Loans to the Public. 



^ 1,000,000 nith a lottery . - ill 



£ 5,000,000 with ;i lotlei'v and fliort annuity 



London > 



[GENERAL 



587 

 608 

 620 



654 



63,- 



708 



iv, 17 



4-1 



7^ 



1797 

 179S 



•TO") 

 iHoo 

 1780 

 166.:; 

 1696 

 161 + 



158 1, 



i6jO, 

 1. 56 1 



1717 

 1727 

 1765 

 1767 

 1799 



i:86|! 

 129SII 

 1338 

 1348 

 •1425 



61 



170 

 3<54 



360 



367 

 400 

 604 

 730 



£86 

 9S: 

 99+ 



lorj 

 1016 

 lOiS 

 1036 

 Befoi 



1070 



X 6,000,000 with ditto and ditto 

 jQ 7, 000, coo witli ditto and ditto 

 /^i2, coo, 000 with ditto and long unnuities 

 /i2,coo, 000 with ditio 

 ;(!' 1 3, 500, 000 with ditto and long annvtities 

 ^' 1 1,000,000 " ith ditto and ditto 

 £ 6,000,000 with ditto and ditto 

 Floating debt piirlly funded 

 And the remainder funded now 

 ;ri87,ooo on Ihort annuities, and 

 2^1,002,500 on tontine, or long annuities 1S6 



jf4, 500,000 ... - 26:; 



j<'i 1,000,000 with long annuities - 292 



Navy and vitlualing bills funded - 295 



^18,000,000 w'ith long annuities - 341 



Navy and victualing bills funded - 342 



^,'4,600,000 (Imperial) uitiilliort annuities 347 



^18,000,000 with long annuities - 360 



£ 7,500,000 wiili ditto - - 374 



Navy, victualing, tranfport, bills funded 376 



More uf the fame alfo funded - - 383 



^:iS, 000, 000 (Loyalty, open loan) . 3S4 



/?i4,Joo, 000 with long annuities . 41S 



/' 1,630,000 (Imperial) with lliort annuities 41S 

 2,"i7iCoo,ooo with longannuities - 443 



£ 3,000,000 ... 462 



,fi5, 500,000 - - - 473 



,^20,530,000 - - - ... 493 



Loo'i, David — his patriotic zeal - iii, 653 



Locke, yu^^Cjfriu-.estheconrtitution of Carolina ii, 520 

 Writes againrt the diminution of money 680 



ip^an7/t??;i invented by Lord Napier . ii, 276 



Lo^^w-vJ — See Dye-Jlujfs, Honduras. 

 1596 Ufe of logwood in dynij ^irohibited ii, 168, 211 

 1636 Again prohibited - . 364,392 



Now permitted - - 49^ 



Quantity imported 1713-1716 - iii, 61 



Not to be ufed in dying blue cloth - 138 



Exported from Britilli colonies to Holland 429 



May be exported without paying duty - 463 

 Quantities imported 1772-1799 . 469, 470 



I ~Lomhards, dealers in money and exchange, and 



agents for the pope - - i, 399>437 



|They propofe toeftablilh a faftory in Scotland 445 

 I They export wool from England - 461 



Are imprifoned and their property feized 523 



Are hindered bythe Flemings frombuying wool 53S 

 Ufe great carracks in their trade to Scotland 640 



Lor.don . 



Opinions concerning the origin of London i, 151,152 

 The fiift undoubted notice of London is now 153 

 1 It is a Roman colony - - 195 



Isnow the fee ofa billiop - - 205 



Probably the capital of Flavia Casfarienfis 208 



Apparently an important place - - 211 



Called Augufta - _ - - 212 



Roman treafury in L. probably in the Tower 214 

 St. Paul's church and Wcftminlter built . 237 

 Now, and propably long before, reforted to by 



many nations for trade - - 244 



Reftored by King Alfred - - 259 



City burnt, but luonrellored - - 276 



The citizens bravely repulfe the northern in- 

 vaders - - - -1^ 

 The bridge firfi: mentioned . . - 277 

 London and the nobles chufe a king - 282 

 Pays ;f 11,000 to King C nut . - 282 

 Again concerned in chullng a king . 2S4 

 e 1066 city enjoys fome exemptions 294, 297, 29S 

 Titles of the magiftrates of London - 297 

 Charter of William the Conqueror to London 300 

 The city's junfdiition over the river 298, 300 



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 no I 



:iJ3' 

 11^6 



iij7 

 1176 

 11S9 



1191 

 1 192 

 1205 

 1208 

 1212 

 1215 

 1220 

 1224 



1235 



I2S5 



1300 

 1307 



I3I7 



J 344 

 1346 



1357 

 1 361 



13S2 

 I3«3 



Moft of the city burnt - - i, 



Charter of king Henry I - - 



, 1135 Tv',o great tires in London 

 Now ellablillied as the capital — many hoiifes 

 built of ftone,but moft of wood,. ind thatched 

 ■H-ith (traw — tlie citizens poliflicd, called 

 barons — great trade — gardens between L. 

 andWeftmiufter, a lake on. the norlli fide, &'C 

 The imports chiefly from Germany — London 

 tlie granary of the kingdom, and head quar- 

 ters of the Jews - - 329, 

 The city gives a large fum to the kin^ 

 .-\ bridge of (lone built 



The titles of portgeref and provort become ob- 

 folete, and the chief niagidrate is called 

 mayor^order for houl'es to be built partly 

 of ilone - - - 



The city gets a new charter 

 Citizens give 1,500 marks totheklng's ranfom 

 They buy up the quinzieme 

 Mayor to be elected annually 

 A great conflagration ... 



Lohdun quarter to be the meafure for corn 

 A gildhaU of Cologne merchants eltablilhed 

 A common feal granted by the king 

 Tlie citizens delpifed by Henry III 

 Water brought to the city in pipes 

 Foreign merchants pay duty to the city 

 The citizens obliged to attend the king's fair 

 Same oppretllon repeated — others added 

 The citizens ordered not to ftore up corn 

 Are exempted from the prifage of wine 

 Names and amount of dues paid in the city 

 The city much oppreffed by the king 

 German merchants bound to fupport Birtiopf- 

 gate, arc permitted to flore corn, and chufe 

 an alderman 

 Recognifances for debt to be taken before two 



merchants of London 

 No perfon to be in the (Ireets armed nor in 



taverns after the curfeu is rung 

 A conduit in Chcapfide fupplied with water 



by leaden pipes 

 The Vintry built for ftoring wine - 



Templars ordered to reflore the channel of the 



Fleet 

 The market ufually fupplied with herrings and 



other filh by the Hollanders 

 Fifli market eftabliihed at Filh wharf 

 Aldermen now firfl mentioned in the king's writs 

 as principal members of the comnuinity of 

 the city ... 



The city leafes the bailiwick of Southwark 

 The city's e.xclulive privileges reftored 

 Orders for fortifying the city and river 

 The mayor's income of 50 marks being cut 

 off by the war, the king orders the ftiirieis 

 to pay it to him ... 



Foreign cloth-weavers maltreated 

 Tolls eftablidied for paving the highways in 



and near tl\e city 

 Magiftratesdireiled to nuke the markets fiee 

 Opulence of the citizen^ inftanceJ 

 Foreign merchants inuilted 

 Some cottages in Biiclun lane — fnops detached 

 The citizens pray for relloration of franchifes 

 And again — their petition granted 

 1 he city lends ,f 5,000 to the king 

 London wcaver.-> quarrel with foreign ones 

 The mayor taxed for hib title as an earl 

 ^2,000, lent to tlie king on the pledge of his 



crown, nov. repaid to the city 

 Dealers in wine, victuals, filh, &c put under 

 the controul of the majjiftrates 



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 3'4 



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 334 

 343 



349 

 3i5 

 3i6 

 372 

 374 

 377 

 3S0 

 333 

 385- 

 3S9 

 3S9 

 389 

 39« 

 401 

 409 

 410 

 417 



421 



437 



442 



443 



444 

 464 



474 



4S3 

 489 



49S 

 501 

 5'9 



324 



524 

 53* 



534 

 556 

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 576 



579 

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58S 

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597 



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