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CHAPTER H. 



iSTORiCAL Notices Continued. 



Company's Order Books Commence.— A Glance at the State of the 

 Company in the beginning of the XVIIth Century, internally and 

 in Relation to the Craft. — Cheapside in 1600 a.d. — Its Churches. — 

 The Little Conduit, Cross, and Standard. — The "Mermaid." — The 

 Compters. — Ludgate. Historical Notices Continued : Gun- 

 powder Plot. — King of Denmark Visits the City. — ^James I. grants 

 the Company a Charter. — Frequent Occurrence of Plagues during 

 this Century ; that of 1607. — Company's Ordinances Ratified. — 

 Gowrie Conspiracy. — *' Ayde Money." — Colonization of Virginia. — 

 Interference by the Crown in Company's Domestic Concerns. — 

 Company's Scholars at the Universities. — The Colonization of 

 Ulster. — The Palatinate. — Introduction of Coaches ; opposed 

 by the Company. — Coronation of Charles I. — Whifflers. — The 

 Plague of 1630. — The Incident of Dr. Lambe. — The Restoration of 

 St. Paul's Cathedral. — St. George's, Southwark. — The Era of the 

 Revolution.— Heavy Exactions from the Companies. — Bury St. 

 Edmund's, Plague at. — Ship-money. — Loans to Charles I. and the 

 Parliament. — Plate sold to raise Money, and Money borrowed by 

 the Company. — Trouble in Ireland. — Further Demands upon the 

 Company. — The " Solemn League and Covenant." — The Company 

 and the Supply of Saddles to the Army. — Gunpowder Stock. — 

 Battle of Worcester. — "Ye States Armes." — Saddlers' Hall in 

 1653. — The Restoration. — Straitened Circumstances of the Com- 

 pany. — Their Contribution to Charles II. — More Exactions. — 

 Coronation of Charles II. — War with Holland ; enforced Contri- 

 butions. — The Ship " Loyall London." — The Great Plague of 1664. 

 — The Great Fire. — Arrangements for the Re-building of the Hall. 

 — Lord Mayors' Shows ; Processions by Water. — Alderman Dash- 

 wood ; his Gift. — The Company's Barge Cloth. — Attractions of the 

 Water Pageant for the Company. — The Custom Discontinued. — 

 "Stands," — The King's Esquire Saddler.- — The Company and the 

 Coachmakers. — Quo Warranto. — The Company Surrender their 

 Charter.— New Charter Granted by Charles II., 1684. — Tyranny of 

 James II. — His Removal of the Wardens and Assistants. — The same 

 removed from the Livery of the Company. — Their Restoration. — 

 The threatened Invasion by William of Orange frightens James — 



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