Chapter XVIII: Appendix: A

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

No. 1. Reply from the City to a letter from King Henry V
(Printed in _Memorials_), asking for wine and provisions
for the army at Rouen. Dated 8 Sept. [1418].

No. 2. Proclamation for speeding men to the English army in
Normandy. [1418.]

No. 3. Letter from King Henry V to the City, notifying the
capture of Pontoise. Dated Mantes, 5 Aug. [1419].

No. 4. Reply to the above. Dated 6 Sept. [1419].

No. 5. Letter from the Duke of Clarence to the City on the same
subject. Dated Mantes, 5 Aug. [1419].

No. 6. Reply to the above. Dated 6 Sept. [1419].

No. 7. Letter from Henry V to the City, informing the citizens
of his movements in France. Dated Mantes, 12 July [1421].

No. 8. Reply to the above. Dated 2 Aug. [1421].

No. 9. Letter from the Duke of Bedford to the City, claiming
the government of the realm at the death of Henry V. Dated
Rouen, 26 Oct. [1422].

No. 10. Letter from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City to the
Duke of Bedford. No date [1424].

No. 11. Another letter from the same to the same. No date
[1424].

No. 12. Letter from the Earl of Salisbury and of Perche to the
City, announcing the success of the war in France. Dated 5
Sept. [1428].

No. 13. Reply to the above. Dated 12 Oct. [1428].

No. 14. Letter from Henry VI to the City, asking for a loan.
Dated Rouen, 10 Nov. [1430].

No. 15. Letter from Cardinal Beaufort, notifying the Mayor,
Sheriffs and Aldermen of the City, of his intention to
return forthwith to England. Dated Ghent, 13 April [1432].

No. 16. Letter from the Mayor and Aldermen of Calais to the
City of London, asking for assistance. Dated 27 June [1436].

No. 17. Letter from Henry VI to the Mayor, Aldermen and
Sheriffs of London, touching the peace of the City. Dated
Lichfield, 3 Sept., 35 Hen. VI [1456].

No. 18. Letter from the same to the City, ordering the seizure
of certain ships of war in the Thames. Dated Coventry, 10
March [1456-7].

No. 19. Letter from the same to the same, touching the peace of
the City. Dated Kenilworth, 22 March [1456-7].

No. 20. Letter from the City to Henry VI, touching the capture
of Sandwich by the French. Dated 3 Sept. [1457].

No. 21. Reply to the above. Dated Northampton, 5 Sept. [1457].

No. 22. Reply of Bishop Waynfleete, the Chancellor, to letter
from the City, similar to No. 20 _supra_. Dated Waltham, 5
Sept. [1457].

No. 23. Letter from the Earl of Kendal, Lord Scales and others
besieged in the Tower, to the Lord Mayor, asking why war
was being made upon them. No date [circ. July, 1460].

No. 24. Reply to the above. No date.

No. 25. Agreement touching the surrender of the Tower by the
Earl of Kendal, Lord Scales and others. Dated 16 July, 38
Hen. VI [1460].

No. 26. Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council upon
the return of the Earl of Warwick to England and the flight
of King Edward IV. October, 1470.

No. 27. Letter from Thomas Fauconberge (commonly known as the
"bastard Falconbridge,") to the City, declaring his
peaceable intentions towards the City. Dated Sittingbourne,
8 May [1471].

No. 28. Reply to the above. Dated 9 May [1471].

No. 29. Account of the invasion of the City by the Kentish
rebels. 12 May, 1471.

No. 30. Letter from King Henry VII to the City, announcing the
betrothal of his daughter, the Princess Mary, to Charles of
Castile. Dated Richmond, 28 Dec. [1507].

No. 31. Petition of Dean Colet to the Common Council that he
might be allowed to purchase certain lands and tenements
for the purpose of enlarging his school; 15th Jan., 3 Henry
VIII [1511-12].

No. 32. Letter from Henry VIII to the City, desiring 300 men
for the navy against a threatened invasion by the King of
France. Dated Greenwich, 30 Jan. [1512-13].

No. 33. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the City, touching a
loan of 4,000 marks. Dated 3 Sept. [1522].

No. 34. Letter from Henry VIII to the City requesting a
benevolence. Dated Greenwich, 25 April [1525].

No. 35. Order of obsequies to be celebrated in the City on the
death of the Lady Jane Seymour, 10 Nov., 1537.

No. 36. Extract from letter from Sir Richard Gresham to Thomas
Cromwell, lord Privy Seal, touching the purchase of certain
houses in Lombard Street belonging to Alderman Monoux, for
the purpose of a site for an Exchange. Dated 25 July [1538].

No. 37. Letter from Henry VIII to Alderman Monoux, desiring
him to part with the property above-mentioned. Dated
Chichester, 13 Aug. [1538].

No. 38. Another letter from the same to the same, on the same
subject. No date.

No. 39. Letter of thanks from Henry VIII to Alderman Monoux for
acceeding to the King's former request. Dated Westminster,
25 Nov. [1538].

No. 40. Proclamation of Henry VIII, forbidding public hunting
and hawking in the suburbs of London. Dated Westminster, 7
July, 37 Hen. VIII [1545].

No. 41. Letter from King Edward VI and the Protector Somerset
to the City, asking for a force of 1,000 men as a
protection against conspirators. Dated Hampton Court, 6
Oct. [1549].

No. 42. Letter from Lords of the Council to the City, touching
the conduct of the Duke of Somerset. Dated 6 Oct. [1549].

No. 43. Letter from Queen Mary to the City, desiring a
contingent of 1,000 men to be ready for active service at a
day's notice. Dated Richmond, 31 July, 1557.

No. 44. Another letter from the same to the same, asking for
500 men to be immediately despatched for the relief of
Calais. Dated Greenwich, 2 Jan. [1557-8].

No. 45. Letter from Queen Elizabeth to the City, desiring 250
soldiers for service at sea under the High Admiral, Lord
Clinton, against the French. Dated Greenwich, 17 May, 2
Eliz. [1560].

No. 46. Letter from the same to the same, desiring that Sir
Thomas Gresham might be discharged from serving the offices
of Mayor, Alderman and Sheriff. Dated Westminster, 7 March,
5 Eliz. [1562-3].

No. 47. Proclamation against the Earls of Northumberland and
Westmoreland or their rebellion against the Queen's
majesty. Dated Windsor Castle, 24 Nov., 1569.

No. 48. Letter from Queen Elizabeth to the City on the occasion
of the discovery of the Babington conspiracy. Dated Windsor
Castle, 18 Aug., 1586.

No. 49. Speech delivered by a member of the Common Council upon
the same occasion.

No. 50. List of ships furnished and victualled by the City to
meet the Armada, 1588.

No. 51. Government order to victual ships furnished by the City
against the Armada. 24 July, 1588.

No. 52. List of all the ships furnished by the City against
Spain in 1558.

No. 53. Letter from King James I to the City, upon his
accession. Dated Holyrood House, 28 March, 1603.

No. 54. Reply to the above. Dated 29 March, 1603.

No. 55. Another letter from King James I in answer to the
foregoing. Dated Newcastle, 11 April, 1603.

No. 56. Letter from the Lords of the Council to Sir Arthur
Chichester, Deputy in Ireland, as to the course to be
pursued with the City's Commissioners appointed to view the
Irish Estate. Dated Whitehall, 3 Aug., 1609.

No. 57. Letter from Speaker Lenthall to the Lord Mayor, asking,
on behalf of Parliament, for a City loan of £60,000. Dated
Covent Garden, 15 Jan., 1640-1.

No. 58. Another letter from Speaker Lenthall, on the same
matter. Dated Covent Garden, 6 Feb., 1640-1.

No. 59. A third letter from the same, on the same matter. Dated
Charing Cross, 19 Feb., 1640-1.

No. 60. Letter from the Earl of Essex to the City, desiring a
loan of £100,000 for the maintenance of the Parliamentary
army. Dated Northampton, 13 Sept., 1642.

No. 61. Letter from the same, announcing the appointment of
Skippon as Sergeant-Major-General in the Parliamentary
army. Dated Hammersmith, 16 Nov., 1642.

No. 62. Resolution of the Common Council for putting the City
and suburbs into a posture of defence; 23 Feb., 1642-3.

No. 63. Letter from the Mayor, &c., of Gloucester to the City
of London, touching the removal of Colonel Massey. Dated 29
May, 1645.

No. 64. Letter from the Mayor, &c., of Plymouth, to the same,
enclosing copy of petition to Parliament for relief against
the depredations of the Royalists. Dated 5 Sept., 1645.

No. 65. The City's petition to King Charles I, in reply to His
Majesty's letter of the 19 May, 1646.

No. 66. Letter from Fairfax and the Council of War to the
Commissioners of the City of London, forbidding further
enlistments. Dated 14 June, 1647.

No. 67. Letter from the same to the Mayor, Aldermen and Common
Council of the City, touching the removal of the army and
the safety of the King's person. Dated St. Albans, 15 June,
1647.

No. 68. The City's reply to the two preceding letters. Dated 18
June, 1647.

No. 69. Letter from Fairfax to the City in answer to the above.
Dated St. Albans, 21 and 22 June, 1647.

No. 70. Letter from the City to Fairfax, informing him that
Commissioners had been despatched to remain at the
head-quarters of the army. Dated 25 June, 1647.

No. 71. Letter from Fairfax to the City, notifying the removal
of the army to the bridge. Dated Berkhamstead, 25 June,
1647.

No. 72. Letter from Fairfax to the City, enclosing copy of
proposals forwarded to Parliament from the army. Dated
Reading, 8 July, 1647.

No. 73. Letter from the City to Fairfax, deprecating any
attempt to intermeddle with the liberties and privileges of
the City. Dated 28 July, 1647.

No. 74. Minutes of Common Council touching a recent disturbance
in the City; 11 April, 1648.

No. 75. Letter from Fairfax to Skippon upon his re-appointment
to the command of the City's forces. Dated Windsor, 10 May,
1648.

No. 76. A narrative of the proceedings of the Court of Common
Council held the 13 Jan., 1648-9, presented by order of the
Court to the House of Commons.

No. 77. Letter from the Council of State to the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City, for defacing statues of James I and
Charles I. Dated Whitehall, 31 July, 1650.

No. 78. Another letter from the same, ordering the entire
removal of the statue of Charles I at the Royal Exchange.
Dated Whitehall, 14 Aug., 1650.

No. 79. Letter from the Council of State to the City, for
removal of ordnance to the Tower. Dated Whitehall, 19 Nov.,
1653.

No. 80. The City's humble Petition and Representation to the
Lord Protector, promising to stand by him against the
enemies of the nation; 16 March, 1657-8.

No. 81. Letter from Sir John Langham to the Court of Aldermen,
declining to resume the Aldermanry from which he had been
deposed by Parliament, on the score of ill-health. Dated
Crosby House, 18 Sept., 1660.

No. 82. Letter from the Earl of Manchester to the Court of
Aldermen, desiring that the Butchers of the City might
continue to supply offal to the King's "Game of Bears" as
formerly. Dated Whitehall, 29 Sept., 1664.

No. 83. The City's address to King Charles II, congratulating
him upon his escape after the Rye House Plot. 2 July, 1683.

No. 84. Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Lord Mayor,
informing him of the Pretender having set up his Standard
in Scotland. Dated Whitehall, 4 Sept., 1745.

No. 85. Another letter informing the Lord Mayor of the
Pretender having entered Derby, and desiring him to put the
City into a posture of defence. Dated Whitehall, 6 Dec.,
1745.

No. 86. Proceedings relative to the expunging of the
recognisance entered into by William Witham, Messenger of
the House of Commons, as narrated by James Morgan, Clerk
to the Lord Mayor, to the Committee appointed to assist in
defending Crosby, Wilkes and Oliver. 22 March, 1771.

No. 87. Letter from Charles Fox, Chairman of the Westminster
Committee, to the Town Clerk of London, suggesting a
general meeting of the Committees of Association. Dated St.
James's Street, 20 Feb., 1780.

No. 88. Letter of thanks from Edmund Burke to the same, for the
City's approval of his Bill for Economical Reform. Dated
St. James's Square, 6 March, 1780.

No. 89. Letter from Charles Fox to the same, forwarding copy of
proceedings of the Westminster Committee of Association,
and giving particulars of the proceedings of the House of
Commons upon Dunning's motion. Dated St. James's Street, 10
April, 1780.