corn Law, introduction of the first, iii, 294-295.
Cornwall, Edmund, Earl of, regent during the absence of King Edward the First, i, 123.
Cornwallis, Lord, surrenders at Yorktown, iii, 193.
Coronations, City's claim to service at, i, 69, 213, 275, 307, 323, 389, 421, 485, ii, 389, 508, 540, 611;
Coronation Cup of Richard III presented to the Commonalty, i, 323, 324;
report of remembrancer as to manner of making City's claim at, iii, 32.
Coronation Stone, removed by Edward I, from Scone to Westminster Abbey, i, 126;
proposal to reconvey to Scone, 163.
Corporation Act, the, passed, ii, 394;
bill for repealing, 463;
the mayor instructed to see its provisions enforced at coming election of Common Council, 494;
Act for quieting corporations guilty of having neglected provisions of, iii, 11-12;
attempt to obtain repeal of, 34, 35;
repeal of, 326-327.
Corporations, taken in hand by James II, ii, 508, 509, 518, 519;
bill for restoring, 552.
Cottington, Lord, attends the Common Council, ii, 126.
Cotun, John de, alderman, his abuse of Chigwell, i, 165.
Council of State, the, formation of, ii, 303.
Courtenay, William, Bishop of London, insulted by John of Gaunt, i, 209.
Covenant, the, taken by the Common Council, ii, 226.
Coventry, Sir William, ii, 409.
Cradock, Matthew, M.P. for the City, his speech in the house against Strafford, ii, 132;
advocates the restoration of the City's Irish estate, 133.
Craggs, Secretary of State, expresses regret at insult offered to alderman Ward, iii, 16;
convicted of receiving bribes from directors of South Sea Company, 21;
his death, id.
Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, conducts service at St. Paul's, i, 431;
letter from the Lords of the Council to, 435;
sent to the Tower, 458;
trial of, at Guildhall, 460;
burnt at Oxford, 474.
Crayford, Britons defeated at, i, 7.
CreÇy, battle of, i, 192.
Crepyn, Ralph, M.P. for the City, i, 118;
his affair with Laurence Duket, 119.
Croke, or Crooke, John, recorder, chosen Speaker, i, 564.
Crombwelle, John de, Constable of the Tower, removed from office, i, 147.
Crome, Dr. Edward, rector of St. Mary, Aldermary, recantation of, at Paul's Cross, i, 415.
Cromwell, Oliver, re-appointed to command in the army after the Self-denying Ordinance, ii, 215;
made Lieutenant-General, 318;
opposed the army's approach to London, 252;
goes to Wales, 277;
success of, at Preston, 290;
desires a loan of the Common Council, 310;
City gift to, 313;
success of, in Ireland, 326;
welcomed on his return, 327;
his victory at Dunbar, 328;
his letter to the City, 331;
his victory at Worcester, 341;
returns to London, 342;
summons a parliament, 346;
nominated Protector, and entertained by the City, 347;
declines the title of king, 349;
nominates a House of Lords, 350;
his death, 352.
---- Richard, proclaimed Protector, ii, 353.
---- Thomas, i, 381;
his attitude toward the City, 386;
appointed Vicar-General, 392;
supervises the suppression of the monasteries, 397;
institutes parish registers, 403;
letters to, from Sir Richard Gresham, touching the erection of a Burse, 494.
Crosby, Brass, elected mayor, iii, 106;
carries up an address to the king, 107;
upholds the freedom of the Press, id.;
orders the discharge of Miller, accepting his recognisance to prosecute the messenger of the House of Commons, 108, 109;
defends his conduct before the House, 109-112, 115;
committed to the Tower, 116;
regains his liberty, 119;
again stands for the mayoralty, 127;
gift of plate to, 128.
Crosby House, the palace of Richard III, i, 320;
the agent of the Duke of Alva lodged in, 512;
delinquents committed to custody in, ii, 173.
Cross, Sir Robert, i, 562.
Crossed or Crutched Friars, the Corporation of London regarded as their "second founders," i, 401.
Crowmere, William, mayor, appointed commissioner to enquire into cases of treason, &c., in the City, i, 269.
Culloden Moor, victory of the Duke of Cumberland at, iii, 55.
Cullum, Thomas, sheriff, committed to the Tower, ii, 266.
Cumberland, George, Earl of, i, 560.
---- William, Duke of, endeavours to intercept the young Pretender, iii, 52, 53;
presented with the freedom of the City, 54, 55.
Currency, the, debased, i, 445.
Curtis, Sir William, alderman, engaged in suppressing bread riots, iii, 242;
loses his seat for the City, 309;
inveighs against the Common Council before Parliament, 323;
his speech voted an unfounded calumny, 324.
Customs of the City, charter of Edward III, granting right to vary, i, 188.
Cut, Richard, put in the pillory for circulating evil rumours, i, 466.
Dalrymple, Sir Hugh, iii, 269.
Dalton, James, his speech in Common Council upon discovery of the Babington Conspiracy, i, 532.
Dalyngrigge, Sir Edward, warden of the city, i, 242.
Damer, Hon. Mrs., executes a bust of Nelson for the City, iii, withdrawal of, 250;
six members escape to the Continent, 262.
Elizabeth of York, married to Henry VII, i, 328;
her coronation, 329;
account of the manner of receiving her corpse, 336.
Elizabeth, Queen, birth of, i, 389;
declared illegitimate, 396;
re-instated in right of succession, 420;
accession of, 484;
coronation of, 485;
her policy of moderation, 486;
closes English ports to Flemish vessels, 492;
opens the Royal Exchange, 499;
refused a loan by the Merchant Adventurers, 506;
seizes Spanish vessels, 508, 509;
excommunicated, 516;
her shifting policy towards Spain and France, 518;
Dutch envoys to, 530;
Babington's plot to murder, 532;
visits the camp at Tilbury, 545;
assists Henry IV of France, 548;
her death, 566.
---- Princess, daughter of James I, married to the Elector Palatine, ii, 59.
Elliot, General, afterwards Lord Heathfield, his gallant defence of Gibraltar, iii, 201.
Elsing, William, mercer, founder of Elsing Spital, i, 386.
Eltham, Sir John de, i, 170.
Empson, Richard, his extortionate conduct in the city, i, 337, 338;
executed, 343.
Engagement, the, taken by Lilburne with reservation, ii, 319.
See also Treasonable Engagement.
Ermin Street, i, 5.
Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of, City present to, i, 548, 549;
capture of Cadiz, 556;
attempts to raise an insurrection in the City, 561-563.
---- Robert, 3rd Earl of, ii, 154, 91, 200, 202;
takes command of parliamentary army, 172;
applies to the City for a loan, id.;
takes Reading, 188;
his jealousy of Waller, 191;
relieves Gloucester, 194;
withdraws to Reading, 196;
leaves Reading, id.;
surrenders to the royalists, 210;
resigns, 215.
Essex, Earl of. See Mandeville, Geoffrey de.
Estfeld, William, mayor, performs customary service at the coronation of Henry VI, i, 275.
Etaples or Estaples, treaty of, i, 330.
Ethelred, alderman, made governor of London, i, 12-13.
Ethelred the "Unready," his weak government, i, 16, 17;
institutes the payment of Danegelt, 17;
betakes himself to Normandy, 19;
returns to London, 20;
expels Cnut, 21;
his death, 22;
his laws for regulating foreign trade, id.
Eton, Hugh, punished for making a disturbance in church, i, 422.
Eugene, Prince, obtains a loan from the citizens, ii, 624;
visits London, 645.
Everard, John, gives information of proposed attack on the City, ii, 275;
City's petition to parliament thereon, 276.
Evesham, battle of, i, 98.
Evil May-day, i, 355-357.
Ewen, John, mercer, his benefaction to the Grey Friars, i, 402.
Exchequer, the, closed by Charles the Second, ii, 444.
---- Court of, removed to York, i, 162.
Exclusion Bill, the, before the Commons, ii, 458;
passed by the Commons, rejected by the Lords, 462.
Exton, Nicholas, deprived of his aldermanry, i, 223;
elected mayor, 228, 229;
continued in office, 232;
stands aloof from the king's attempt on the life of the Duke of Gloucester, 233;
an attempt to get him removed from mayoralty, 239.
Eyles, Sir John, mayor, ii, 530;
summoned to attend proclamation of George II as king, iii, 31.
Eyre, James, recorder, refuses to attend presentation of address to the king, iii, 101.
Fabyan, Alderman, his chronicle, i, 313;
placed in command of the city's gates, 332.
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, ii, 214, 216, 219;
Parliamentary army under, defeated in the north, 189;
Leicester surrenders to, 220;
defeats Hopton, 233;
correspondence between the City and, 243, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 255, 264, 265, 269;
the City surrenders to, 259;
entertained by the City, 261;
appointed constable of the City, 262;
endeavours to force a loan from the City, 264, 265, 268, 275;
threatens to quarter troops on the City, 267;
puts down rising in Kent, 280, 281;
success of, at Colchester, 290;
informs the City of his intention to enter London, 293;
demands money from the City, 293, 296, 301;
enters London, 294;
seizes the treasury at Weaver's Hall, 295, 296;
again entertained by the City, 312;
gift of plate to, 313;
superseded by Cromwell, 328.
Falaise, John de, announces birth of Edward the Third, i, 138.
Falconbridge, Thomas. See Fauconberg.
Falkirk, battle of, i, 129;
General Hawley defeated at, iii, 55.
Falkland, secretary, ii, 179.
Farndon, Nicholas de, deposed from the mayoralty by the king, i, 146;
placed in the mayoralty chair by the king loco Chigwell, 153.
Farringdon ward, divided, i, 243.
Farringdon, co. Hants, fortifications at, captured by King Stephen, i, 53.
Fauconberg, Thomas, rising in Kent under, i, 314;
his letter to the City and answer, 314, 315;
attempts to force London Bridge, 315, 316;
beheaded, 316.
Fawkes, Guy, alias "John Johnson" joins Gunpowder Plot, ii, 13.
Felton, John, i, 516.
Fenton, John, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii, 339.
Fenwick, Sir John, bill of attainder against, ii, 600.
Ferdinand II, Emperor, loses the crown of Bohemia, ii, 74.
Ferrar, Nicolas, skinner, his bequest to the college in Virginia, ii, 48.
Fielding, Sir John, his house attacked by Gordon rioters, iii, 183.
Fifth-monarchy men, outbreak in the City of, ii, 386-388, 396.
Finch, Sir Heneage, recorder, chosen Speaker, ii, 97, 132.
---- Sir John, ii, 108.
Finchley, the camp at, iii, 52, 53.
Finsbury, Manor of, the City's lease of, i, 493.
Firebrace, Sir Basil, charged with mis-using the money of the East India Company and committed to the Tower, ii, 593, 595-596;
receives his liberty, 597;
created a baronet, id.
Fire of London, the, ii, 414-425.
See also London.
Fisher, John, Bishop of Rochester, committed to the Tower for denying the king's supremacy, i, 392;
beheaded, 393.
---- Captain John, ii, 121.
Fishmongers of London contribute to a gift of £500 to the king, i, 201;
attempt to break up the monopoly of free fishmongers, 222, 224;
subscribe towards furnishing soldiers for war with France, 347;
subscribe to bounties for soldiers, iii, 64.
Fitz-Athulf or Olaf, Constantine, hanged for treachery, i, 82.
Fitz-Eylwin, Henry, first mayor of London, i, 66.
Fitz-James, Richard, Bishop of London, dies of the plague, i, 366.
Fitz-Otes, Hugh, Constable of the Tower, appointed warden of the City, i, 101, 103.
Fitz-Reiner, Richard, sides with John, i, 62.
Fitz-Thedmar, Arnald, compiler of Liber de Antiquis, i, 67;
opposed to the Barons, id.;
deprived of his aldermanry, 90;
opposed to popular policy of Fitz-Thomas in relation to City guilds, 93, 94;
his prejudice against Walter Hervy, 107.
Fitz-Thomas, Thomas, mayor, organization of guilds under, i, 93;
refused admittance to the mayoralty, 95;
swears fealty to the king, 97;
accused of meditating a wholesale massacre of citizens, 99;
summoned to Windsor, 100;
his fate, 101, 103;
results of his policy, 110.
Fitz-Walter, Robert, Baron of Dunmow, elected leader of the Barons, i, 74;
his duties as Castellain of London, 75;
his feud with king John, 76, 77;
fails to raise the siege of Rochester, 78;
taken prisoner at Lincoln, 80;
his death, 81.
Fitz-William, Thomas, recorder, his speech at the Guildhall in favour of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, i, 322.
---- William, made sheriff by Henry VII, i, 338.
Flanders, interruption of trade with, i, 113;
Flemings expelled from England, 115;
peace concluded with, 116;
increase of trade with, 171;
Flemish weavers invited to settle in England, 178;
English ports closed to Flemish merchants by Elizabeth, 492;
Flemish merchants seized in London, 510;
forces under the Earl of Leicester sent to, 531.
Flanders, Countess of, seizes English merchandise, i, 112;
negotiates for peace, 115, 117.
Fleet, Sir John, M.P. for the City, ii, 554, 598, 607, 613;
mayor, 570;
unsuccessfully contests the City, 609;
his death, 642.
Fleet Prison, the, fired by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.
Fleetwood, Charles, Lieut.-Gen., confers with the City, ii, 357, 359;
promises a free parliament, 360.
Fletcher, Dr., remembrancer, sent as special messenger to James I, ii, 2.
Flete, William de, i, 134.
Flower, Charles, sheriff, iii, 242.
Fogwell Pond, Smithfield, water supply taken from, ii, 20.
Folkmote, i, 13.
Foote, Sir Thomas, alderman, ii, 236;
elected mayor, 316.
Forced Loan, the, ii, 100, 102.
Foreigners or strangers, in the country, i, 84;
in the City, 475-476, 504, 532; iii, 297-299.
Fowke or Foulke, John, alderman, ii, 197, 218;
placed on commission for trial of Charles the First, 301;
charges brought against when mayor, 337;
sent Commissioner to meet Monk, 365;
reports to Court of Aldermen Monk's intention of leaving the City, 370;
M.P. for the City, 392.
Fowlke, Christopher, sent to Guildford with food for the City's soldiers, i, 414.
Fox, Charles, joins the Newcastle Ministry, iii, 57;
leader of the House of Commons, 60;
assaulted by a mob, 115;
appointed Secretary of State under Rockingham, 197;
Secretary of State under the Duke of Portland, 204;
his East India Bill, id.;
joins the ministry of "all the talents," 265;
his death, 266.
Fox, Stephen, supports Luttrell's candidature for Middlesex, iii, 87.
France, war with, temp. Edward III, i, 180, 190, 195, 197, 199, 201, 204;
the crown of, claimed by Henry V, 257;
war with, temp. Henry V, 257, 258, 262;
a truce with temp. Henry VI, 281;
French descent on south coast, 293;
war with, temp. Henry VIII, 345, 347;
league against, 373;
the king of, taken at Pavia, 374;
peace concluded with, 377;
renewal of the war with, 408, 409;
peace with, proclaimed, 415;
Mary declares war against, 477;
the king of, defeated at St. Quentin, 479;
recovery of Calais by, 480;
Elizabeth's war with, 489;
peace with, signed, 492;
assassination of king of, 548;
Charles I at war with, ii, 102;
a cry for war against (1678), 455;
William III at war with, 559, 568;
peace made at Ryswick with, 603;
war conducted by Marlborough against, 614, 616, 621, 629, 630;
peace with, 647;
declaration of war with (1744), iii, 49;
alliance with America, 168;
convention with, 212;
outbreak of revolution, 220;
war declared with, 221;
negotiations for peace, 227;
the French army encamped at Boulogne, 259.
Franklin, Benjamin, Ambassador for the United States at Versailles, iii, 168.
Fraunceys, Adam, mayor, i, 197;
contributes to a loan to the king, 202.
---- John, first alderman of Farringdon without, i, 243.
Fray, John, commissioner to enquire into cases of treason, &c. in the city, i, 269.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, his marriage, iii, 39;
presented with the Freedom of the City in the Saddlers' Company, 40.
---- Elector Palatine, marries Elizabeth, daughter of James I, ii, 59;
the City's present to, 60;
elected King of Bohemia, 74;
the City of London renders assistance to, 75, 77, 89;
driven out of Bohemia, 77;
a Londoner punished for insulting, 83.
Frederick, Sir John, mayor, ii, 397.
Freeman, Ralph, ii, 72.
Free Trade Bill, ii, 10.
Frestlyng, Bartholomew, M.P. for the City, i, 202.
"Frith-gild" of the City, i, 14-16.
Frobisher, Sir Martin, pursues the Armada, i, 541;
monument to, in St. Giles's, Cripplegate, 544.
Frowyk, Henry, mayor, i, 279.
Fryer, Sir John, mayor, iii, 16, 17.
Fuller, Nicholas, M.P. for the City, ii, 8.
Fulsham, Benedict de, M.P. for the City, i, 162;
his contest for the mayoralty, 165.
Furnese, Sir Henry, subscribes to loan to Prince Eugene, ii, 624.
Galeys, Henry le. See Waleys.
Gardiner, Stephen, bishop of Winchester, liberated from the Tower by Queen Mary, i, 457;
made chancellor, 458;
severely reprimands the lord mayor, 466.
---- Sir Thomas, recorder, endeavours to obtain a City loan for Charles the First, ii, 124;
his impeachment, 124, 169;
the king wishes to make him Speaker, 132;
welcomes the king to the City, 148;
is knighted, 149;
a commission of array addressed to, 188.
Garnet, Henry, trial of, at Guildhall, ii, 15.
Garrard, Sir John, withdraws from the Militia Committee, ii, 171.
---- Sir Samuel, mayor, favours Dr. Sacheverell, ii, 632;
evades burning his sermon, 635.
Garraway, William, i, 553.
Garrett, Sir George, sheriff, entertains Charles I, ii, 157;
sent to the King at Oxford, 180.
Garway, or Garraway, Henry, mayor, ii, 122;
speech of, at Common Hall, 181.
Gate, Sir John, the king's bailiff in Southwark, i, 442.
Gaunt, Elizabeth, burnt for being implicated in Rye House Plot, ii, 515.
Gaveston, Piers de, asks a favour of the City for his friend, i, 133;
banished, id.;
favoured by Edward II, 136;
beheaded, 137.
Gayer or Gayre, Sir John, imprisoned by Charles I, ii, 123;
released, 125;
withdraws from the Militia Committee, 171;
committed to the Tower, 266;
impeached, 273;
the "Lion Sermon" instituted by, 274;
deprived of his aldermanry, 308.
Geffrey, Thomas, barber, i, 284.
George I, accession of, iii, 1;
welcomed by the City, 2;
attends lord mayor's banquet, 3;
his picture and statue, 9;
goes to Hanover, 10;
his quarrel with the Prince of Wales, id.;
his death, 30.
George, Prince of Wales, afterwards King George II, his quarrel with his father, iii, 10;
his accession, 31;
his coronation, 32;
attends lord mayor's banquet, 33;
impudent demand of his cup-bearer, id.;
his portrait by Jervas, id.
George III, accession of, iii, 66;
his statue at the Royal Exchange and his picture at the Guildhall, 70;
his anxiety that Wilkes should be expelled the House, 82;
indignant at the conduct of Crosby and Oliver, 109;
his anxiety lest Wilkes should be elected mayor, 132;
his letter to Lord North touching Lord Gordon, 183;
his illness, and measures taken for a regency, 213;
City address on his recovery, 214;
thanksgiving service at St. Paul's for recovery of, 215;
assault on, 226;
celebration of his Jubilee, 271;
becomes insane, 281;
his statue in the Council Chamber, id.
George, Prince, afterwards King George IV, forwards to the City £1,000 for the poor, during his father's illness, iii, 214;
appointed Regent, 282;
declines the Freedom of the City, id.;
refuses to receive addresses from the livery seated on the throne, 283-285, 296-297;
entertained at the Guildhall after the Peace of Paris, 288;
an outrage committed against, 306;
his accession, 314;
his coronation, 315.
Gerard, or Garrard, William, sheriff, attends proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as Queen, i, 454.
Gerrard, John, implicated in Gunpowder Plot, ii, 15.
---- Sir Thomas, i, 560.
Ghent, recovery of, ii, 629.
Gianibelli, Frederico, erects waterworks at Tyburn, ii, 19.
Gibbon, Edward, grandfather of the historian, his estate sequestrated, iii, 22.
Gibbs, Alderman, ii, 224, 292.
Gibraltar, relief of, by Lord Howe, iii, 201;
Copley's picture of siege of, 202.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, i, 544.
---- Sir John, i, 562.
Gill, William, mayor, receives George the Fourth on his visit to St. Paul's after illness, iii, 215.
Ginkell, General, afterwards Earl of Athlone, ii, 563.
Gisors, Anketin de, i, 146.
---- John de, M.P. for the City, i, 118;
desired by Edward II to hold the City, 136;
taken into custody, 146;
affords an asylum to Mortimer, 154;
appointed Warden of the Tower jointly with Betoyne, 159.
Gloucester, siege of, ii, 193-195;
letter from, touching the removal of Colonel Massey, 216, 217.
---- Gilbert, Earl of, defeats Montfort at Evesham, i, 98;
takes possession of the City, 102;
comes to terms with Henry III, 103.
---- Henry, Duke of, City gift to, at Restoration, ii, 379.
---- Humphrey, Duke of, question of his precedence at the Guildhall, i, 257, 258;
vicegerent in England, 268;
his position settled by Parliament, 269;
quarrels with Beaufort, 270, 271, 277;
loses the favour of the citizens, 271;
appointed Captain of Calais, 280.
---- Robert, Earl of, exchanged prisoner for King Stephen, i, 52.
---- Thomas, Duke of, his house attacked, whilst Earl of Buckingham, i, 216;
his persecution of Brembre, id.;
plot of Richard II, against, 232, 233;
charges five of the king's counsellors with treason, 233, 234;
arrested, 244.
Glover, Richard alias "Leonidas," opposes the Spanish Convention, iii, 42;
his poem "Admiral Hosier's Ghost," 44, 45;
presides over Committee of Livery, 45, 46;
drafts petition to Parliament touching insufficiency of convoys, 47.
Glyn, John, recorder, ii, 200, 260, 291;
one of the Eleven Members, 246;
expelled the House and committed to the Tower, 263;
forced resignation of, 315;
member of Cromwell's House of Peers, 350;
accident to, 391.
Glynn, John, recorder, moves that Wilkes be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons, iii, 137;
his dictum as to the rights of the Livery in Common Hall, 138, 140;
returned M.P. for Middlesex, 144.
Godchep, Hamo, i, 153.
Godfrey, Sir Edmondesbury, supposed murder of, ii, 457.
---- Peter, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.
---- Thomas, opens the City's gates to Cade, i, 284.
Godolphin, Lord, dismissed from office, ii, 637.
Godrell, Paul, ii, 591.
Godsalve, John, the City's right of measuring cloth conferred on, i, 406.
Godschall, Sir Robert, a candidate for the mayoralty, iii, 45, 46;
elected M.P. for the City, 47;
mayor, id.;
chairman of Parliamentary Committee to consider insufficiency of convoys, 47, 48.
Godwine, Earl, i, 26, 28.
Gold, Henry, rector of St. Mary, Aldermary, executed at Tyburn, i, 390.
---- Thomas, nominated for the mayoralty, ii, 476, 490.
Goldsmiths of London, their quarrel with the Weavers, i, 154;
return of rental of, 252;
their pageant at coronation of Henry VIII, 345;
subscribe towards furnishing soldiers for war with France, 347;
ordered to resume their old quarters in Goldsmith's Row, ii, 110;
the Duke of Marlborough entertained by, 617, 618;
mayoralty of Sir Owen Buckingham kept in Hall, 617;
subscribe to bounties for soldiers, iii, 64;
disapprove of remonstrance drawn up in Common Hall, 93.
Gondomar, Spanish ambassador, insulted in London, ii, 79.
Goodman, John, reprieve of, ii, 136.
Gordon, Lord George, presents petition to Parliament in favour of repeal of Savile's Act, iii, 179;
riots in the City instigated by, 180-184;
committed to the Tower, 185;
offers himself as candidate for the City, 192.
Gore, Richard, merchant tailor, M.P. for the City, ii, 8.
---- Sir William, knighted, ii, 571;
elected mayor, 608;
stands for the City, 609.
Goring, George, Lord (Earl of Norwich), threatens Plymouth, ii, 221;
takes the lead in the Kentish rebellion, 282.
Gracedieu, Bartholomew, sheriff, knighted, ii, 606.
Grafton, Duke of, his relations with Wilkes, 74, 80.
---- Richard, printer, i, 485.
Grantham, John de, elected Mayor, i, 165;
M.P. for the City, 174.
Greenland House, siege of, ii, 205.
Greenway, Oswald, implicated in Gunpowder Plot, ii, 15.
Greenwich Park, muster of citizens in, i, 529.
Gregory, William, alderman, his chronicle, i, 287.
"Grenecobbe," Henry, i, 220.
Grenville, Sir John, carries a letter from Charles II to the City, ii, 377;
City gift to, 379.
---- William, W., Secretary of State, his correspondence with the lord mayor touching removal of the Bank of England guard, iii, 218-219.
---- Lord, joins with Fox informing the ministry of "all the talents," iii, 265;
the fall of his ministry, 266-267.
Gresham, Sir John, mercer, his school at Holt, co. Norf., i, 353;
witnesses removal of Duke of Somerset to the Tower, 438;
signs counterfeit will of Edward the Sixth, 453.
Gresham, Sir John, of Titsey, i, 511.
---- Sir Richard, mayor, his letter to Henry VIII, re Royal Hospitals, i, 404;
particulars of, 404 n.;
proposes to erect a Burse, 494.
---- Sir Thomas, erects the Royal Exchange, i, 495-499;
particulars of, 495n.;
founder of Gresham College, 502;
entertains Cardinal Chastillon, 504;
suggests minting Spanish treasure, 512;
entertains Count Casimir, 520;
his death, 521.
---- College founded, i, 502.
---- House, municipal offices removed to, after the fire, ii, 421.
Grey, Sir Charles, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 223.
---- Earl, succeeds the Duke of Wellington as prime minister, iii, 332;
the freedon of the City voted to, 339, 344;
resigns, 340;
recalled, 342;
succeeds in passing the first Reform Bill, welcomed by the citizens on his return, 260;
prepares for another expedition to France, id.;
letters from, to the City, 261, 262, 264, 265;
conquers Normandy, 263;
coronation of his queen, 266;
his death and funeral, 266, 267.
Henry VI, coronation of, i, 274;
goes to France, 275;
crowned at Paris, id.;
his return and reception by the City, 275-277;
his charter to the City, 281;
his marriage, id.;
his illness, 288;
kept in custody at Bishop of London's palace after the battle of St. Albans, 291;
loses the City's favour, 296;
deputation from the City to, at Northampton, 298;
brought prisoner to London, 302;
regains his freedom after second battle at St. Albans, 304;
restored, 312;
removed from the Tower to the Bishop of London's palace by Warwick, id.;
his death in the Tower, 316.
Henry of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII, prepares to invade England, i, 324, 325;
defeats Richard III at Bosworth, 326;
welcomed by the City, id.;
his coronation, 327;
his marriage, 328;
his visit to London, 329;
assists Anne of Brittany against the French king, id.;
decease of Edmund his infant son, 335;
enters into alliance with the king of the Romans, 336;
his charter to the Merchant Taylors, 337;
his charter to the City, id.;
his proposed alliance with Margaret, sister of Archduke Philip, 338, 339;
his death and funeral, 340, 341;
his chapel in Westminster Abbey, 340;
his obit kept by the City, 342.
Henry VIII, visits the City as a boy, i, 334;
the City's present to, at coronation, 344;
at St. Paul's, 362;
enters into a league against France, 373;
his marriage with Anne Boleyn, 388;
marries Jane Seymour, 395;
the City, in difficulty with, 406;
goes to France leaving Catherine Parr, regent, 409;
returns, 411;
his death, 417.
Henry, Prince, son of James I, becomes a Merchant Taylor, ii, 12.
Herbert, Sir John, secretary of state, ii, 22.
Hereford, Henry, Duke of. See Henry of Lancaster, afterwards King Henry IV.
---- Humphrey, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 147;
seeks an interview with the City, 149.
---- Sir William de, member for the City, i, 126.
Heretics, Statute for burning, i, 249;
re-enacted, 471.
Herne, Sir Joseph, security for a loan to William III, ii, 603.
Hertford, Francis, Earl of, lord chamberlain, his letter to Wilkes touching the king's refusal to receive in future addresses of the livery on the throne, iii, 153;
Wilkes's reply, 154;
his letter to the lord mayor touching presentation of livery address, 195.
Hervey, Lord, his account of trick played by Walpole on the Dissenters, iii, 34, 35;
objects to City's address to George II, on occasion of marriage of the Princess Royal to the Prince of Orange, 39.
---- Sebastian, mayor, ii, 55, 72;
opposes matrimonial alliance between his daughter and Christopher Villiers, 73.
Hervy, Walter, disputed election of, as mayor, i, 104-105;
grants charters to the craft guilds, 107;
quarrels with Gregory de Rokesley, 108;
arrested, id.;
charges against, 109;
discharged from aldermanry, 110.
Heton, George, chamberlain, dismissed, i, 519.
Hewling, Benjamin, condemned to death at Bloody Assizes, ii, 521.
Hewling, William, ii, 521.
Hewlyn, William, mayor, i, 295.
Hewson, John, a member of Cromwell's House of Lords, ii, 350;
quells a riot in the City, 358.
Hewster, John, M.P. for the City, i, 370.
Heysham, Robert, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.
Hill, Sir Rowland, mercer, his school at Drayton, co. Salop, i, 353;
committed to the Tower for obstructing the Sergeant-at-Mace, 406, 407;
particulars of, 406n.;
enters on his Mayoralty, 427.
Hille, Sir Thomas, mayor, dies of the plague, i, 327.
Hillsborough, Lord, Secretary of State, urges the mayor to guard the City during Gordon riots, iii, 181.
Hoadley, Benjamin, Bishop of Salisbury, persuades the dissenters to postpone attempt to repeal Corporation and Test Acts, iii, 34, 35.
Hoare, Richard, knighted, ii, 614;
M.P. for the City, 638;
late alderman of Bread Street Ward, iii, 15.
Hockenhall, George, refuses to serve sheriff, ii, 472.
Hockenhull or Hocknell, Thomas, ensign in the guards, reprimanded for allowing his soldiers to insult an alderman, iii, 16, 17.
Holiday, Leonard, alderman, the Duke of Bedford committed to the custody of, i, 562.
Holland, the Dutch fleet defeated off Portland, ii, 344;
war declared with (1665), 406;
the victory of the Duke of York over Opdam, 409;
naval engagement with the Dutch off the North Foreland, 414;
the Dutch fleet in the Medway, 435;
retires, 436;
war declared with (1672), 445;
the peace of Nimeguen, 456.
Holland, Henry, Earl of, his speech at the Guildhall, ii, 175;
threatens a royalist rising in the City, 225.
---- Henry, lord, charged with peculation, iii, 89, 91;
his hatred for the City, 90.
Holles, Denzel, one of the Five Members, ii, 155;
attends the Common Hall, 200.
Holy Trinity, Aldgate, Priory of, confiscated by Henry VIII, i, 386;
bestowed upon Sir Thomas Audley, 387.
Hone, William, bookseller, his trial, iii, 307-308.
Hooke, Robert, his scheme for rebuilding the City, ii, 427;
appointed surveyor, 428, 431.
Hooper, John, informs against Bonner, i, 439;
made Bishop of Gloucester, 441;
burnt, 474.
Hopkins, Benjamin, elected City Chamberlain, iii, 163;
his decease, 164.
Hopton, Ralph, defeats Parliamentary forces under Waller, ii, 189;
surrenders to Fairfax, 233.
Horn, Andrew, counsel for the City at the Iter of 1321, i, 143, 147;
chamberlain, 159, 161.
---- John, goes to Paris to confer with Edward I, i, 116.
Horne, John, Vicar of Brentford, iii, 87;
claims to have written Beckford's famous speech, 102;
his letter to Wilkes on being elected sheriff, 124.
---- Robert, alderman, committed to Newgate by rebels under Cade, i, 285.
Houblon, Sir James, knighted, ii, 571;
accused of bribery, 590;
M.P. for the City, 606.
---- Sir John, sheriff, ii, 548;
knighted, 552;
first governor of the Bank of England, 586, 602;
attends the Privy council on the Barclay conspiracy, 599;
candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640.
Houghton, John, prior of Charter-house, proceedings against, i, 390-392.
Howard, Admiral Lord, commands the fleet against the Armada, i, 537, 539, 541;
captures Cadiz, 556.
Howe, Lord, threatens to leave the navy, iii, 173;
his victory over the French, 223;
the freedom of the City voted to id.
---- John, his opposition to James II, ii, 521.
Huberthorne or Hoberthorne, Henry, mayor, assists in proclaiming Edward VI king, i, 418;
particulars of, 418n.;
knighted, 420.
"Humble Representation of the Dissatisfaction of the Army," ii, 248.
Humphreys, Sir William, mayor, puts a stop to the spread of seditious literature, iii, 3.
Hundred Court, i, 13.
Hunt, Henry, known as "Orator Hunt," arrested for inciting to riot, iii, 309, 310;
creates a disturbance in Common Hall, 311.
Hunter, William, burnt, i, 474.
Huntingdon, William, Earl of, i, 192.
Husting Court, i, 13.
Hutchinson, General, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 248.
Income tax, introduced by Pitt, iii, 228, 238;
renewal of, 252, 292-293.
Indemnity bill, the, opposed by the City, iii, 308.
Ingram, Sir Arthur, ii, 63.
Insurance against fire, City's scheme for, ii, 425.
Ipswich, Cardinal Wolsey's college at, i, 382.
Ireland, the Desmond rising in, i, 523;
Tyrone's insurrection in, 559;
Mountjoy's conquest of, 563;
rebellion of 1641 in, ii, 146;
proposed confiscation of Irish rebels' estates, 163;
royalist successes in, 309;
Ormond defeated before Dublin, 314;
subdued by Cromwell, 326;
Cromwell, welcomed on his return from, 327;
letters of sympathy from, after the Fire, 420, 421;
Tyrconnel appointed lord deputy of, 516;
siege of Londonderry, 549-550;
battle of the Boyne, 559.
---- Duke of, charged with treason, i, 234.
Irish estate, the City's, ii, 28-45;
commissioners sent to view the plantation, 32;
their report, 35;
the City consents to undertake plantation of Ulster, 37;
the Irish Society formed, 37, 41;
the City forced to surrender a portion of, 38;
allotment among the companies, 39, 43;
more commissioners sent to Ireland, 42;
the right of the companies to sell, 44;
declared forfeited by Court of Star Chamber, 115;
judgment reversed, 143;
the King promises to restore, 149;
letter from the council of state touching, 326;
the companies petition Charles II relative to, 386.
---- Society, formation of, ii, 37;
incorporated, 41.
Ireton, Henry, ii, 252, 352.
---- John, knighted by Cromwell, ii, 352;
nominated by parliament to be re-elected mayor, 354.
Isabel, wife of Edward II, sets out for France, i, 154;
her return, 155;
confirms the City's rights, 158;
becomes unpopular, 163;
retires into privacy, 170.
Isleworth, manor of, devastated by the mob, i, 96.
Jakes, Robert, shearman, convicted of perjury, i, 343.
James I, his threat to remove Court and Parliament from London, i, 1;
accession of, ii, 1;
enters London, 3, 5;
plots against, 6, 13;
refuses to surrender rights of purveyance, &c., 9;
at Merchant Taylors' Hall, 12, 61;
rumour of the assassination of, 16;
his financial difficulties, 56-59;
the City declines a loan to, 63;
entertained by Alderman Cockaine, 69;
the City's reception of, on return from Scotland, 72;
death of the queen, id.;
state visit of, to St. Paul's, 76;
his death, 91.
James, Duke of York, afterwards James II, christening of, ii, 111;
the City's gift to, at the Restoration, 379;
his victory over the Dutch, 409;
his efforts to suppress the Fire, 416;
vote of thanks to, 431;
his action against Sheriff Pilkington, 478, 492;
his picture at Guildhall mutilated, 479;
accession of, 506;
collects the Customs without leave of Parliament, 507;
coronation of, 508;
favours the Catholics, 516;
issues a Declaration of Indulgence, 518;
the Aldermen present an address to, 520;
issues a second Declaration of Indulgence, 525;
birth of prince James, 528;
informs the lord mayor of the approach of William, 529;
restores the City's charter, 530;
sets out to meet the Prince of Orange, 533;
attempted flight of, 535;
goes to France, 537;
lands in Ireland, 549;
death of, 607.
James Edward, Prince (the old Pretender), birth of, ii, 528;
his legitimacy questioned, 532;
acknowledged king by Louis, 607;
threatened invasion in favour of, 626;
the Tories favour, 648;
a reward offered for arrest of, 649;
precautions taken against, iii, 3;
prepares to invade England, 6;
failure of conspiracy, 8;
threatens another invasion, 24.
Jane Seymour, her marriage with Henry VIII, i, 395;
preparations for her coronation, 396;
her death, 397.
Janssen, Stephen Theodore, sometime City chamberlain, iii, 20;
elected M.P. for the City, 56;
resigns chamberlainship, 163.
---- Sir Theodore, director of South Sea Company, expelled from Parliament, iii, 20.
Jarman, or Jermyn, Edward, appointed surveyor for the rebuilding of the City, ii, 428, 431.
Jeffreys, George, suspended from office of common sergeant, ii, 451;
his suspension referred to the king, 452;
restored, 453;
forced to resign the recordership, 461;
made chief justice, 502;
holds the "Bloody Assize," 512;
president of Ecclesiastical Commission Court, 516;
appears before Court of Aldermen, 519;
carries the City's charter back, 530;
taken in disguise, 537.
---- Sir Jeffrey, excused from being mayor, ii, 632.
Jenkin's ear, iii, 40, 41.
Jenner, Sir Thomas, appointed recorder by Charles II, ii, 504.
Jenyns, Stephen, merchant taylor, his school at Wolverhampton, i, 353.
Jervas, Charles, his portraits of George II and Queen Caroline, iii, 33.
Jervis, Sir John, admiral, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 223;
his victory over the French off Cape St. Vincent, 232;
a sword of honour voted to, id.
Jessel, Sir George, his opinion touching the City's right and title to Irish estate, ii, 45.
Jews, Henry III extorts money from, i, 87;
expulsion of, 123;
enfranchisement of, iii, 346-347.
Joanna, daughter of Edward II, called "Joanna of the Tower," birth of, i, 148.
John, Prince, afterwards king, rebels against his father, i, 61;
opposes Longchamp, 62;
admitted into the City, 63;
grants the citizens their "Commune," id.;
his accession, 72;
resigns the crown and receives it as the Pope's feudatory, 73;
meets the Barons in London, 74;
signs Magna Carta, 77;
open war between him and the Barons, 78;
his death, 79.
Johnson, Robert, sheriff, removed by Henry VII, i, 338.
---- Dr. Samuel, his inscription on portrait of Chief Justice Pratt, iii, 78;
his pamphlet "Taxation no Tyranny," 151n.;
his opinion of Wilkes, 152n., 164-165.
Jolles, Sir John, mayor, ii, 66.
Jones, John, captain, M.P. for the City, ii, 392.
---- John Gale, committed to Newgate for publishing an attack on Parliament, iii, 276.
---- Sir William, attorney-general, his opinion taken on the question of the aldermanic veto, ii, 454.
Josselyn, Ralph, mayor, created Knight of the Bath, i, 307.
Joyce, Cornet, carries off Charles I, ii, 242.
Joyner, William, mayor, builds the Grey Friars Chapel, i, 402.
"Jubilee," book called, burnt by order of Exton, mayor, i, 229.
Judd, Sir Andrew, skinner, his school at Tonbridge, i, 353;
undertakes to forward provisions to the army, 414;
summoned as mayor to attend the Lords of the Council, 445;
signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, 453.
Junius, approves of remonstrance of the Livery, iii, 93;
upholds the conduct of Crosby and Oliver, 115;
offers to support Wilkes, 125;
strenuously supports Sawbridge's candidature for the mayoralty, id.;
expresses his opinion of Lord Mayor Nash, 130.
Justiciar, the citizens permitted to elect their own, i, 43.
Keith, Lord, admiral, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 248.
Kelseye, Robert de, M.P. for the City, i, 162, 163, 174.
Kendale, Sir Robert de, king's commissioner, the City taken into the hands of, i, 146.
Kendricke, John, consents to accept the mayoralty notwithstanding diminished allowances, ii, 333.
Kennet, Brackley, mayor, his conduct during the Gordon Riots, iii, 180-184;
summoned to attend Lords of Council, 186.
Kensington, Colonel, refuses to accept colours presented by the City, iii, 256.
Kent, revolt under Wat Tyler, i, 218-221;
under Cade, 282;
under Fauconberg, 314-316;
royalist rising in, ii, 280, 282.
---- Edmund, Earl of, charged with treason and executed, i, 170.
Keppel, Admiral, court martial of, iii, 172;
entertained at the London Tavern, 173;
the freedom of the City voted to, id.
Ket, Robert, his rebellion, i, 432;
taken and hanged at Norwich Castle, 433.
---- William, executed at Wymondham, i, 433.
Key, Sir John, Mayor, his letter to the Duke of Wellington, iii, 330;
re-elected mayor, 338, 339n.;
vote of thanks to, 339.
Kiffin, William, appointed alderman by James II, ii, 521;
reluctantly accepts office, 522;
discharged, 523;
subscribes (unwittingly) to an entertainment given to the Papal Nuncio, 524.
Kimbolton, Lord, impeachment of, ii, 155.
King's Bench, court of, removed to York, i, 162.
King's Bench prison, fired by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.
Kirkman, John, a candidate for the Shrievalty, iii, 138;
elected M.P. for the City, 192;
his death, id.
Kitson, Sir Thomas, sheriff, i, 391.
Kneseworth, Thomas, late mayor, committed to prison, i, 338.
Knighthood, proclamation enforcing, i, 240.
Knolles, Thomas, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251;
ordered to make valuation of property in the City, id.
Knyvett, Thomas, refuses to pay tax for maintenance of Parliamentary army, ii, 181.
Ladbroke, Robert, Sheriff, M.P. for the City, knighted, iii, 50;
his death, 141.
Lagos Bay, disaster in, ii, 571.
La Hogue, battle of, ii, 569.
Lamb, Dr., assassination of, ii, 105.
Lambert, Daniel, elected mayor, iii, 47;
M.P. for the City, id.;
knighted, 50;
loses his seat for the City, 56.
---- Col. John, ejects the Rump, ii, 356;
marches northward to intercept Monk, 364.
Lambeth, treaty of, i, 81.
Lambyn, Ed

reception of Cardinal Campeggio in, 362-364;
solemn procession in, on report of Scottish invasion, 372;
rejoicings in, on news of defeat of the French, 374;
the citizens and the Amicable Loan, 375-376;
French ambassadors lodged in Bishop of London's palace in St. Paul's Churchyard, 377;
deputation sent to Henry VIII, at Greenwich, touching Wythypol's discharge from aldermanry, 377-379;
famine in (1529), 379;
suppression of monasteries in, 386, 390-393, 397-401;
the citizens show dissatisfaction at the king's marriage with Anne Boleyn, 388;
sends a detachment to put down Pilgrimage of Grace, 394;
increase of poor in, on suppression of Religious Houses, 404;
offers to purchase the dissolved houses for relief of poor, 405;
Edward VI welcomed to, 420, 421;
the Reformation in, 421-430;
redemption of charges for superstitious uses by, 424, 425;
Edward VI passes through, 431;
letter to, from Lords of the Council with charges against Protector Somerset, 433, 434;
letter from Somerset to mayor of, 434;
joins the Lords against Somerset, 435;
the Lords explain their conduct to, 436;
raises forces against Somerset, id.;
charter of Edward VI to, granting rights in Southwark, 442;
indignation in, on Warwick's arbitrary conduct, 446;
Queen Mary proclaimed in, 454, 455;
Queen Mary welcomed by, 456;
put into a state of defence against Wyatt, 462;
Philip and Mary welcomed by, 469-471;
renewed opposition to foreigners in, 475, 476;
accession of Elizabeth welcomed by, 484;
havoc worked by reformers in, 487;
protestant refugees in, 504;
renders assistance to the Prince of Orange, 505;
Flemish merchants seized in, 510;
measures taken for safeguarding of, during Northumberland Conspiracy, 515, 516;
proceedings against Jesuits in, 524, 525;
special preachers in, 526;
foreigners in, 532;
threatened famine in, 533;
preparations in, to meet the Armada, 535;
disbanded soldiers in, after defeat of Armada, 547;
search in, for Spanish emissaries, 549, 550;
refuses further supplies of ships, 557-559;
threatened by another Armada, 560;
the mayor of, the first signatory of document proclaiming James I king, ii, 1;
James enters Tower of, 3;
his passage through the City, 5;
free trade opposed by citizens of, 10-12;
water supply of 18-28;
the Ulster Plantation, 28-45;
the Virginia Company, 46-54;
account of insult offered to the Spanish ambassador in, 79-82;
joy of citizens at the return of Prince Charles from Spain, 84;
plague of 1625 in, 95;
called upon to supply ships for defence of the Thames, id.;
ships supplied by, 98, 101;
sickness and famine in, 109;
ship money levied in, 111, 117, 125;
loss of its Irish estate, 115;
charter of Charles I to, 118;
unpopularity of Strafford in, 132;
refuses to advance money until execution of Strafford, 138;
the "Protestation" accepted by, 139;
day of thanksgiving in, 142;
opposition to the bishops, 147, 150;
Charles entertained in, 147;
petition of, for removal of bishops, 151;
Charles at the Guildhall, demands the five members, 156;
petition to the king thereon, 158;
a panic in, 159;
Charles's reply to late petition, 160;
supplies the army with arms, 170;
defensive operations in, 170, 171;
petitions for peace, 177;
deputation to the king, 178;
the king's terms rejected by, 180;
weekly assessment in, 182, 184;
propositions for peace, 183;
scheme for fortification of, id.;
Puritanism in, 187;
scarcity of coal in, 189;
the Tower committed to the custody of mayor and sheriffs, 191;
sends relief to Gloucester, id.;
"weekly meal" for payment of army, 199, 200;
suspects banished from, 202;
invited by Parliament to frame proposals for peace, id.;
thanked by Parliament, 204;
difficulty in getting in arrears of monthly assessment and weekly meal account, 205;
proposals submitted to Parliament, 209, 210;
its trade ruined, 213;
letter from the mayor of Gloucester to, 216;
Plymouth appeals to, 220;
royalist prisoners in, 221;
Presbyterianism in, 223, 227, 232;
letter from the Scottish Parliament to the Mayor of, 228;
claims to govern the militia of the suburbs, 230-232;
letter of Charles I to, 234;
remonstrance by, presented to both Houses, 234-235;
a counter remonstrance, 235;
reply to King's letter, 235-237;
petitions both Houses to redress grievances, 239;
correspondence with the army, 243, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 255, 264, 265, 269;
sends commissioners to head-quarters, 248;
beset by reformadoes, 250;
petitions of apprentices to Parliament, 251;
preparations for defence of, 254, 256;
more commissioners to the army, id.;
surrenders to Fairfax, 259;
army enters, 260;
at the mercy of the army, 262;
more demands for money, 263-266;
the mayor and others committed, 266;
threat to quarter troops on, 267;
petitions parliament for removal of the army to a greater distance, 269;
petitions for release of aldermen, 270;
Puritanism in the City, 271;
its attitude towards the army, 275, 277;
entrusted with the protection of Parliament, 277, 279;
petitions for control of militia, 278;
again petitions for release of aldermen, 280;
aldermen released, 282;
letter from Prince of Wales to, 289;
urges parliament to come to an understanding with the army, 292;
loan by, to assist negotiations with the king, id.;
negotiations opposed by London "Levellers," 291;
Fairfax announces his intention to enter, 293;
demands money from, 293, 296, 301;
the army enters, 294;
the Commonwealth proclaimed in, 311;
Richmond Park presented to, 313;
threatened with free quarters for the army unless money be found, 314;
economical measures taken by, 321;
money raised for relief of the poor of, 322-324;
removal of Royal emblems in, 330;
assessed at one fifteenth of the whole kingdom, 331;
another letter from Prince of Wales to, 340;
Scottish prisoners brought to, after battle of Worcester, 341;
reception of Cromwell in, 342;
subscriptions for relief of wounded soldiers in, 344;
precautions against a royalist rising in, 350-352;
letter from Monk to the Common Council, 357;
negotiations for the safety of, 357, 359, 360;
rising of apprentices in favour of a free Parliament, 358;
royalist hopes centered in, 361;
reply sent to Monk, 363;
desires a full Parliament, 364;
another letter from Monk, 364-365;
deputation to meet Monk, 365;
Monk enters, 366;
confers with Court of Aldermen, 367, 368, 369;
royal arms again set up in, 374;
the City's declaration and vindication, 374-377;
letter from Charles II to, 377;
answer thereto, 378;
commissioners sent to the king, 379;
Charles II proclaimed in, 380;
the king enters, id.;
takes oath of allegiance, 381;
rising of Fifth-monarchy men in, 386-388, 396;
parliamentary election (1661), 392-393;
desires confirmation of its charter, 394-396;
reception of Russian ambassador in, 401-403;
charter of Charles II to, 403;
the French ambassador insulted at Lord Mayor's banquet, 404-406;
the Great Plague, 409-414;
estimate of population of, 413 n.;
the Great Fire, 414-418;
assistance sent from York and Ireland to, 420;
the streets to be cleared, 423;
the rebuilding of, 427-435;
a special court of judicature created for settling disputes after the fire, 428;
report on state of the Chamber of 438-439;
Cardonel's proposals for raising money, 447;
the Prince of Orange in, 443;
effect of closing the Exchequer upon, 445;
heavy assessment in, 446;
petitions Parliament for pecuniary relief, 447;
petitions and addresses to Charles II for summoning a Parliament, 460, 461, 463, 465, 475;
elections (1681) in, 463;
proceedings against, under writ of Quo Warranto, 476, 477, 478, 494-500;
debate on question of City's surrender, 503;
judgment entered, 503-504;
bishop of, suspended, 516;
agitation against Popery in, 516-517;
dissenters supreme in, 525;
rejoicings in, at birth of Prince James Edward, 528-529;
the City charter restored, 530;
the mayor and others attend Privy Council, 532;
attacks on Catholics in, 533, 534;
James sends for the mayor and aldermen on hearing of landing of Prince of Orange, 533;
the Lords attend at Guildhall to draw up declaration in favour of William, 535;
invited by Prince of Orange to send representatives to assembly, 537;
reversal of judgment on Quo Warranto, 541, 543, 554-555;
report of City Committee of Grievances, 541-543;
William and Mary at the Lord Mayor's banquet, 551;
elections (1690) in, 553;
disputed municipal elections in, 556-558;
assistance of, invoked against France, 559-561;
William again at the Lord Mayor's banquet, 570;
excitement in, on disaster in Lagos Bay, 572;
address to the Queen, 573;
address to William on death of Queen, 587;
corrupt practices in, 589-596;
Jacobite tumults in, 597, 598;
elections (1695) in, 598;
address on discovery of Assassination Plot, 599;
Association in defence of the King, 600;
opposes Election Bill, 601;
resolution to defend the King, 601;
rejoicings in, for the peace of Ryswick, 603;
King's reception on return from Flanders, 604-606;
address to William on death of James II, 607;
addresses to Queen Anne, 610, 616, 623, 626, 629, 630, 635, 649;
visits of the Queen to, 613, 614, 616, 621, 624;
the Duke of Marlborough in, 617, 623;
financial difficulties of, 618-621;
standards taken at Ramillies presented to, 623;
soldiers supplied to Anne, 624;
search for Papists in, 627;
elections (1708 and 1710) in, 628, 637;
Act for building new churches, 639;
election disputes in, 640;
Prince Eugene in, 645;
records to be searched for customary procedure in communications with the Crown, 646;
address to Queen Anne on peace of Utrecht, 647;
loyal addresses to George I, touching Jacobite Conspiracy, iii, 6, 8;
the City reprimanded by Parliament for defraying law costs in disputed elections out of the Chamber, 13-15;
the action of Parliament towards South Sea Company approved by, 22;
the Election Act, (11 Geo. i, c, 18) regulating elections in, 26-29;
the freedom conferred on Frederick, Prince of Wales, 40;
loyal addresses to George II, 49, 51, 54, 55;
the freedom conferred on the Duke of Cumberland, 54, 55;
opposes a proposed tax on plate, 58;
urges the execution of Admiral Byng, 59, 60, 61;
the freedom conferred on Pitt and Legge, 61, 62;
offers bounties for soldiers, 63;
addresses to the king on Capture of Quebec and conquest of Canada, 64;
address on surrender of St. Lucia and capture of Martinico, 72;
the freedom voted to Charles Townshend, 79;
another remonstrance, 100, 101;
the King's reply, 101;
Beckford's famous speech, 102;
address to King deprecating hostilities with America, 157;
the King's reply, 158;
the freedom voted to Dr. Richard Price, 165;
another address deprecating war with America, id.;
subscriptions in aid of war with America refused by, 167;
advocates conciliatory measures, 168;
freedom voted to Admiral Keppel, 173;
vote of thanks to Whig lords for supporting economical reform, 175;
letter to Lord Shelburne touching Wiltshire Committee of Association, 176, 177;
Lord Shelburne's reply, 177;
accepts form of Association, 178;
advocates repeal of Savile's Act, 179, 184;
the Gordon riots in, 180-184;
address to the king after Gorden riots, 191;
claim for damages after riots, id.;
address to the king on Rodney's victory in the West Indies, 200;
proposal to present the king with a man-of-war in place of the Royal George by, 201;
opposes Fox's East India Bill, 204-206;
upholds the exercise of the king's prerogative, 205;
opposes Shop Tax and obtains its repeal, 209-212;
the city's rights saved in convention with France, 212;
its efforts to abolish the slave trade, 212-213, 288-290;
the Prince of Wales's gift of £1,000 to poor of, 214;
sends clothing, etc. to troops in Flanders, 222;
the freedom voted to Howe, Jervis and Sir George Grey, 223-224;
riots in, 224;
great scarcity in, 225;
subscribes £100,000 to Loyalty Loan, 231;
the freedom voted to Nelson and a sword to Jervis, 232;
swords of honour voted to Duncan and Sir Richard Onslow, 234;
the freeedom voted to Captain Berry, 237;
a sword of honour voted to Nelson, id.;
the same to Sir Sydney Smith, 239;
bread riots in, 241-245;
address to the king for meeting of Parliament to consider the high price of provisions, 247;
Pitt's proposal to fortify, against Napoleon, 251;
claims a separate Bill in matters military, 257;
address to the king on the dismissal of Lord Melville, 260;
the same on the formation of the ministry of "all the talents," 265;
the freedom voted to Sir John Stuart for victory of Maida, 266;
address on fall of the Grenville Ministry, 267;
address of thanks to the king for assisting Spain against Napoleon, 268;
its indignation at the Convention of Cintra, 269;
the freedom voted to Colonel Wardle, 270;
demands enquiry into cause of failure of the Walcheren Expedition, 271;
opposes Wellington's annuity, 274;
the freedom offered to the Prince but declined, 282;
address to Regent omitted from London Gazette, 285;
address on assassination of Spencer Percival, id.;
offers congratulations to Prince Regent after Waterloo, 290;
the Corn Laws opposed by, 294-296;
addresses to the Regent on the general depression, 294, 296;
the lord mayor's report of the riot in Spa Fields, 299-305;
address to Regent on the prevailing distress, 305;
the Regent's "most gracious" reply, 306;
opposes Indemnity Bill, 308;
address to George IV on his accession, 315;
address to king for dismissal of ministers, 320;
lends pecuniary assistance to Spain and Greece against the Holy Alliance, 324;
votes assistance to Spitalfields weavers, 325;
resolutions of Common Council touching Parliamentary Reform, 331-332;
the freedom voted to Lords Grey and Althorp, 339, 344;
petition to Parliament not to vote supplies until the Reform Bill be passed, 340-341;
examples of public spirit displayed by, 349-350;
the Corporation appointed sanitary authority of, 350.
London City Forces, supplied to Edward I, i, 126;
to Edward II, 140, 152;
to Edward III, 161, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 190, 195, 199;
to Henry VI, 280-293;
to Henry VIII, 346, 409-411, 412, 413, 414;
to Queen Mary, 462, 464, 477, 478, 480, 481;
to Queen Elizabeth, 489, 490, 491, 519, 531, 534, 546, 548, 549, 552, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560;
reviewed in Greenwich Park by Queen Elizabeth, 518, 529;
soldiers supplied for service in the Palatinate, ii, 89;
to Charles I, 94, 98, 103, 126;
musters in the City, 120;
placed in command of Skippon, 161;
additional forces raised for defence of the City, 170;
the City offers to raise a force for the army, 175;
the City again called upon to supply men, 185;
ten volunteer regiments raised by the City, 186;
Sir William Waller in command of, 191;
horse raised for Waller, 193;
mutiny amongst, 196-197;
auxiliaries to join the Parliamentary army, 200;
at siege of Greenland House, 205;
City contingent to first standing army, 208;
military activity in the City, 215;
cavalry raised for the protection of the associated counties, 220;
Massey commander-in-chief of, 257;
Skippon again in command of, 276;
reviewed in Hyde Park, 329;
the City consents to raise cavalry, 332;
Monk made sergeant-major-general of, 373;
Sir Richard Browne appointed major-general, 385;
auxiliaries raised in the City, 436;
reviewed in Hyde Park, 569;
City militia exempted from the National Militia Bill, iii, 57;
the London Association and the Gordon rioters, 183, 184;
refuses to lay down its arms, 186-187;
proposal for an armed association of householders objected to, 186-190;
the City militia to be placed on a proper footing, 199;
the Loyal London Volunteers, 224, 252;
thanks to the Military Association at Grocer's Hall, 224;
the Cornhill Military Association, 233, 236;
review of volunteers, 239;
a contingent of 800 men furnished by the City against Napoleon, 252;
the River Fencibles and Harbour Marines, id.;
review of City volunteers at Blackheath, 256;
the City included in the provisions of Pitt's Additional Force Bill, but claims a separate Bill, 257;
objections to artillery practising in Finsbury Fields, the shrievalty of, granted to the City, 41;
the shrievalty of, exercised by sheriffs of London, 42;
the shrievalty for a time lost to the City, 58;
the ferm increased, 104;
the ferm decreased, 160.
Middleton, Hugh, undertakes the formation of the New River, ii, 21;
pecuniary assistance given to, by James I, 23;
created a baronet, 25;
City votes a gold chain to, id.;
his death, 26;
money grant to widow of, id.
---- Robert, surety for his brother Hugh, ii, 25.
---- Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 23, 51;
is security for a loan to his brother Hugh, 25;
demurs at entertaining the king and court, 61;
commands a regiment of trained bands, 66.
---- Thomas, poet, ii, 61.
Mildmay, Sir Walter, i, 514.
Militia, commission appointed for the City, ii, 165;
committee of, 171, 215;
its dispute with committee of Salters' Hall, 190;
a new committee of, 241, 244;
the City militia placed in the hands of a Parliamentary committee, 253, 254;
restored to the City, 254;
the City's claim to govern militia of the suburbs, 230-232;
City's petition for control of, 278;
militia committee appointed, 279;
petition for amalgamation of City's militia with that of neighbouring counties, 286, 287;
the committee of, increased, 339;
the National Militia Bill (1756), iii, 57;
the City's militia to be placed on a proper footing, 199, 236;
Act of Parliament passed for the same purpose, 224;
dispute as to the supreme control of the City's, 235.
Militia Ordinance, the, ii, 164.
Miller, John, printer of the Evening Post, arrested under the Speaker's warrant, but discharged, iii, 108.
---- Tempest, alderman, removed, ii, 396.
Mills, Peter, appointed surveyor for the rebuilding of the City, ii, 428, 431.
Milton, John, appointed Secretary for foreign languages to Council of State, ii, 303.
Minorca, loss of, iii, 59.
Mitchell, Admiral, captures the Dutch fleet, iii, 239-240.
"Mohocks," ii, 646.
Monk, General, his victory over the Dutch, ii, 344;
prepares to march southward, 357;
correspondence between the City and, 357, 360, 363, 364;
City deputation to, 365;
enters London, 366;
another deputation to, id.;
confers with the Aldermen, 367, 368, 369;
complains to Parliament of his treatment, 368;
invited to take up his quarters at Whitehall, 369;
remains in the City but changes his residence, 370;
entertained at Grocers' Hall, 372;
Sergeant-major-general of the City's forces, 373;
resigns, 385.
Monmouth, duke of, rebellion of, ii, 511, 512, 513.
Monoux, Sir George, draper, his school at Walthamstow, i, 353;
M.P. for the City, 370;
re-elected mayor but discharged, 372;
his gift to the City of a brewhouse in Southwark, 373;
objects to part with property for the erection of a City Burse, 494, 495.
Mons, fall of, ii, 571; threatened by Marlborough and Eugene, 630.
Montagu, Chief Justice, i, 437.
---- Sir Henry, Recorder, afterwards earl of Manchester, welcomes James I to London, ii, 6;
M.P. for the City, 8;
urges the City to grant loans to Charles I, 122, 128.
Montague, Charles, adopts Paterson's plan for a national bank, ii, 584.
---- John, lord, killed with his brother, the Earl of Warwick, at Barnet, i, 314, 315.
Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, refused admission into the City, i, 91;
summons a Parliament, 97;
killed at Evesham, 98.
Monument, the, inscription on, ii, 419, 420.
Moore, Sir John, elected mayor, ii, 476;
his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 478, 479;
M.P. for the City, 509;
a candidate for the mayoralty, 547;
accused of betraying the City's liberties, id.
Moorfields, riots in, ii, 271, 272; iii, 180.
Mordaunt, Lord, carries Charles II's letter to the City, ii, 377;
the City's gift to, 379.
Mordon, Simon de, contributes to a loan to the king, i, 202.
More, John, sheriff, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
attempts made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.
---- Sir Thomas, his connection with the City, i, 348;
welcomes the Emperor Charles I to the City, 365;
elected Speaker, 370;
the seals transferred from Wolsey to, 380;
committed to the Tower for denying the king's supremacy, 392;
beheaded, 393.
Morice, Peter, obtains permission to set up a water-mill at London Bridge, ii, 19.
Morley, Colonel, City commissioners to confer with, ii, 360, 363.
Mortimer, Sir John, sentenced to death, i, 269.
---- Roger, escapes from the Tower, i, 153;
joins Isabel in France, 154;
returns with her, 155;
visits the Guildhall, 159;
governs the country, 160, 168;
arranges terms of treaty between England and Scotland, 163;
opposed by Lancaster, id.;
his death, 170.
Mountjoy, Lord, defeats Tyrone, i, 563.
Mugg, John, rector of St. Clement Danes, i, 157.
Mundy, John, alderman, occasions riot on Evil May Day, i, 356.
Muntfichet, Richard de, taken prisoner at Lincoln, i, 80;
his castle on the site of the Black Friars' house, id.
"Murder Committee," the, Dudley North examined before, ii, 548-549.
Murray, John, ii, 88.
Namur, fall of, ii, 571;
taken by William III, 597.
Nantes, Edict of, revoked, ii, 515.
Napoleon, marches into Syria, iii, 238;
appointed First Consul, 240;
insults the British ambassador, 251;
proclaimed Emperor of the French, 256;
attacks Spain, 268;
his fall, 288;
escapes from Elba, 290;
defeated at Waterloo, id.
Naseby, battle of, ii, 219.
Nash, William, alderman, iii, 121;
elected mayor, 127;
refuses to summon a Common Hall, 128;
vote of thanks refused on his quitting office, 130.
Navigation Act, the, ii, 343.
Neate, William, his contest for the Aldermanry of Bridge Ward, iii, 146-149.
Nelson, Horatio, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 232;
his victory at the Nile, 236;
presents the French admiral's sword to the City, id.;
a sword of honour voted to, 237;
proposal to erect a national memorial of his victory at the Nile, id.;
his bust at the Guildhall, 238;
offended at the City, 253-254;
his victory of Trafalgar, 260;
his death and funeral, 261;
his monument in the Guildhall, 262-263.
Netherlands, the, envoys sent to Elizabeth from, i, 530;
recruits enlisted in the City for service in, id.;
reinforcements for, 556.
Nevill, George, Archbishop of York, removes the custody of the Tower from the citizens, i, 312.
---- John de, of Raby, i, 228.
---- Richard. See Warwick.
Neville, Alexander, Archbishop of York, sent by Richard II to the City to ask for their support, i, 233;
charged with treason, 233, 234.
Newark, the Scottish army invited to attack, ii, 222, 225.
Newburgh, Lord, acts as messenger between the King and the City, ii, 154.
Newbury, gallant conduct of City trained bands at, ii, 195;
the second battle of, 212.
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham, Duke of, calls upon the lord mayor to assist in proclamation of war with Spain, iii, 43;
informs lord mayor of the Pretender's landing in Scotland, and of his marching on London, 51, 53;
administration of, 57, 58;
makes a scapegoat of Admiral Byng, 59, 61;
resigns, 60;
his coalition with Pitt, 62.
---- William Cavendish, Earl of, governor of Newcastle, ii, 189.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, muster of forces at, i, 161;
City proposals touching reduction of, ii, 189, 190;
surrender of, 212.
Newgate prison, destroyed during Gordon riots, iii, 183-185;
parliamentary grants for rebuilding, 191.
Newland, Sir George, M.P. for the City, ii, 638;
candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640.
Newnham, Nathaniel, alderman, elected sheriff, iii, 155;
elected M.P. for the City, 192;
engaged in suppressing bread riots, 242, 243.
Newport, Isle of Wight, the treaty of, ii, 291.
New River, the, Act for bringing water of, from Chadwell, ii, 20;
Middleton undertakes the work, 21;
the opening of, 23;
inhabitants compelled to use water of, 24.
New River Company, the, desires transfer of Middleton's rights, ii, 27.
Newton, Thomas, appointed Sheriff by the king, i, 242.
Nicholas, Secretary, ii, 162, 382.
Nicholson, Humphrey, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 473.
Nile the, battle of, iii, 236.
Nimeguen, peace of, ii, 456.
Nore, the mutiny at, iii, 233.
Norfolk, Thomas, 9th Duke of, attends lord mayor's banquet, i, 380;
liberated from the Tower by Queen Mary, 457.
---- Thomas, 10th Duke of, proposal of marriage with Mary Stuart, i, 515;
committed to the Tower, id.
Normanby, Marquis of, his questionable transactions with the City, ii, 591-592.
Norris, Sir John, his expedition against Spain, i, 546.
North, Dudley, nominated sheriff by the mayor, ii, 479;
declared elected, 482;
sworn in, 488;
the Mercers' Company refuse to recognise election, 488;
elected alderman, 493;
arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 501;
proceedings against, 548-549.
North, Lord, letter from George III to, touching expulsion of Wilkes from the House, iii, 82;
consulted by the king as to manner of receiving City remonstrance, 97;
assaulted by a mob, 115;
the fall of his ministry, 196-197;
secretary of state under the Duke of Portland, 204.
Northampton, battle of, i, 302.
---- John de, favours the Duke of Lancaster, i, 215;
reforms of, during mayoralty, 221, 223;
re-elected mayor, 223;
proceedings against, 225-227;
committed to Tintagel Castle, 227;
efforts to release him, 228, 230;
released, 230;
re-appears in the City, 239;
re-instated in his freedom, 240.
---- treaty of, i, 163.
North Briton, No. 45 burnt at the Royal Exchange, iii, 74-76.
Northbury, Richard, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
attempt made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.
Northumberland, Algernon, Earl of, attends a Common Council, ii, 267.
---- John, Duke of, formerly Earl of Warwick, overpowers Ket's rebellion, i, 433;
summons the mayor and aldermen to confer with him at his house in Ely Place, 434, 435;
leads the government after Somerset's fall, 440;
his unpopularity with the City, 445-447;
created Duke of Northumberland, 447;
supports Lady Jane Grey, 453, 454;
committed to the Tower, 455.
---- Thomas, Earl of, rebels against Elizabeth, i, 515.
Norton, William, i, 248.
Norwich, Earl of. See Goring.
Nottingham, Charles I sets up his standard at, ii, 169.
Oates, Titus, corroborates existence of a Popish plot, ii, 457;
his punishment, 510.
Occasional Conformity Bill passed, ii, 640.
Offley, Thomas, alderman, signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, i, 453;
performs the duties of sheriff at Dudley's execution, 465;
mayor, 478;
particulars of, 478 n.
Old Bailey, petition of grand jury at, for Charles II to summon a parliament, ii, 466.
Oldcastle, Sir John, Lord Cobham, proclamation for capture of, i, 249;
committed to the Tower, but escapes, 254;
is re-captured and executed, 257.
Oliver, John, appointed surveyor for rebuilding the City after the Great Fire, ii, 431.
---- Richard, alderman, a member of the society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of Rights," iii, 87;
discharges Miller arrested by Speaker's warrant for printing parliamentary debates, 108;
defends his conduct before the House, 109-112;
committed to the Tower, 113;
a "table" provided for him at the City's expense, 114;
regains his liberty, 119;
refuses to serve sheriff with Wilkes, 120;
gift of plate to, 128;
his motion in the House, re American Colonies, 161.
O'Neill. See Tyrone.
Onslow, Colonel, otherwise "Cocking George," burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, iii, 118.
Ordainers, the, i, 133.
Orleans, siege of, i, 272.
Ormond, James, Marquis of, defeat of his forces near Dublin, ii, 314.
---- James, 2nd Duke of, assists in capturing French fleet in Vigo Bay, ii, 614;
attends thanksgiving service at St. Paul's, 615;
commands the English forces in the Netherlands, 645;
takes refuge in France to avoid impeachment, iii, 5;
assists the Pretender, 6.
Orphans, City, a Court of, established, ii, 543;
petition of, for relief, 544;
proposal to establish a fund for, 545;
City petition to parliament for relief of, 579-581;
Act for relief of, 582;
the City's gift to the Speaker for procuring passing of the same, 589.
Osborne, Edward, mayor, particulars of, i, 528 n.
Oudenarde, battle of, ii, 629.
Owdeby, John, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251.
Oxford, the "lithsmen" of London attend at, for election of king, i, 25;
the Provisions of, 89, 91;
Christchurch or "Cardinal College" at, 382;
deputation sent to Charles I at, ii, 178-180;
suspected royalists from, arrive in London, 202;
Charles forced to quit, 206;
endeavours to return to, 211;
siege of, 216;
siege abandoned, 219;
thanks of the University of, sent to the City, 347.
---- John, Earl of, i, 380.
---- Robert Harley, afterwards Earl of, fails to form a Coalition, ii, 637;
forms a Tory ministry, 638;
impeached, iii, 5;
his trial and discharge, 10, 11;
founder of the South Sea Company, 17.
Oxford Arms, the, in Warwick Lane, soldiers quartered in, during Gordon riots, iii, 192.
Pack, Sir Christopher, alderman, his "remonstrance," ii, 348, 349;
member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.
---- Deputy, sent Commissioner to Fairfax, ii, 248.
Package and Scavage, charter of Edward IV to the City granting the right of, i, 307.
Painters, strike of, in the City, i, 485.
Palatinate, the, the City assists Mansfeld to recover, ii, 89-91.
See also Frederick, Elector Palatine.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, his quarrel with Admiral Keppel, iii, 172;
his flight from Portsmouth, id.;
the king's friendship for, 174.
Palmere, Roger le, i, 134, 153.
Papillon, Thomas, nominated for the shrievalty, ii, 480;
declared duly elected, 481;
petitions in favour of his election, 485, 486;
Pritchard, the mayor, arrested at the suit of, 500;
Pritchard obtains damages from, 502;
returns to England, 548;
deputy governor of the East India Company, 575, 576;
M.P. for the City, 598.
Paris, Peace of (1763) iii, 72;
(1783) 202;
(1814) 287;
(1815) 290.
Parish Registers, institution of, i, 403.
Parkhurst, Sir Robert, mayor, ii, 113.
Parkins, Joseph, sheriff, creates a disturbance in Common Hall, iii, 311;
his unmannerly conduct, 312-313.
Parliament, the "mad," i, 89;
summoned by Simon de Montfort, 97;
at Shrewsbury, 118;
at Bury St. Edmunds, 126;
at the Black Friars, London, 133;
at Lincoln, 162;
at Northampton, 163;
at Salisbury, removed to London, 164;
at York, 173;
the "good," 205;
at Gloucester, 215;
the "merciless," 238;
allowances to City Members of, 273, 274;
at Coventry, 296;
the Duke of York's claim to the Crown allowed by, 303;
benevolences declared illegal by, 325;
at the Blackfriars, 370;
at Bridewell, 381;
objects to Queen Mary marrying a foreigner, 460;
the Commons entertained in the City, ii, 12;
the "addled," 61;
supplies granted by, on condition that negotiations be broken off with Spain, 85;
the Short, 121;
the Long, 132;
a guard for, refused by Charles I, 154;
attempt to arrest the Five Members, 155-156;
orders the bringing in of plate, 168;
City petitions for peace laid before, 178;
entertained by the City, 198, 234, 312;
besieged by reformadoes, 242;
petitions of London apprentices to, 251;
besieged by apprentices, 254;
City's petition to, that the army might be removed further from London, 269, 270;
the same for release of recorder and aldermen, 270;
the City entrusted with the protection of, 277;
City's petition that the king might be allowed to come to London, 282, 283;
the Speaker insulted by a member of the City Militia, 285;
compliments the citizens on their desire for peace, 286;
complains of insufficiency of protection, 292;
City's petition for relief from taxation, 331;
the Rump dismissed by Cromwell, 337;
the Barebones or little, 346;
the first under the Protectorate, 348;
number of City members, 348n.;
composition of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350;
dissolution of second Protectorate, id.;
the Rump restored, 353;
entertained at Grocer's Hall, 356;
the Rump ejected by Lambert, id.;
London apprentices declare for a free parliament, 358;
Fleetwood promises a free parliament, 359;
the Rump again restored, 362;
a deputation from, to the Aldermen, 363;
the City demands a full and free parliament, 364;
the Rump dissolves the Common Council, 366;
Monk demands a full parliament, 368;
the excluded members return to, 370;
the Long dissolved, and Convention summoned, 373;
entertained by the City, 384;
the Cavalier parliament, 391, 458;
City petition to, for pecuniary relief, 447;
a series of short parliaments, 458, 460, 462, 463, 465;
petitions and addresses to Charles II for summoning, 460, 461, 463, 465, 475;
Tory parliament of 1685, 508, 516;
the Convention summoned, 538;
meets, 539;
dissolved, 553;
elections (1690), id.;
the Speaker convicted of bribery, 589-591;
election of the first triennial parliament (1695), 598;
Election Bill opposed by the City, 601;
elections (1698), 606;
elections (1701), 609;
Statute permitting continuation of, notwithstanding demise of the crown, 611, 612;
elections (1705), 621;
Act for limiting exportation of corn, 631;
elections (1710), 637;
Act for building 50 new churches, 639;
the Occasional Conformity Act, 639, 640;
elections (1715), iii, 4;
Septennial Act passed, 9;
drastic measures against South Sea Company taken by, 20-21, 23-24;
Election Act (II Geo. i, c. 18), regulating elections in the City, 26-29;
the City in favour of repeal of Septennial Act, 48;
elections (1747) 56;
the National Militia Bill, 57;
instructions to City members, 70;
declares Luttrell duly elected M.P. for Middlesex, 88;
arrest of printers for publishing parliamentary debates, 107, 108;
instructions to City members to support Sawbridge and shorter parliaments, 130-132;
resolution of Court of Aldermen in favour of short parliaments, 135;
City members made to sign undertaking to promote short parliaments, &c., 141, 144, 145;
proceedings relative to Wilkes and Middlesex election expunged, 145;
extract from Chatham's letter to Lord Temple touching shorter parliaments entered on the City's Journal, 178;
elections (1780), 192;
steps taken to purge Parliament of contractors, 197-199;
the Act for Stamped Receipts, 204;
elections (1784), 207-208;
the Shop Tax, 209;
Pitt's Sedition and Treason Bills, 227;
his Additional Force Bill, 257-258;
the livery urge Parliamentary Reform, 277-resigns, 247;
again takes office, 254;
his difficulty in forming a ministry, 255;
his Additional Force Bill, 257;
his death, 263;
his funeral and monument, 264.
Piwelesdon, or Puleston, Thomas de, accused of meditating a wholesale massacre in the City, i, 99.
Plague, the Black Death, i, 194;
the sweating sickness, 326-327, 360;
divers visitations of, 365, 407, 521;
proposal to build a pest-house in the City, 551;
(of 1603), ii, 3-5;
(of 1625), 95;
(of 1665), 409-414.
Player, Colonel, ii, 249.
---- Sir Thomas, chamberlain, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464;
fined for creating a disturbance in the Common Hall, 493.
Plomer, William, elected sheriff but pays fine, iii, 138.
Plow-Monday, entertainment of lord mayor's household on, i, 418n.
Plumbe, Samuel, alderman, stands for the shrievalty, iii, 138;
ordered to be disfranchised for refusing to obey lord mayor's precept, 139.
Plumbe's case, touching the jurisdiction of the Court of Aldermen over the livery companies, iii, 138-139.
Plymouth, appeals to London for relief, ii, 220.
Poitiers, battle of, i, 197.
Poll Tax (of 1379), i, 217;
(of 1380), 218;
established for disbanding the armies, ii, 139.
Pont de l'Arche, expected fall of, i, 263.
Pontoise, surrender of, i, 264.
Poor, the, weekly collections for, at St. Paul's Cross, i, 404;
the house of, in West Smithfield, 417, 449;
a brotherhood established in the City for relief of, 449;
royal gift for relief of, iii, 214.
Poor debtors, Royal gifts for relief of, iii, 3, 33.
Popham, Sir Home, a vote of thanks to, for re-capture of Cape of Good Hope, refused, iii, 265;
for capture of Buenos Ayres, 266;
a sword of honour voted to, id.
Popish Plots, ii, 6, 13, 134, 456-458.
Porter, Sir William Beauchamp, M.P. for Middlesex, iii, 81.
Portland, Duke of, prime minister, iii, 204;
joins Pitt's administration, 225;
his letter to the lord mayor offering military assistance during bread riots, 244;
a slight passed on the lord mayor's authority by, 246;
succeeds Lord Grenville as prime minister, 267;
resigns, 271.
Porto Bello, capture of, iii, 44.
Portreeve, office of, i, 35;
title of, changed to mayor, 64.
Postal System, attempt by City to establish a, ii, 322, 323.
Poter, Walter le, elected sheriff, i, 104;
builds the chapter-house of the Grey Friars, 402.
Powis, Lord, i, 380.
Prat, "Mr.," king's commissioner for surveying the City after the Fire, ii, 431.
Pratt, chief justice, afterwards Lord Camden, discharges Wilkes, iii, 74;
the Freedom of the City voted to, 78;
his portrait in the Art Gallery, id.
Press Warrants, counsel's opinion as to legality of, iii, 107;
refusal of Sawbridge and Hallifax to back, 166.
Preston, Lord, at the head of a Jacobite plot, ii, 562.
Preston Pans, Sir John Cope defeated at, iii, 51.
Price, Dr. Richard, the Freedom of the City voted to, iii, 165.
Pride, Colonel, purges the House of Commons, ii, 294;
elected common councilman, 319;
opposed to Cromwell assuming regal estate, 349;
member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.
Priour, John, the younger, M.P. for the City, i, 174.
Pritchard, Sir William, elected mayor, ii, 490-492;
arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 500, 501;
recovers damages against Papillon, 502;
M.P. for the City, 509, 554, 613;
stands for the City but is unsuccessful, 599.
Proby, Peter, sheriff, ii, 63;
sent commissioner to Ireland, 64.
Prynne, enters London in triumph, ii, 134.
Puiset or Pudsey, Hugh de, Bishop of Durham, i, 61.
Pullison, Sir Thomas, mayor, his precept for raising volunteers for the low countries, i, 530;
appointed jointly with Sir Wolstan Dixie to see that the price of provisions in the City was not enhanced, 541.
Pulteney, Sir John de, leader of the City's forces against Scotland, i, 180;
gift to, for services in, obtaining City's charter, 181;
taken into custody by order of the king, 187.
Purveyance, attempt to abolish, ii, 9.
Pym, John, supported by the Common Council, ii, 152;
refuses to "discontent" the citizens, 153;
one of the Five Members, 155;
attends Common Hall and hears the king's reply to City deputation sent to Oxford, 180;
accompanies a Parliamentary deputation to the Common Council, 184, 185.
Quebec, capture of, iii, 64.
Quebec Bill, the, iii, 142.
Quiney, Lieut.-Col., assaults Alderman Cornish in the Guildhall, ii, 489.
Quo Warranto, writ of, proceedings against the City under, ii, 476, 477, 478, 494-500;
judgment entered, 503-504;
reversal of judgment on, 541, 542, 543, 554-555.
Radyngton, Sir Baldwin de, warden, of the City, i, 242.
Rainton or Raynton, Sir Nicholas, sent to prison by Charles I, ii, 123;
released, 125;
summons a Common Hall for election of mayor, 168.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his expedition against Spain, i, 551.
Ramillies, battle of, ii, 622;
Standards captured at, set up in the Guildhall, 623.
Rawlinson, Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 623.
Ray, Daniel, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.
Raymond, Sir Jonathan, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 547, 555.
Reading, taken by Essex, ii, 188;
in the hands of the royalists, 196.
Recorder of London, the, customs of the City recorded by mouth of, i, 145.
Recusants, laws against, i, 525, 526.
"Redbridge," the ship, stoppage of, ii, 578-579.
Rede, Richard, alderman, sent to the war in Scotland for opposing benevolence, and taken prisoner, i, 411.
Refham, Richer de, mayor, obtains a confirmation of the City's liberties, i, 134-135;
removed from mayoralty and aldermanry, 135, 136.
Reformadoes, City petition for removal of, ii, 250.
Reform Bill, the first, introduced, 332;
approved by the City, 333;
withdrawn, 334;
again brought in and passed by the Commons but thrown out by the Lords, 335;
City addresses on its rejection, 336-337;
agitation in the country, 337-338;
again brought in and passed, 343;
the rights of the livery of London reserved, id.;
entertainment at the Guildhall to commemorate the passing of, 344.
Regency Bill, the, iii, 282.
Reynardson, Abraham, elected mayor, ii, 297;
at variance with the Common Council, 299, 376;
deposed from the mayoralty and sent to the Tower, 308;
restored to his aldermanry, 383;
re-elected mayor and declines office, 384.
Reynold, Robert, i, 422.
---- William, i, 284.
Reynolds, Father, executed, i, 392.
---- John, attorney, and election agent for Wilkes, iii, 100, 143, 146, 147.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his portrait of Chief Justice Pratt, iii, 78.
Rich, Sir Peter, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 486;
elected, 487;
sworn in, 488;
M.P. for the City, 509;
chamberlain, 538, 555.
---- Sir Thomas, alderman, ii, 396.
Richard I, his accession, i, 61;
appoints Longchamp chancellor during his absence, id.;
his charters to the City, 68, 71;
returns to England, 68;
crowned a second time, 69;
his death, 71.
Richard II, the "Londoners' King," i, 212;
charter of, forbidding foreigners to trade by retail, 214;
another charter of, 224, 225;
meditates an attempt upon the life of his uncle the Duke of Gloucester, 232;
a commission of Regency appointed, 233;
applies to the City for aid, id.;
compelled to submit to Parliament, 234;
deposed, 245;
doubtful reports as to his death, 247.
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, appointed Protector, i, 320;
his schemes for obtaining the crown, 320-322;
crowned, 323;
bold speech of Londoners to, 325;
escorted by citizens from Kensington to the City, 326;
defeated at Bosworth, id.
Richard, King of the Romans, his manor of Isleworth devastated, i, 96;
brought prisoner to the Tower, id.
Richmond Park, presented to the City, ii, 313;
restored to Charles II, 381.
Ridley, Nicholas, bishop of Rochester, translated to London, i, 440;
his letter of gratitude to Sir Richard Dobbs, mayor, 450;
sent to the Tower, 458;
burnt at Oxford, 474.
"Riffleres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.
Riot Act, the, passed, iii, 7.
Ripon, treaty of, ii, 131;
negotiations removed to London, 135.
Roberts, William, nominated sheriff by mayor's prerogative, ii, 471.
Robinson, "Jack," iii, 121.
---- Sir John, mayor, ii, 401.
---- Sir Leonard, elected chamberlain, ii, 565;
knighted, 571.
Roche, Sir William, alderman, M.P. for the City, i, 370;
committed to prison, 412.
Rochelle, expeditions for relief of, i, 204; ii, 103, 107.
Rochester, besieged by King John, i, 78;
by the Barons, 96.
Rochford, Sir Thomas Boleyn, Lord, i, 380.
Rockingham, Lord, attends Beckford's famous entertainment, iii, 99;
succeeds Lord North as prime minister, 197.
Rodney, Admiral, defeats the French fleet in the West Indies, iii, 199-200;
entertained in the City, 200.
Rogers, John, burnt for heresy, i, 473, 474.
Rokesle or Rokesley, Gregory de,
opposes Walter Hervy, i, 108;
goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, 116;
again sets out for France, 117;
master of the Exchange, 118;
sent with a gift of money to the king, id.;
member for the City, id.;
declines to attend the king's justiciars, 120;
builds the dormitory of the Grey Friars, 402.
Rooke, Sir George, encounters the French fleet in Lagos Bay, ii, 572;
captures French fleet in Vigo Bay, 614.
"Roreres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.
Rose, Miles, i, 361.
Rothschild, Baron Lionel, M.P. for the City, iii, 347;
founds a scholarship in City of London School, id.
Rouen, siege of, by Henry V, i, 263.
Rowe, Owen, Colonel, made chairman of the Common Council, ii, 299;
placed on commission for trial of Charles I, 302.
---- Thomas, mayor, particulars of, i, 511n.
Rowley, John, the City's agent in Ulster, ii, 32.
Rowton Heath, Charles I defeated at, ii, 222.
Royal Contract, ii, 104.
Royal Exchange, the, building of, i, 494-499;
insurance business carried on at, 499;
music and football played in, 501;
Royal arms removed from, ii, 330;
again set up in, 374;
statue of Queen Anne in, 611;
the firing of guns under piazza, forbidden, iii, 2.
"Royal George," the, sunk off Spithead, iii, 200.
Rump, the, expelled by Cromwell, ii, 337;
restored, 353;
ejected by Lambert, 356;
again restored, 362;
dissolved, 373.
Rupert, Prince, expected in London, ii, 172;
before Bristol, 184, 186.
Russell, Lord, i, 435.
---- Lord John, moves for repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, iii, 327.
---- Thomas, draper, his school at Barton-under-Needwood, co. Stafford, i, 353, 354.
---- Sir William, stands for the City, ii, 599.
Rutland, Edward, Earl of, attainted, i, 296.
---- Roger, Earl of, committed to the Tower for complicity in the Essex rebellion, i, 562.
Rye House Plot, the, discovery of, ii, 502;
Burton outlawed for being concerned in, 515;
Elizabeth Gaunt burnt for being concerned in, id.
Ryswick, peace of, ii, 603.
Ryvers, Richard, Lord, i, 289.
Sacheverell, Dr., sermon preached by, ii, 631;
impeached, 633;
trial of, 634;
obtains the living of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 648.
Sackville, Lord George, afterwards Lord George Germaine, his conduct at Minden as compared with that of Lord Effingham, iii, 161.
---- Sir Richard, i, 461.
Sadler, John, town clerk, removed, ii, 382.
St. Albans, the first battle of, i, 291;
the second, 304.
St. Bartholomew, priory and Hospital of, the priory suppressed, i, 398;
the master bound to keep the obit of the mayor and aldermen, 401;
re-established, 409;
the hospital vested in the City, 417;
governors of, appointed, 449.
St. Clare, abbey of, called the Minories, injured by fire, i, 402.
St. Dunstan, East, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.
St. Ewen, or Ewin, destroyed at the reformation, i, 428.
St. Helen's without Bishopsgate, priory of, suppressed, i, 400;
the nun's chapel of, given to Sir Richard Williams, 401;
the refectory of, converted into hall of the Leathersellers, id.
St. James, Garlickhithe, parish registers of, i, 403.
St. John, Henry. See Bolingbroke.
St. Martin Orgar, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.
St. Mary without Bishopsgate, priory and hospital of, suppressed, i, 398;
See also Bethlehem.
St. Mary Bothaw, parish registers of, i, 403.
St. Mary le Bow, its roof blown off, i, 39.
St. Mary Woolnoth, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.
St. Nicholas Shambles, church destroyed at the Reformation, i, 428.
St. Paul's, Church of, founded by Ethelbert, i, 9;
Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury buried in, 19;
Ethelred II buried in, 22;
a gemÓt held in, 28;
destroyed by fire (1087), 38;
meeting of the barons and citizens in, 63, 72;
Richard I returns thanks in, 68;
Edward I seizes £2,000 found in, 125;
a tablet set up by Earl of Lancaster in, 153;
the treasure in, carried off by the mob, 158;
Richard, Duke of York, swears allegiance to King Henry VI in, 288;
a general reconciliation solemnized in, 294;
the bodies of Warwick and Montagu killed at Barnet, exposed in, 315;
Henry VI lies in state in, 316;
the standards taken at Bosworth, deposited in, 326;
the Earl of Warwick exhibited as a prisoner in, 328;
marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon in, 336;
the corpse of Henry VII brought to, 341;
"children" of, 350;
solemn thanksgiving in, for pregnancy of Catherine of Aragon, 354;
Henry VIII and French Ambassadors at, on occasion of betrothal of the Princess Mary with the Dauphin, 362;
the King and Queen of Denmark attend mass in, 371, 372;
Te Deum celebrated in, for capture of French King at Pavia, 374;
Convocation at, presided over by Thomas Cromwell, 396;
solemn procession to, for health of Jane Seymour and infant prince, 396-397;
obit of Jane Seymour celebrated in, 397;
removal of images from, 427;
the charnel house in churchyard removed, id.;
the cloister in Pardon churchyard destroyed, id.;
Cranmer conducts service in, 431;
order against cattle being led through, 471;
the Lollards Tower at, a prison for heretics, 475;
restoration of, temp. Elizabeth, 492;
lease by the Dean and Chapter to the City, of the Manor of Finsbury, 493;
the first public lottery drawn at west door of, 508;
thanksgiving service at, for defeat of Turkish fleet at Lepanto, 517;
the same for defeat of Armada, 543;
state visit of James I to, ii, 76;
riots in, 174;
thanksgiving service for victory over the Dutch, 345;
for peace of Ryswick, 606;
for victories of Marlborough, 614, 615, 616, 621, 624;
for peace of Utrecht, 647;
for peaceful accession of George I, iii, 3-4;
for suppression of Jacobite rebellion, 9;
soldiers quartered in, during Gordon riots, 192;
thanksgiving service for recovery of George III, 215;
the same for naval victories of Howe, Jervis and Duncan, 234;
Nelson's funeral in, 261;
thanksgiving service for the Jubilee of George III in, 272;
Queen Caroline attends service in, 319.
St. Paul's Cross, Dr. Shaw's sermon at, i, 320, 321;
collections for the poor made every Sunday at, 404;
recantation of Dr. Crome at, 414;
sermon of Bonner against the King's supremacy preached at, 438;
sermon preached by Hooper at, 439;
Dr. Bourne's sermon at, 458;
sermon by Bishop Gardiner's chaplain, at, 459;
sermon by Dyos at, inveighing against the City, 527.
St. Paul's school, foundation of, by Dean Colet, i, 350-352.
St. Peter, Cornhill, the advowson of church of, conveyed to the City, i, 253.
St. Thomas of Acon, hospital of, suppressed, i, 398.
St. Thomas's hospital, suppressed, i, 398;
purchased by the City, 449, 450.
Salamanca, battle of, iii, 286.
Salomons, David, the first Jew admitted to municipal offices, iii, 346, 347;
founds a scholarship in City of London school, 347.
Salisbury, Richard, Earl of, enters the City with Richard, Duke of York, i, 290;
defeats lord Audley at Blore Heath and crosses to Calais, 295, 296;
attainted, 296;
returns from Calais and marches to London, 298, 299.
---- William of, i, 84.
Sampson, David, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 80.
Sandwich, John, Earl of, otherwise "Jemmy Twitcher," produces Wilkes's Essay on Woman before parliament, iii, 77;
burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, 118.
---- Ralph de, warden of the City, i, 122.
Sauterie, Joan, wife of John, tried for speaking against the sacrament, i, 415.
Sautre, William, burnt for heresy, i, 250.
Savile, Sir George, his Act in favour of Roman Catholics, iii, 179;
his house in Leicester fields sacked by Gordon rioters, 181.
Savoy, the, sacked by the mob, i, 218.
Sawbridge, Jacob, director of South Sea Company, expelled from parliament, iii, 20.
---- John, alderman, iii, 20;
a member of the society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of Rights," 87;
elected sheriff, 88;
Junius urges his candidature for the mayoralty, 125;
Wilkes's opinion of, 126;
stands for the mayora lty, 127;
elected M.P. for the City, 145;
succeeds Wilkes in the mayoralty, 161;
supports Oliver's motion in the House re war with America, id.;
his refusal to back press warrants, 166;
loses his seat in parliament but recovers it, 192.
Sawyer, Sir Robert, attorney-general, his speech in proceedings under writ of Quo Warranto, ii, 496, 497.
Say, James Fiennes, Lord, executed, i, 285.
Sayre, or Sayer, Stephen, elected sheriff, iii, 138;
committed to the Tower for a supposed conspiracy, 160, 161.
Scales, Thomas, Lord, leads the citizens against Cade, i, 285;
holds the Tower for King Henry VI, 300;
endeavours to take sanctuary at Westminster, seized and murdered, 302.
Scawen, Sir Thomas, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.
---- Sir William, subscribes to loan to prince Eugene, ii, 624.
Schools, founded by citizens of London, i, 349-354.
"Scot," definition of payment of, iii, 15, 26, 29.
Scotland, rebellion of under Wallace, i, 129;
renewal of war with, 140;
Edward III takes the field against the Scots, 161;
peace with, 163;
preparations for war with, 179;
England invaded by Scots, 372;
proposed union with England, ii, 8;
disorders in, 119;
Scottish commissioners in London, 135;
"friendly assistance" granted to the Scots, 140;
Scottish commissioners attend the Common Council, 228;
the union with, 625-626.
Scott, Sir John, ii, 640.
Scottish army, prepares to march southward, ii, 219, 222;
offer to withdraw on terms, 238;
news of a fresh army being raised, 274;
defeated at Dunbar, 328;
enters England, 338;
defeated at Worcester, 341.
Scrop, Geoffrey le, the king's sergeant pleader at the Iter of 1321, i, 144.
Seberht, "sub-king" of London, i, 9;
founder of Westminster Abbey, id.
Self-denying ordinance, the, ii, 214.
Semer, or Seymer, Thomas, opposition to his election as mayor, i, 359, 360;
M.P. for the City, 381.
Senlac, battle of. See Hastings.
Serle, William, chamberlain to Richard II, execution of, i, 247.
Sevenoke, William, grocer, appointed commissioner to enquire into cases of treason, &c., in the City, i, 269;
his grammar school, 353.
Seymour, Lord Henry, joins the fleet against the Spanish Armada, i, 538.
Shadworth, John, sheriff, i, 240;
committed to prison, 241, 242.
Shaftesbury, Earl of, one of the suggesters of the closing of the Exchequer, ii, 444;
proceedings against, 468.
Shakespeare, John, stands for the mayoralty, iii, 132, 133.
"Shannon," the, defeats the "Chesapeake," iii, 286, 287.
Sharplisse, or Sharplys, Thomas, wins chief prize in Virginia lottery, ii, 49.
Shaw, or Shaa, Sir Edmund, mayor, i, 320.
Shaw, Dr., his sermon at Paul's Cross, in favour of Gloucester, i, 320.
---- Henry, granted the right to bring water from Fogwell Pond, ii, 20.
Sheerness, a City loan for fortifying, ii, 437.
Shelburne, Lord, letter from the City to, touching the Wiltshire Committee of Association, iii, 176, 177;
his reply, 177;
appointed secretary of state under Rockingham, 197;
instructs the lord mayor to place the City Militia on a proper footing, 199;
gives place to a coalition ministry, 204.
Shelley, William, Recorder of London, elected M.P. for the City, i, 370.
Shepheard, Samuel, M.P. for the City, ii, 622n.
Ship Money, demand for, ii, 111-115, 117, 125.
Shore, Jane, mistress of Edward IV, i, 321.
Shorter, Sir John, attends the presentation of an address to Charles II, ii, 475;
nominated for the mayoralty, 476;
appointed mayor by James II, 523.
Shrewsbury, Charles, Earl of, signs the invitation to the Prince of Orange, ii, 529.
---- Francis, Earl of, joins the lords against Somerset, i, 437.
---- George, Earl of, i, 380.
Shute, Samuel, as sheriff, empanels a jury favourable to Shaftesbury, ii, 468;
elected sheriff, 473;
committed to the Tower, 480;
called to account for his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 487;
fined, 493.
Sidney, Sir Philip, his death, i, 532;.
---- Sir William, the Great Beam conveyed to him by Henry VIII, i, 387.
Simnel, Lambert, insurrection of, i, 328.
Six Acts, the, iii, 310.
Six Articles, the, i, 415, 422.
Skinners of London, contribute to a gift of £500 to the King, i, 201;
return of rental of, 252;
the Solemn Engagement signed at the hall of, ii, 252.
Skippon, Philip, in command of the City forces, ii, 161;
attempts to win the garrison of the Tower, 162;
refuses to obey the king's orders to go to York, 166;
ordered to view the City for the purpose of defence, 171;
appointed Sergeant-major-general under Essex, 176;
makes terms

Sweyn, attacks London, i, 19;
his death, id.
Swinnerton, John, alderman, i, 399, 400;
mayor, ii, 59, 60, 66.
Sword-blade Company, the, iii, 20, 21.
Symond, John, recorder, i, 274.
Sympson, William, fuller, convicted of perjury, i, 343.
Taillour, Philip le, elected sheriff, i, 104;
candidate for the mayoralty, 105.
Talliage, the citizens of London resist exaction of, i, 139.
Taunton co. Somerset, the parliamentary army at, ii, 216, 217.
Taxation, of parishes, i, 203.
Tayllour, William, alderman, imprisoned, i, 295;
mayor, entrusted with the custody of jewels pledged by the Earl of Warwick, 310, 311.
Taylor, Richard, punished for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.
Temple, Earl, withdraws from the ministry, iii, 67;
visits Wilkes in the Tower, 74.
Temple, the, treasure lying at, seized for the king, i, 94;
affray between citizens and Templars, 295;
the lord mayor's claim of jurisdiction within, ii, 440-443.
Test Act, passed, ii, 446;
a new, 458;
attempt to obtain repeal of, frustrated by Walpole, iii, 34, 35;
repeal of, 326-327.
Tewkesbury, battle of, i, 314.
Thames, the, its sweet water, i, 1;
wears to be removed from, 71;
precautions taken for guarding, against foreign invasion, 182, 183;
a bridge proposed at Gravesend, as a defence against Spanish fleet, 560.
Theobalds co. Herts, mansion house of Sir Robert Cecil, ii, 2, 3, 23.
Thirty Years War, the, beginning of, ii, 73.
Thompson, Sir Samuel, sheriff, ii, 530.
---- William, alderman, M.P. for the City, ii, 392.
Throckmorton, Nicholas, trial of, at Guildhall, i, 468.
Tichborne, Robert, alderman, explains to Parliament proceedings of Common Council (13 Jan. 1649) ii, 300;
placed on commission for trial of Charles I, 302;
despatched to the fleet with money for relief of seamen wounded in Dutch war, 345;
member of Cromwell's house of lords, 350.
Tilbury, camp formed at, i, 535, 545.
Tillyngton, Roger, skinner, i, 264.
Tithes, disputes touching, i, 383-386.
Toleration, petition against, ii, 227.
Tomkins, Thomas, burnt, i, 474.
Tomson, Richard, his account of the Armada, i, 537, 539-540.
Tonge, Dr., rector of St. Michael, Wood Street, spreads report of a Popish plot, ii, 457.
Tonnage and Poundage, the king's claim to, ii, 108.
Tothill Fields, muster of City archers in, i, 191.
Tory, origin of the name of, ii, 460.
Tournay, siege of, by Edward III, i, 187;
captured by Henry VIII, 347;
reduced by Marlborough, ii, 630.
Tower, the, strengthened by William II, i, 39;
the Iter of 1285 at, 120-122;
the Iter of 1321 at, 143-148;
the Iter of 1341 at, 187-188;
held by Lord Scales and others for King Henry VI, 300, 301;
surrendered to the Yorkists, 302;
lost to Edward IV, 312;
the young Princes lodged in, 320.
Townshend, Charles, secretary of state, thanks the lord mayor for stopping the spread of seditious literature, iii, 3;
informs the lord mayor of Jacobite conspiracies, 6, 24;
the Freedom of the City voted to, 79.
---- James, a member of the Society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of Rights," iii, 87;
elected sheriff, 88;
applies at court to know the king's pleasure touching receiving a remonstrance, 94-96;
his speech to the king, 96, 97;
stands for the mayoralty, 127;
elected mayor, 132.
Tradesmen, Corporation of, ii, 117.
Trafalgar, battle of, iii, 260.
Trained Bands, their formation, ii, 64-67;
called out, 120, 153;
placed under command of Skippon, 161;
review of, in Finsbury Fields, 166;
twelve companies of, prepared to join Parliamentary Army, 173;
their conduct at Edge-Hill, 175;
at Newbury, 195;
assist in recovery of Reading, 196;
disaffection among the, 197, 206-207;
sent to assist Waller in preventing the king's return to Oxford, 211;
ineffectual attempt to call out the, 246, 247;
the officers of, petition Parliament for a personal treaty with the king, 283;
their want of discipline, 296;
a muster of, in Finsbury Fields, 340, 341;
new officers of, nominated, 361, 364;
review of, in Hyde Park, 569;
See also London, City Forces, and Militia.
Treasonable Engagement, the, ii, 345, 346.
Treby, Sir George, recorder, his speech in proceedings under writ of Quo Warranto, ii, 495;
removed by Charles I, 504;
restored, 531;
welcomes the Prince of Orange, 537;
lays before the Common Council letters seized on board a ship at Liverpool, 550, 551;
made chief justice, ii, 570;
intercedes for the officer who had allowed an insult to be offered to Alderman Ward, iii, 17.
Trecothick, Barlow, succeeds Beckford in the mayoralty, iii, 106;
offends Wilkes by backing press warrants, id.
Tressilian, Chief Justice, charged with treason, i, 234;
hanged, 238.
Tresswell, Robert, painter-stainer, ii, 32.
Trevillian, John, i, 283.
Trevor, Sir John, Speaker, accused of, corrupt practices, and expelled the House, ii, 589-591.
Tromp, Admiral, defeated off Portland, ii, 344.
Troyes, treaty of, i, 265.
"Trumpington" Conspiracy, the, i, 247.
Trussel, Sir William, in command of City ships of war, i, 183.
Tulse, Sir Henry, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 490;
appointed mayor by Charles II, 504.
Tunstal, Cuthbert, Bishop of London, i, 372, 380.
Turin, the siege of, ii, 624.
Turk, Andrew, i, 195.
Turke, Richard, sheriff, i, 439.
Turner, Samuel, mayor, iii, 86;
hesitates to accede to petition for summoning a Common Hall, 88.
---- Sir William, mayor, insulted in the Temple, ii, 440;
his election as sheriff, 470;
ordered to attend every evening at Whitehall during last illness of Charles II, 505;
M.P. for the City, 554.
Turnham Green, City forces despatched to join Essex at, ii, 176.
Twistleton, Colonel, iii, 186, 187, 188.
Twyford, Nicholas, opposes Brembre for the mayoralty, i, 227;
elected mayor, 239.
Tyburn, City's water supply from, ii, 24.
Tyler, Wat, the peasant revolt under, i, 218;
killed by Walworth, 219.
Tyrconnel, Rory O'Donnel, Earl of, flight of, ii, 28.
---- Richard Talbot, Earl of, appointed lord deputy in Ireland, ii, 516.
Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 559;
defeated by Mountjoy, 563;
flight of, ii, 28.
Ulster, plantation of. See Irish Estate.
Uniformity, enforced by Henry VIII, i, 415;
Elizabethan Act of, 486, 503;
Act of (1662), ii, 400.
Union, Act of, iii, 240-241.
Urling, Simon, recorder, knighted, iii, 50.
Urswyk, Thomas, recorder, i, 298;
opens the City's gates to Edward IV, 313;
gallantly fights against the Kentish rebels, 316;
made a baron of the exchequer, 317.
Ushant, naval combat off, iii, 172.
Usk or Husk, Thomas, brings charges against Northampton, i, 226;
appointed under-sheriff, 232;
executed, 238.
Utrecht, peace of, ii, 647.
Uvedale, Sir William, commissioned to receive City subscriptions, ii, 137.
Uxbridge, treaty of, ii, 213;
the Parliamentary army moves to, 249.
Vane, Sir Henry, ii, 126, 200, 270.
Vanner, Henry, sheriff, return made by, with a view of enforcing knighthood, i, 240;
committed to prison, 241, 242.
Vassall, Samuel, M.P. for the City, ii, 237.
Venables, William, mayor, vote of thanks to, for his services during a commercial crisis, iii, 325.
Venn, John, M.P. for the City, ii, 150, 155, 184, 311.
Venner's plot, ii, 387, 396.
Venour, William, grocer, a candidate for the mayoralty, i, 239.
Vere, John de, earl of, i, 380.
Vernon, Admiral, captures Porto Bello, iii, 44;
presented with the freedom of the City, id.
---- Sir Thomas, M.P. for the City, ii, 554;
again stands for the City, 599.
Vesci, Eustace de, insulted by King John, i, 77.
Villars, Marshal, at Malplaquet, ii, 630.
Villiers, Christopher, ii, 73.
Vintners of London, the, royal banquet to five kings in hall of, i, 200n.;
contribute to a gift of £500 to Edward III, 201;
the Duke of Marlborough entertained in hall of, ii, 623;
meetings of the livery in hall of, iii, 45, 46.
Virginia Company, the, formation of, ii, 46-56;
subscriptions of livery companies to, 47;
a new charter granted to, 48;
re-constructed, 49;
lotteries in aid of, 49-52;
vagrant children supplied to, 52;
disagreement with the City, 54.
Vyner, Sir Robert, commissioned to provide new regalia for coronation of Charles II, ii, 390;
borrows the City's plate for the coronation of James II, 508.
---- Thomas, mayor, commissioned to supply plate for the Protector, ii, 347;
knighted by Cromwell, 348.
Wade, General, endeavours to intercept the young Pretender, iii, 52.
Waithman, Robert, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 309;
creates a disturbance in Common Hall, 311;
a supporter of Queen Caroline, 318, 319;
assaulted at Knightsbridge during his shrievalty, 323.
Wake, Thomas, Lord, incites the citizens to join the Earl of Lancaster in revolt, i, 164.
Wakefield, battle of, i, 304.
Walcheren Expedition, the, iii, 271;
enquiry demanded by the City, 272.
Waldene, William, appointed commissioner to enquire into cases of treason, etc., in the City, i, 269.
Wale, William, alderman, ii, 370.
Wales, rebellion in, ii, 277.
Waleys, or Galeys, Henry le, mayor, i, 108;
goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, 116;
sent to the king with a gift of money, 118;
M.P. for the City, id.;
re-elected mayor, 129;
builds the nave of the Grey Friar's church, 402.
Walker, Rev. George, his stout defence of Londonderry, ii, 550.
Wallace, William, rising of the Scots under, i, 129;
carried prisoner to London, 130;
tried and executed, id.
Waller, Edmund, his plot, ii, 187.
---- Sir William, appointed to command of City forces, ii, 191;
his jealousy of Essex, id.;
horse to be raised in the City for, 193;
his success at Cheriton, 199;
endeavours to prevent Charles returning to Oxford, 211;
resigns, 215;
arrested, 295.
Walpole, Horace, his indignation at the Common Council presuming to speak on behalf of the City, iii, 71n;
his account of Townshend's election as mayor, 132-133, 134;
his opinion as to the cause of the City's agitation over the Quebec Bill, 143.
---- Sir Robert, married to Sir John Shorter's grand-daughter, ii, 524;
measures taken against directors of South Sea Company at instigation of, iii, 24;
his influence with Queen Caroline, 34;
tricks the Dissenters, 34-35;
the City's opposition to his Excise Bill, 35-38;
mobbed, 37;
reluctantly declares war with Spain, 43;
resigns, 48.
Walsingham, Sir Francis, secretary of state, i, 532, 535;
urged to send ammunition to the fleet engaged with the Armada, 537.
Walter, Herbert, justiciar, orders the arrest of Longbeard, i, 71.
Walton, Colonel, ii, 360, 363.
Walworth, William, contributes to a loan to the king, i, 202;
carries a letter from the City to the king, 206;
appointed joint-treasurer of Parliamentary grant, 214;
displaced, 215;
favours the Duke of Lancaster, id.;
subscribes to fund for winning back the nobility to the City, 217;
kills Wat Tyler, 219;
knighted, 220.
Walwyn, Humphry, grocer, his school at Colwall, co. Hereford, i, 353.
Warbeck or Warboys, Perkin, conspiracy of, i, 331-333;
hanged at Tyburn, 334.
Ward, John, M.P. for the City, ii, 628; iii, 4;
his coach stopped by soldiers on their way through the City, 16.
---- Sir Patience, mayor, ii, 419;
presents addresses to Charles II for a parliament, 475;
receives the thanks of the City, id.;
convicted of perjury, 493;
M.P. for the City, 538;
again stands for the City but is unsuccessful, 553.
---- Thomas, his poem touching the origin of the Fire of London, ii, 419.
Warde, John, elected mayor, i, 327.
Wardle, Colonel, M.P. for Okehampton, charges the Duke of York with scandalous conduct, iii, 270;
the Freedom of the City voted to, id.
Wardmotes, Act of Common Council for regulating elections at (1692), ii, 566.
Wark Castle, attacked by Scots, i, 372.
Warne, John, burnt, i, 474.
Warner, John, alderman, sent commissioner to the parliamentary army, ii, 248;
elected mayor, 267.
Warren, Sir Ralph, i, 395, 438.
Warwick, Ambrose, Earl of, commander of the garrison at Havre, temp. Elizabeth, i, 491.
---- Edward, Earl of, committed to the Tower, i, 328;
impersonated by Lambert Simnel, id.;
charged with a conspiracy to seize the Tower, 333;
executed on Tower Hill, 334.
---- Guy, Earl of, i, 137.
---- John, Earl of. See Northumberland, Duke of.
---- Richard, Earl of, enters the City with Richard, Duke of York, i, 290;
leaves Calais for London, 294;
drawn into an affray at Westminster, 295;
returns to Calais, id.;
joins his father at Bloreheath, 296;
attainted, id.;
returns to England and marches to London, 298, 299;
admitted into the City, 305;
his disgust at the marriage of Edward IV, 309;
flees to France, 310;
returns and restores Henry VI, 311, 312;
killed at Barnet, 314.
---- Robert, Earl of, ii, 200.
---- Thomas, Earl of, i, 234, 235;
arrested, 244.
Water, City supply of, i, 416;
ii, 18-24;
See also New River, Tyburn, &c.
Water-bailiff of the City, dispute with the Crown touching office of, i, 406.
Waterloo, battle of, iii, 290.
Watling Street, i, 5, 11.
Watson, William, plots against James I, ii, 6.
Watts, Sir John, ii, 66.
Waynflete, William de, bishop of Winchester, chancellor, i, 293.
Weavers of London, their quarrel with the Goldsmiths, i, 154;
Committee of Arrears at hall of, ii, 216;
Fairfax seizes treasury at hall of, 295;
offer to raise a regiment in support of the Crown, iii, 53;
disapprove of a remonstrance of the livery, 93.
Wedmore, treaty of, i, 11.
Weld, Sir Humphrey, mayor, ii, 46, 48.
---- Sir John, restored to the office of town clerk, ii, 382.
Welles, John, mayor, i, 275.
---- Lord, i, 289.
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, afterwards Duke of Wellington, signs the convention of Cintra, iii, 269;
ordered home, id.;
an annuity to, opposed by the City, 274;
presented with the freedom of the City and a sword of honour, 276;
a gold box voted for victory at Salamanca, 286;
entertained at the Guildhall, 288;
becomes prime minister, 327;
receives the thanks of the City for the Catholic Emancipation Bill, id.;
resigns, 331;
endeavours to form a ministry on resignation of Lord Grey, 342, 343;
abstains from voting against the Reform Bill, 343.
Wengrave, John de, mayor, opposes City ordinances of 1319, i, 142.
West, Francis, Lieutenant Colonel, appointed lieutenant of the Tower, ii, 215, 279.
Westley, Robert, mayor, knighted, iii, 50.
Westminster, foundation of abbey by Seberht, i, 9;
dedication of the same, 29;
riots at, ii, 150, 152, 192, 254.
Westmoreland, Charles, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 515.
Weymouth, lord, ordered by the king to make enquiries touching the nature of a remonstrance, iii, 94-96.
Wheble, John, arrested for printing parliamentary debates, iii, 108;
discharged by Wilkes, id.
Whetstone, Thomas, committed to Fleet prison, i., 468.
Whig, origin of the name, ii, 460.
White, Sir Thomas merchant taylor, founder of St. John's College, Oxford, and of schools at Reading and Bristol, i., 353;
elected mayor, 459;
particulars of, 459n.;
defends himself before the Star Chamber, 466.
White Friars of London, their house suppressed, i, 398.
Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, warns the Common Council of Monk's intention to restore the king, ii, 357.
Whitington, Richard, subscribes to a fund for winning back the nobility to the City, i, 217;
appointed mayor by Richard II, 244;
ordered to make valuation of property in the City, 251;
return of rental of, 252;
elected mayor for the third time, id.;
his benefactions, 253;
gives a library to the Grey Friars, 402.
Whitmore, Sir George, alderman, imprisoned in Crosby House, ii, 173;
refuses to pay parliamentary tax for maintenance of the army, 181.
Whitworth, Lord, ambassador to France, leaves Paris, iii, 251.
Wilkes, John, M.P. for Aylesbury, criticises the king's speech, iii, 71;
supported by Beckford, id.;
No. 45 of his North Briton, 73-75;
committed to the Tower, 74;
discharged, id.;
recovers damages for seizure of papers, id.;
his Essay on Woman, 77;
expelled the House, 78;
sentence of outlawry pronounced against, id.;
communicates with the Duke of Grafton, 80;
elected M.P. for Middlesex, 81;
committed to the king's bench, id.;
judgment on his outlawry postponed, 83;
sentence pronounced in respect of his publishing the North Briton and Essay on Woman, id.;
elected alderman of Farringdon Without, 84;
co unsel's opinion as to his being admitted alderman, 85;
again expelled the House, 86;
re-elected four times for Middlesex, id.;
obtains his liberty, 100;
admitted alderman, id.;
attacks Trecothick for backing press warrants, 106;
discharges printers arrested for printing parliamentary debates, id.;
refuses three times to obey order to appear at the bar of the House of Commons, 118;
elected sheriff, 120;
his conduct during his shrievalty, 122-124;
quarrels with his friends, 124;
Horne's letter congratulating him on his election, id.;
receives offer of support from Junius, 125;
his reply, 126;
at loggerheads with Sawbridge and Townshend, 128;
gift of plate to, id.;
returned at the head of the poll for the mayoralty, but rejected by the aldermen, 132-134;
his supporters raise a riot at Guildhall, 134;
the drafting of the remonstrance of the livery (1773) ascribed to, 136;
again claims his seat as member for Middlesex, 137;
again stands for the mayoralty, 140, 141;
elected mayor, 143;
again returned M.P. for Middlesex, and allowed to take his seat, 144;
reaches his zenith, 145;
his dispute with the Court of Aldermen over an election, 146-149;
his gentlemanly behaviour at Court, 152;
his friendship with Dr. Johnson, 152n., 164-165;
his letter to Lord Hertford, 153, 154;
vote of thanks of the livery to, 155;
refuses to assist in the ceremony of proclaiming war with America, 158;
supports Oliver's motion in the House re war with America, 161;
expenses of his mayoralty, 161-163;
becomes a candidate for the chamberlainship, 163;
his answer to creditors, 164;
motion in Common Council to grant an annuity to, negatived, id.;
elected chamberlain, id.;
his speech in the House against press warrants, 166;
blames Kennet and Bull for their conduct during Gordon riots, 190.
Willes, chief justice, iii, 53.
William I, claims the crown, i, 30;
his victory at Hastings, id.;
marches to London, 31;
sets fire to Southwark, 32;
negotiates with the City, id.;
the City submits, 33;
his charters to London, 33-36;
his strong government, 37;
his death, 38.
William I, Prince of Orange, the citizens of London render assistance to, i, 505;
assassinated, 529.
William II (Rufus), his accession, i, 38;
his death, 39.
William, Prince of Orange, afterwards William III, entertained by the City, ii, 443;
invited to England, 529;
lands, 533;
declaration in favour of, drawn up by the lords at the Guildhall, 535;
City address to, 536;
enters London, id.;
summons a representative assembly, 537;
asks the City for a loan, 538;
proclaimed king, 539;
coronation of, 540;
entertained at Guildhall, 551;
picture of, at Guildhall, defaced, 552;
goes to Ireland, 558;