LONDON. 
7 § 
s. d. 
lied ditto - - - - - - - it o 
All other forts of ditto - - - - 8 o 
The heft malt, the quarter - - io o 
Second fort ditto - - - « - 8 o 
The belt barley, the quarter - -'-90 
Second fort • - - - - - -70 
The bell rye, the quarter - ---70 
Second fort - - - - -60 
The bed beans and peafe, the quarter - -50 
Second fort ditto - - ---30 
Cats, the quarter - - - - -40 
The bell fweet butter, the pound, at - -01 
ElTex barrelled butter, the pound - • o o| 
All forts of other barrelled butter - - o 
ElTex cheefe, the pound, at - - - ■ o of 
All other forts of ditto - - - o ol 
On St. Barnaby’s day, according to Howes’s Chronicle, 
the high altar at St. Paul’s church was pulled down, and 
a table placed where the altar Hood, with a vail drawn 
beneath, and ft?ps; and, on the next Sunday, a commu¬ 
nion was fung at the fame table ; and, fhortly after, all the 
altars in London were taken down, and tables placed in 
their room. 
In 1551, the fweating licknefs broke out again in Lon¬ 
don, and carried off a great number of people: “Eight 
hundred,” fays the above chronicler, “died in the firft 
week: feven honed houfeholders did fup together; and, 
before eight of the clock in the next morning, fix of them 
were dead!” 
The citizens of London having purchafed of the king 
the manor of Southwark, with all its appurtenances, they 
became pofleffed of an hofpital dedicated to St. Thomas 
the Apodle ; which being greatly decayed, they repaired 
and enlarged the fame at a confiderable expenfe, for the 
reception of poor, fick, and helplefs, objects. King Ed¬ 
ward VI. alfo, but a fliort time before his death, founded 
Chrift’s Hofpital in the Grey-Friars convent, for the relief 
and education cf young and helplefs children ; and incorpo¬ 
rated the governors by the title of “The mayor, common¬ 
alty, and citizens, of the city of London, governors of the 
poffeffions, revenues, and goods, of the hofpitals of Edward 
VI. king of England, fee.’” Fie alfo gave the old palace 
of Bridewell to the city for the lodging of poor way-far¬ 
ing people, the correction of vagabonds and diforderly 
perfons, and for finding them work. 
The city having appointed Chrid’s hofpital for the edu¬ 
cation of poor children, and St. Thomas’s in Southwark for 
the maimed and difeafed, the king formed thefe charitable 
foundations into a corporation ; as appears by a charter 
granted for that purpole, wherein it is declared as follow’s: 
“ And, that our intention may take the better effe< 5 l, and 
that the lands, revenues, and other things, granted for the 
fupport of the faid holpitals, houfes, and poor people, may 
be the better governed, for the edablilhrnent of the fame, 
We do will and ordain, that the holpitals aforefaid, when 
they fliall be fo founded, eredled, and edablifned, fliall be 
named, called, and dyled, The Hofpitals of Edward VI. of 
England, of Chrid, Bridewell, and St. Thomas the Apof- 
tie; and that the aforefaid mayor, commonalty, and citi¬ 
zens, of London, and their fuccelfors, lhall be dyled, the 
governors of the faid hofpitals of Bridewell, Chrid, and 
St. Thomas the Apodle; and that the fame governors, 
in deed, and in faff, and in name, lhall be hereafter one 
body corporate and politic of themfelves for ever. And 
we will that the lame governors lhall have perpetual fuc- 
celfion.” 
On the fixth of July, 1553, Edward VI. died at Green¬ 
wich, and was buried in the chapel of his grandfather, at 
Wedminller, with great funeral pomp, and the unfeigned 
mournings of an affectionate people. On the third of 
Augud following, queen Mary made her public entry 
into London, preceded by the lord-mayor in a crimfon 
velvet gown, carrying a golden feeptre in his hand. A 
11 age was erected without Aldgate, oa which hood tits 
poor children of Chrift’s hofpital, one of whom made an 
oration. On the laft day of that month, the queen rode 
in great ftate from the Tower to Wedminller; on which 
occafion many dateiy pageants were erected, the conduits 
ran with wine, and Ihe was every where received with fuch 
refpect by the citizens, that, on her alighting at White¬ 
hall, file gave the lord-mayor her thanks. Or, the fol¬ 
lowing day, Ihe was crowned with the greated magnifi¬ 
cence ; the lord-mayor, affifled by twelve of the citizens, 
officiating as chief butler; for which fervice the mayor 
received a gold cup and cover, weighing leventeen ounces, 
for his fee. 
Nearly the whole of this reign exhibited the mod difi- 
gulling feenes of perfecution. The queen often promifed 
toleration, and continually revoked her promifes, or pa¬ 
ralyzed them with luch provijos as to diltort entirely the 
intended effedl. 
The propofed marriage between Mary and Philip of 
Spain was announced to the council in the beginning of 
the year 1554; and, the very day after, the lord-mayor and 
aldermen were Tent for to attend the court, and to bring 
with them forty of the principal commoners, to whom the 
lord-chancellor declared the queen’s intention, requiring 
them to behave like good fubjedls on the occafion. Such 
was even then the high importance of the city of Lon¬ 
don, and of its magidrates, fuch their influence upon 
the mind of the red of the nation, that the marriage of 
the queen was folemnly communicated to them, as if 
their approbation or dilapprobation mud be expelled to 
have a i'enfible effe6t upon that of the nation in general. 
The rebellion of fir Thomas Wyat found the city in a 
ftrong attitude of defence. The citizens not only placed 
a confiderable guard at every one of the gates, but raifed 
five hundred men to march againll Wyat; this they did. 
with fuch expedition, that, in two days after, they were 
Tent down to Gravefend under the command of Alexander 
Bret, an experienced officer; where they were joined by 
the duke of Norfolk, and with him marched to Rocheder, 
at which place Wyat was, and had fortified the bridge. 
He and his men were offered a general pardon on their 
fubmiflion ; but, this not being complied with, the duke 
advanced to attack him. On which captain Bret, who 
commanded the Londoners, drew his fword, and addrefi'ed 
them in the following words: “Gentlemen, nothing can 
be more barbarous and unjud than for us to fight againit 
our friends and countrymen ; efpecially confidering that 
they are engaged in defence of the rights and liberties of 
our dear country, in oppofition to the proud and impe¬ 
rious Spaniards, from whom, if the intended match fuc- 
ceeds, we can expeft no other than to become their flaves. 
Therefore, as that worthy patriot, fir Thomas Wyat, has 
laudably undertaken to protect and prevent us from be¬ 
ing impofed upon by thofe lordly foreigners, I am hum¬ 
bly of opinion, that, inftead of oppofmg, we ought, in 
duty to our country, to join him, for the more eafily ob¬ 
taining fo falutary an end.” The Londoners were fo 
highly pleafed with this fpeech, thatthey not only cried out; 
A Wyat, a Wyat! but effectually turned their ordnance 
againd the queen’s forces,infomuch that they were obliged 
to retreat fo precipitately as to leave their ammunition 
and cannon to be a prey to Wyat, who marched the 
next day to Deptford in his way to London. The citi¬ 
zens were fo alarmed on this near approach, and the court 
thrown into fuch confufion, that even the judges and 
counfellors fat and pleaded in armour. 
In this date of affairs, Her majedy repaired to Guildhall,, 
attended by the mayor,aldermen, and fheriffs, where flie ha¬ 
rangued them in a long and Toothing fpeech, in which ffie ac¬ 
etified Wyat and his adherents of leeking nothing lefs than 
the total fubverfion of all good government. She infided 
on her right to the crown, and declared flie was wedded 
to the realm and to the laws of the country, which die 
loved as affectionately ns a mother doth her children. She 
faid die had no defire to marry any man, much lefs as-’ 
prince who might hereafter be detrimental to the welfare 
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