CONTENTS

DATE   PAGE
 
To 1066. London before the Conquest 1
 
1066. The Conqueror's Charter 4
 
1085. London Environs in Domesday 4
 
c. 1130. Henry I.'s Charter 8
 
1141. Matilda in London 10
 
c. 1173. A Norman Picture of London 12
 
1177. Disturbances in the City 17
 
1189. Ordinances concerning Building 19
 
1191. The Liberties of the City Confirmed 22
 
1199. John's Third Charter 23
 
1202. London Bridge 25
 
1249. Oppression by Henry III. 27
 
1258. Interference by Barons 29
 
1282. The Steelyard 31
 
1282. The Preservation of Peace and Order 33
 
1311. The Citizens and Edward II. 36
 
1319. Constitutions for the Government of the City 37
 
1326. A Revolt against Edward II. 40
 
1329. A Proclamation of Edward III. 42
 
1347. Articles of the Heaumers and of the Hatters 44
 
1350. Regulations concerning Wages and Prices 46
 
1364. The Charter to the Drapers 49
 
1365. A Letter from Edward III. 51
 
1374. A Lease to Geoffrey Chaucer 52
 
1375. The City Arms 54
 
1381. Wat Tyler in London 56
 
c. 1400. London Lickpenny 62
 
1406. Whittington's Second Mayoralty 66
 
1413. The Persecution of the Lollards 68
 
1415. Imprisonment for refusing Office 70
 
1419. Oaths of the Mayor and Aldermen 72
 
1450. Jack Cade in London 74
 
1464. The Mayor's Dignity 78
 
1485. Regulations concerning Strangers 79
 
1510. The Marching Watch 82
 
1514. Destruction of Fences 84
 
1517. More's Description of London 85
 
1517. Evil May Day 88
 
1519. The Papal Legate in the City 91
 
1525. Wolsey and the Citizens 93
 
1527. The Apprentices 95
 
1533. A Water Pageant 98
 
1549. Latimer's Exhortation to London 100
 
1553. Mary's Speech to the Citizens 102
 
1554. Soranzo's Report on London 105
 
1566. The Royal Exchange 106
 
1575. A Lord Mayor's Show 107
 
1587. London and the Armada 110
 
1592. The City's Attitude towards the Stage 111
 
1593. A Plague Order 115
 
1598. London Schools 121
 
1600. A German View of London 123
 
1609. London and Ulster 125
 
1626. The Demands of Charles I. 129
 
1629. The Keeping of the Sabbath 131
 
1640. The City's Petition to Charles I. 132
 
1642. London under the Early Stuarts 134
 
1643. A Proclamation against the City 136
 
1653. Cromwell in London 138
 
1660. London and the Restoration 140
 
1661. State of London before the Plague 144
 
1665. The Plague 146
 
1666. The Fire 148
 
1666. A Proclamation of Charles II. 156
 
1667. Evelyn's Plans for Rebuilding 159
 
1671. An Act concerning the Streets 162
 
1679. A Lord Mayor's Proclamation 164
 
1681. The Popish Panic 169
 
1681. Postal Arrangements 169
 
1688. London after James II.'s Abdication 172
 
1689. A Lord Mayor's Day 174
 
1716. Gay's "Trivia" 177
 
1720. The South Sea Bubble 179
 
1725. Defoe's Description of London 181
 
1733. A Petition against the Excise Bill 183
 
1741. The London Streets 185
 
1743. The Loyalty of the London Merchants 187
 
1780. The Gordon Riots 188
 
1791. London's Trade 191
HISTORY OF LONDON