INDEX.] 



London. 



1386 The city lends the king 1^9,000 - i, 598 



1389 King grants the fifheiy of the river to one man fioi 

 1391 London fiifters lefs than thecouiitryby a fcarcity 603 



King quarrels w ith tlie city, and levies £"10, 000 605 



The city obtains an act for reftraining foreignc-rs 606 



1394 Aidenucn, hitherto annual, now for life — 



Farringdon ward divided into two - 607 



1397 The city lends the king 10,000 marks - 608 



1395 Blackwell hall bought by tlie city . 609 



1400 Population, wealtli, and commerce of tlie city 



noted by the Greek emperor - 611 



1401 The city ordered to find a barge and a balinger 61 2 



1406 The citizens arc obliged to allow free trade 



to cloth-makers, dealers in wine, iron, &c 616 



1407 Individuals lend large funis to the king - 61S 

 1412 Some merchants of London fend velfcls to the 



Mediterranean, which are robbed by the 

 Genoefe — they make war upon Genoa 



Tlie city lends the king 10,000 marks 



1416 Lanterns hung out in the winter evenings 



1426 An alderman of L. made alderman of the Hanfe 641 



1429 Bayonne ordered to refpett London privileges 643 



1430 The city lends tlie king 10,000 marks- 

 143S Weight of L. 5 per cent heavier tlian others 

 1439 Spic^-ries garbled in L. better than elfewliere 

 J443 The wMter founol inliilFicicnt— pipes laid from 



Paddington - - - 



1461 Package of woolen cloth and (kinsgranted to L. 

 1463 Tenants of St. Martin le Grand allowed to im- 

 port prohibited goods — tronage of wool, &c 

 fixed at Leadenhall — part of the vetTels 

 bringing fait, corn, fifli, &c allowed to un- 

 load at Billingi'gate 

 1475 The Steelyard given to the Hanfe 



Mayor's claim upon the Hanfe fait abolilhed 



L. probably the mcft aiuient, as the moll im- 

 portant, refidence of the Hanfe nierch.ints 



1487 An ordinance of themagiilrates, forbidding the 

 citizens to attend fairs, annulled 



1504 London payS;f 5,000 fur confirming privileges ii, 



1518 A riot againll foreigners 



1324 The corporations of handicrafts vefled xvith a 

 controul over foreigners in the fuburbs, 

 wliich are enumerated 



1530 The ciiy obtains a decree againft foreigners 



1533 Number of batchers and cattle killed 



1340 Oniy 4 vefiels in ihe Thames above 120 tuns, 

 according to Wheeler 



1341,1544 Aets for paving fiieets - S7, 



1544 Wapping, lately inned from the river, now di- 

 vided among dill'erent proprietors - 



1546 London repeatedly fecurity for the king, 



13S8 The city icnds the queen ;^2o,ooo 



1567 Royal exthange built by Sir T. Grefliam 



J571 London charged to improve the navigation of 

 tlie Lea . - - 



Eaftern llreets paved 



1379 The city fends a dyer to leain the Perfian arts 



of dying and m.^king carpets 

 15S0 Proclamation agaiiiit new buildings near London 166 

 1388 The city furnillies 16 Itiips of.wai againft Spain i85« 

 1390 London, hitherto equal to Naples, Lilhon, 



Prague, Milan, or Gaunt, now fomewl-.ut 



incre.ifcd by Netherland refugees 

 1.593 An afl againft new iJuildings 



Bartholomew fair prohibited on account of tl 



plague - - . 

 1594 The river water conveyed into the houfcg 

 1593 Number of houfe.5, by eftiinate 

 . L creafe of the fi;burbs, fpecified 



1602 Ntw procKima' ionagainit increafe of houfes 



1603 Ti e V . ancies in the Strand filled up 

 160$ St, Ciiles's aiid Drury lane paved . 



624 

 626 



63' 



646 



6.55 



660 

 674 



676 

 691 

 692 



694 



708 

 52 



92 



95 



97 

 124 

 146 



'51 

 163 



'95 

 202 



203 



205 

 206 

 207 



227 

 230 

 244 



1609 An aft for bringing wifcr to the city by a new 

 river under the direction of the lord mayor. 



Sec f'See New River) . - ii, 



1612 Derry (or Londonderry) and Coleraine in Ire. 



land given to the city and colonized 



1613 L. pays about three quarters of the culloins 



1614 Smithfield paved 



1615 Co.il trade from Newcaflle emplny^ 200 fliips 

 1617 Nobility, Sec ordered to leave London 

 lOiS Proclamation again!! new buildings, for regu- 

 lating lieights of lioufes, walls of brick or 

 (tone, &c and for improving Lincoln's inn 

 fields ... 



1619 Further regulations for tliickncfs of walls 



1620 Number of places licenced for playing cards, 



dice, bowls, &c in and about London 

 1622-23 Lords, lie again ordered out of London 317,321 



H6 



267 



176 

 281 

 28e 



2S, 



301 



333. 

 340, 



2i^ 

 341 

 349 

 3'i 



'i- 



1623 Hackney coaches, 20, now in London 

 1625-26 Orders for removing miifanccs 

 1626 Lords, &c ordered out of town 



1629 The city very wealthy 



1630 Order agaiiid new buildings and regulations 



Kir building renewed 

 — Project: for a further fupplyof water 



1632 Nobility, d-c again ordered to the country 



1634 The city ordered to find 7 fhipsof war 



1633 And now to find 2 - - . 



More merchants now worth /Tiooo than were 



worth ,f 100 in the year 1600 

 1637 London ami 4 miles around exempted from 

 new rcllraints on brewing, Sec 



1635 Acts for fale of cloth only at Blackwell hall 



now enforced - - . 



1640 The city fined by tlie king 



Increafe of the fubiubs a proofof the increafe 



of commetce - - . 



1643 City pays^io.ooo a week to parliament 



1634 Hackney coaches put under the controul of the 



court of aldermen - - . 



1656 Houfes built within 10 miles fince 1620 taxed, 

 and new erections fined 



1660 London jiays liigher duties on wines than the 



out-ports - . . 4S0, 4S1 



ibCi Many ftreets to be paved, widened, &c — lan- 

 terns to be hur.g out in winter nights 



Magiftrates of London to ered work-lioufes 



Lord mayor, &c piopofe four new companies 



1665 London lofjs ico, 000 people bypeftilcnce 



1666 Grc.it part of the city dcftroyed by fire 

 A digreilive view of the increafe of tlie town 



(ince that difafter 

 1670 Aft for widening many ftreets, making Fleet 



di'ch navigable, &c 

 — :— Houfe rents mucli advanced 

 1674 Builders ofnew houfes proftcuted 

 1676 A great fire in Southwark — The houfes rebuilt 



with brick indead of w ood 



Population doubled fince 1636 



1685 Spitalfields, Suiio, and St. Giles's peopled 



by maniifaclurers, &C from France 



Two new pari flies erefted in the weft 



16S8 Merchants richer than in 1631 — wharfs in- 



creafed in number, and more employed 

 ]689!| Seven-dials built -. - - 



1694 The city's ellale liable for the orphan's fund 



Wapping made a parilli 



1 70S Brokers to pay 41^ yearly to the city 

 1711 London paysfcven nintlis of the culloms 

 1722 Thames water ltd to the wertern fuburbs 

 1728 Number of vefTels arrived in the year . 



Aft for regulating watermen on the river 



1730 Imports and exports of London in May 

 .New pai lilies crcftcd 



3*4 

 367 

 373 

 378 

 3S6 



326 

 397 



4C2 



411 



414 



426 



437 

 4'S9 



49^ 



505 

 505 

 5»o 

 5=4 



5^5 



J4P- 



545 



573 



5-9 

 380 



6,7 

 621 



4S2 

 644 



HI, 1 



16 



'44 

 >5.? 



'57 



