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Source Book of London History, from the earliest times to 1800

Source Book of London History, from the earliest times to 1800

by P. Meadows

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Editor
Meadows, P.
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Produced by Richard Tonsing, The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
London (England) -- History
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Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 51175
Release Date
February 11, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A SOURCE BOOK OF LONDON HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1800
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LONDON BEFORE THE CONQUEST. — Source. — The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
  5. 5.THE CONQUEROR'S CHARTER (1066).
  6. 6.LONDON ENVIRONS IN DOMESDAY (1085).
  7. 7.THE CHARTER OF HENRY I. ( circa 1130).
  8. 8.MATILDA IN LONDON (1141). — Source. — Gesta Stephani.
  9. 9.A NORMAN PICTURE OF LONDON ( circa 1173). — Source. —William Fitz-Stephen's Descriptio Nobilissimæ Civitatis Londonæ . — Of the Site Thereof. — Of Religion. — Of the Strength of the City. — Of Gardens. — Of Pasture and Tilth. — Of Springs. — Of Honour of the Citizens. — Of Schools. — Of the Ordering of the City. — Of Sports.
  10. 10.DISTURBANCES IN THE CITY (1177). — Source. —Translated from Benedict of Peterborough , vol. i., p. 155.
  11. 11.ORDINANCES CONCERNING BUILDING (1189, 1212). — Source. —The London Assizes of 1189 and 1212, quoted in Hudson Turner's History of Domestic Architecture .
  12. 12.THE LIBERTIES OF THE CITY CONFIRMED (1191). — Source. —Translated from Benedict of Peterborough , vol. ii., p. 213. — From Richard of Devizes , vol. iii., p. 416.
  13. 13.JOHN'S THIRD CHARTER (1199).
  14. 14.LONDON BRIDGE (1202). — Source. —Document quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 45.
  15. 15.OPPRESSION BY HENRY III. (1249). — Source. —Matthew Paris, History .
  16. 16.INTERFERENCE BY BARONS (1258). — Source. —Fitz-Thedmar's Chronicle of the Mayors and Sheriffs , edited by Riley, p. 42.
  17. 17.THE STEELYARD (1282). — Source. —Stow's Survey , p. 234.
  18. 18.THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE AND ORDER (1282). — Sources. —( a ) "Provisions for the Safe-Keeping of the City"; ( b ) "A Royal Mandate for the Preservation of the Peace." Riley's Memorials , pp. 21, 36.
  19. 19.THE CITIZENS AND EDWARD II. (1311). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 84.
  20. 20.CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY (1319).
  21. 21.A REVOLT AGAINST EDWARD II (1326). — Source. —Aungier, French Chronicle , edited by Riley, p. 262.
  22. 22.A PROCLAMATION OF EDWARD III. (1329). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 172.
  23. 23.THE ARTICLES OF THE HEAUMERS AND OF THE HATTERS (1347). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , pp. 237, 239.
  24. 24.REGULATIONS CONCERNING WAGES AND PRICES (1350). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 253.
  25. 25.THE CHARTER TO THE DRAPERS (1364). — Source. —Herbert, Livery Companies , vol. i., p. 480.
  26. 26.A LETTER FROM EDWARD III. (1365).
  27. 27.A LEASE TO GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1374). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 377.
  28. 28.THE CITY ARMS (1375). — Source. —Stow's Survey , p. 222.
  29. 29.WAT TYLER IN LONDON (1381). — Source. —Froissart's Chroniques .
  30. 30.LONDON LICKPENNY ( Early Fifteenth Century ). — Source. — Minor Poems of Lydgate , edited by Halliwell, p. 103.
  31. 31.WHITTINGTON'S SECOND MAYORALTY (1406). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 565.
  32. 32.THE PERSECUTION OF THE LOLLARDS (1413).
  33. 33.IMPRISONMENT FOR REFUSING OFFICE (1415). — Source. —Riley's Memorials , p. 601.
  34. 34.OATHS OF THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (1419). — Source. — Liber Albus , translated by Riley.
  35. 35.JACK CADE IN LONDON (1450). — Source. —Hall's Chronicle .
  36. 36.THE MAYOR'S DIGNITY (1464). — Source. —Gregory's Chronicle .
  37. 37.REGULATIONS CONCERNING STRANGERS (1485). — Source. —From the Charter of Henry VII.
  38. 38.THE MARCHING WATCH (1510). — Source. —Stow's Survey , p. 102.
  39. 39.DESTRUCTION OF FENCES ABOUT THE CITY (1514). — Source. —Hall's Chronicle .
  40. 40.MORE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON (1517). — Source. —More's Utopia .
  41. 41.EVIL MAY DAY (1517). — Source. —Hall's Chronicle .
  42. 42.THE PAPAL LEGATE IN THE CITY (1519). — Source. —Hall's Chronicle .
  43. 43.WOLSEY AND THE CITIZENS (1525). — Source. —Hall's Chronicle .
  44. 44.THE APPRENTICES (1527, ETC. ). — Sources. — ( a ) An Act of Common Council, 1527, quoted by Maitland, i. 230; ( b ) ibid. , 1582, Maitland, i. 267; ( c ) Strype's edition of Stow's Survey , vol. ii.
  45. 45.A WATER PAGEANT (1533). — Source. —Grafton's Chronicles , vol. ii., p. 448.
  46. 46.LATIMER'S EXHORTATION TO LONDON (1549). — Source. —Latimer's Sermon on the Ploughers .
  47. 47.MARY'S SPEECH TO THE CITIZENS (1553). — Source. —Speed's History , book ix., chap. xxiii.
  48. 48.SORANZO'S REPORT ON LONDON (1554). — Source. — Calendar of State Papers, Venetian, 1534-1554 , No. 934.
  49. 49.THE ROYAL EXCHANGE (1566). — Source. —Stow's Survey , p. 193.
  50. 50.A LORD MAYOR'S SHOW (1575). — Source. —William Smith's Brief Description of London (1575).
  51. 51.LONDON AND THE ARMADA (1587). — Source. —Document quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 272.
  52. 52.THE CITY'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STAGE (1592). — Source. —Malone Society, Collections , 1., i., xviii, xxvi: ( a ) The Lord Mayor to Archbishop Whitgift (1592); ( b ) An Order of the Privy Council (1600).
  53. 53.A PLAGUE ORDER (1593). — Sources. —( a ) Lansdowne MSS., Malone Society, Collections , 1., ii., xix; ( b ) Stow, Annals , p. 857. — Aldermen or their Deputies. — Surveyours. — Constables. — Constable and Churchwarden. — Constable and Bedell. — Clarkes and Sextons. — Scavengers and Rakers. — Common Hunt. — Householders and Houses. — Two Viewers of Dead Bodies, Two Viewers of sick suspected , — Mendinge of Pavements. — Interludes and Plaies. — Phisicions and Surgeons. — Vagrant, Masterless, and poore people.
  54. 54.LONDON SCHOOLS (1598). — Source. —Stow's Survey , p. 74.
  55. 55.A GERMAN VIEW OF LONDON (1600). — Source. —Paul Hentzner's Travels in England .
  56. 56.LONDON AND ULSTER (1609). — Source. — Calendar of State Papers (Ireland) , 1608-1610, p. 207. — The Land Commodities which the North of Ireland affords. — The Sea and River Commodities. — The Profits that London shall receive by this Plantation.
  57. 57.THE DEMANDS OF CHARLES I. (1626). — Source. —Rushworth's Collections , i. 415.
  58. 58.THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH (1629). — Source. —Rushworth's Collections , part ii., p. 22.
  59. 59.THE CITY'S PETITION TO CHARLES I. (1640). — Source. —Rushworth's Collections , part ii., p. 1263.
  60. 60.LONDON UNDER THE EARLY STUARTS (1642). — Source. —Clarendon's History of the Great Rebellion , iv. 178.
  61. 61.A PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE CITY (1643). — Source. —Rushworth's Collections , part iii., vol. ii., p. 365.
  62. 62.CROMWELL IN LONDON (1653). — Source. —Clarendon's History , xiv. 25.
  63. 63.LONDON AND THE RESTORATION (1660). — Sources. —( a ) Clarendon's History , xvi. 240, 246; ( b ) The Public Mercury , May, 1660.
  64. 64.STATE OF LONDON BEFORE THE PLAGUE (1661). — Source. —John Evelyn, Fumifugium .
  65. 65.THE PLAGUE (1665). — Source. —Rev. T. Vincent, God's Terrible Voice in the City .
  66. 66.THE FIRE (1666). — Sources. —( a ) Pepys' Diary ; ( b ) London Gazette , September 8, 1666.
  67. 67.A PROCLAMATION OF CHARLES II. (1666).
  68. 68.EVELYN'S PLANS FOR REBUILDING THE CITY (1667). — Source. — London Restored , quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 447.
  69. 69.AN ACT CONCERNING THE STREETS (1671).
  70. 70.A LORD MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION (1679). — By the Mayor.
  71. 71.THE POPISH PANIC (1681).
  72. 72.POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS (1681). — Source. —Delaunay's Present State of London , p. 345. — On Mondays. — On Tuesdays. — On Wednesdays. — On Thursdays. — On Fridays. — On Saturdays.
  73. 73.LONDON AFTER JAMES II.'s ABDICATION (1688). — Source. — The London Mercury , December 12, 1688.
  74. 74.LORD MAYOR'S DAY (1689). — Source. — London Gazette , October 28, 1689.
  75. 75.GAY'S "TRIVIA" (1716).
  76. 76.THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720). — Source. — The Journal of Common Council , quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 530.
  77. 77.DEFOE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON (1725). — Source. — A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain , 1724-1727, vol. ii., pp. 94-97.
  78. 78.A PETITION AGAINST THE EXCISE BILL (1733). — Source. —Document quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 560.
  79. 79.LONDON STREETS (1741). — Source. —Speech by Lord Tyrconnel, January 27, 1741, quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 593.
  80. 80.THE LOYALTY OF THE LONDON MERCHANTS (1743). — Source. —Document quoted by Maitland, vol. i., p. 634.
  81. 81.THE GORDON RIOTS (1780). — Source. —Boswell's Life of Johnson .
  82. 82.THE TRADE OF LONDON IN 1791. — Source. — The British Directory , 1791.
  83. 83.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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