Chapter XXVI: Appendix: B (3)

Grocers of London, subscribe towards furnishing soldiers for war with
France, i, 347;
nominate weighers of the Great Beam, 387;
tumult at the Hall of, ii, 178;
parliament entertained at the Hall of, 234, 356;
Fairfax invited to dinner by, 261;
the Commons and Council of State at the Hall of, 312;
the Lord Protector entertained by, 347;
Monk entertained at the Hall of, 372;
a conventicle held by Sir John Shorter, mayor, at the Hall of, 525;
lord mayor's banquet held at the Hall of, 533, 574;
the Bank of England commences business in the Hall of, 586;
subscribe to bounties for soldiers, iii, 64;
disapprove of remonstrance drawn up in Common Hall, 93;
the freedom of their company conferred on Pitt, 207;
their offer to send a quantity of porter to the troops in Flanders,
222-223;
the Military Association in Hall of, 224.

Guildhall, the, first mention of, i, 14-15;
trial of Hamo de Chigwell at, 169;
implements of war stored at, 184;
trial of Anne Ascue at, 415;
trials of Lady Jane Grey and Cranmer at, 460-461;
trial of Nicholas Throckmorton at, 467, 468;
trial of John Felton at, 516;
the rebuilding of, after the Fire, ii, 429, 434;
the Lords meet at, after James II's flight, 535;
standards taken at Ramillies hung up in, 623;
threatened by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.

Guildhall Library, books borrowed from, by Somerset, and never
returned, i, 438.

Guilds, early organisation of, i, 93, 94;
Hervy's regulations of, 107;
their rising importance, 110;
reorganisation _temp._ Edward III, 200;
elections by, 206.
_See also_ Companies.

Gunpowder Plot, ii, 13-16.

Gurney, Richard, mayor, ii, 145, 146;
knighted, 149;
impeached, 168;
refuses to give up the City's _insignia_, 169.

Habeas Corpus Act, passed, ii, 459;
suspended, 599, 627;
suspended for a whole year, iii, 25;
again suspended, 307.

Hadley, John, appointed joint-treasurer of subsidy, i, 251.

Hainault, Jacqueline of, wife of the Duke of Gloucester, i, 270;
her ill-treatment, 272.

Halifax, Lord, burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, iii, 118.

Hallifax, Thomas, stands for the mayoralty, iii, 127, 132, 133;
refuses to back press warrants, 166.

Hamersley, Hugh, haberdasher, ii, 32.

Hampden, John, resists the levying of ship money, ii, 118;
one of the Five Members, 155;
killed at Chalgrove Field, 189.

Hanse Merchants, supply wheat to the City, i, 346.

Hardy, John, alderman, i, 379.

Harfleur, captured by Henry V, i, 258, 259.

Harley, Robert. _See_ Oxford, Earl of.

---- Thomas, sheriff, superintends the burning of No. 45 of the
_North Briton_ at the Royal Exchange, iii, 75;
receives the thanks of both houses of parliament, 76, 83;
burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, 118;
his windows broken, 144;
defends himself in parliament, 197-198.

Harold, elected king, i, 29;
his death, 30.

Harper, Sir William, merchant Taylor, his school at Bedford, i, 353.

Harrison, major-general, ii, 328.

---- Rev. Joseph, arrested for inciting to riot, iii, 309.

Hart, John, sheriff, his contest for the aldermanry of Bridge Ward,
iii, 146-149.

Haslerigg, Sir Arthur, one of the Five Members, ii, 155;
the City confers with, 360, 363.

Hastings, battle of, i, 30.

Haunsard, William, furnishes a ship to the king for war with France,
i, 182;
his gallantry in the battle of Sluys, 186.

Havre, or Newhaven, occupied and lost by Elizabeth, i, 489, 490, 491.

Hawkesbury, Lord, informs the lord mayor of preliminaries of peace
with France having been signed, iii, 249.

Hawkins, Sir John, reports engagement with the Armada, i, 537, 538, 541;
his monument in the church of St. Dunstan East, 544.

---- Katherine, wife of Sir John, i, 544.

Hawley, General, defeated at Falkirk, iii, 55.

Hayley, George, alderman, brother-in-law of Wilkes, elected M.P. for
the City, iii, 145;
elected sheriff, 155;
again returned M.P. for the City, 192;
his death, _id._

Hearth or Chimney Tax, the, imposition of, ii, 399;
abolished, 544-545.

Heath, Sir Robert, attorney-general, exhibits an information against
the City, touching its Irish Estate;, ii, 143.

Heathcote, George, elected mayor against his will, iii, 45;
discharged, 46;
elected M.P. for the City, 47;
loses his seat, 56.

---- Sir Gilbert, elected M.P. for the City, but disqualified, ii, 607;
re-elected, 609, 612, 622, 629;
elected alderman, 612;
knighted, 614;
subscribes to loan to Prince Eugene, 624;
urges the removal of Marlborough to Holland, 636;
governor of the Bank of England, 637;
his conduct at the election of an alderman, 640.

Hende, John, mayor, summoned to attend the king at Nottingham, i, 241;
dismissed from the mayoralty and committed to Windsor Castle, _id._

Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. negotiations for her marriage,
ii, 86;
her arrival in London, 93.

Henry I, elected king at Winchester, i, 39;
election confirmed by the City, 40;
his charter to the City, _id._

Henry of Anjou, afterwards Henry II, his arrival in England, i, 54;
welcomed in London, _id._;
his accession, 56;
charter of, to the City, 58;
his son Henry crowned, 59;
his domestic troubles, 59, 61;
his death, 61.

Henry II, of France, death of, i, 488.

Henry III, takes the City into his own hands, 85, 99;
extorts money from his subjects, 87;
his coronation, 88;
takes leave of the City, 88, 90;
returns from abroad, 90;
makes peace with the barons, 92, 97;
lodged a prisoner in the Bishop of London's palace, 96;
his charter to the City, 103;
his death, 105.

Henry of Lancaster, afterwards King Henry IV;, return from exile, i,
244, 245;
met by the citizens of London, 245;
proclaimed king, 246;
his debts, 270.

Henry IV of France, assisted by Elizabeth, i, 548.

Henry V, claims the crown of France, i, 257;
goes to France, 258;
discovery of a conspiracy against, _id._;
captures Harfleur, 259;
welcomed by the citizens on his return, 260;
prepares for another expedition to France, _id._;
letters from, to the City, 261, 262, 264, 265;
conquers Normandy, 263;
coronation of his queen, 266;
his death and funeral, 266, 267.

Henry VI, coronation of, i, 274;
goes to France, 275;
crowned at Paris, _id._;
his return and reception by the City, 275-277;
his charter to the City, 281;
his marriage, _id._;
his illness, 288;
kept in custody at Bishop of London's palace after the battle of
St. Albans, 291;
loses the City's favour, 296;
deputation from the City to, at Northampton, 298;
brought prisoner to London, 302;
regains his freedom after second battle at St. Albans, 304;
restored, 312;
removed from the Tower to the Bishop of London's palace by Warwick,
_id._;
his death in the Tower, 316.

Henry of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII, prepares to invade
England, i, 324, 325;
defeats Richard III at Bosworth, 326;
welcomed by the City, _id._;
his coronation, 327;
his marriage, 328;
his visit to London, 329;
assists Anne of Brittany against the French king, _id._;
decease of Edmund his infant son, 335;
enters into alliance with the king of the Romans, 336;
his charter to the Merchant Taylors, 337;
his charter to the City, _id._;
his proposed alliance with Margaret, sister of Archduke Philip,
338, 339;
his death and funeral, 340, 341;
his chapel in Westminster Abbey, 340;
his _obit_ kept by the City, 342.

Henry VIII, visits the City as a boy, i, 334;
the City's present to, at coronation, 344;
at St. Paul's, 362;
enters into a league against France, 373;
his marriage with Anne Boleyn, 388;
marries Jane Seymour, 395;
the City, in difficulty with, 406;
goes to France leaving Catherine Parr, regent, 409;
returns, 411;
his death, 417.

Henry, Prince, son of James I, becomes a Merchant Taylor, ii, 12.

Herbert, Sir John, secretary of state, ii, 22.

Hereford, Henry, Duke of. _See_ Henry of Lancaster, afterwards King
Henry IV.

---- Humphrey, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 147;
seeks an interview with the City, 149.

---- Sir William de, member for the City, i, 126.

Heretics, Statute for burning, i, 249;
re-enacted, 471.

Herne, Sir Joseph, security for a loan to William III, ii, 603.

Hertford, Francis, Earl of, lord chamberlain, his letter to Wilkes
touching the king's refusal to receive in future addresses of the
livery on the throne, iii, 153;
Wilkes's reply, 154;
his letter to the lord mayor touching presentation of livery
address, 195.

Hervey, Lord, his account of trick played by Walpole on the
Dissenters, iii, 34, 35;
objects to City's address to George II, on occasion of marriage of
the Princess Royal to the Prince of Orange, 39.

---- Sebastian, mayor, ii, 55, 72;
opposes matrimonial alliance between his daughter and Christopher
Villiers, 73.

Hervy, Walter, disputed election of, as mayor, i, 104-105;
grants charters to the craft guilds, 107;
quarrels with Gregory de Rokesley, 108;
arrested, _id._;
charges against, 109;
discharged from aldermanry, 110.

Heton, George, chamberlain, dismissed, i, 519.

Hewling, Benjamin, condemned to death at Bloody Assizes, ii, 521.

Hewling, William, ii, 521.

Hewlyn, William, mayor, i, 295.

Hewson, John, a member of Cromwell's House of Lords, ii, 350;
quells a riot in the City, 358.

Hewster, John, M.P. for the City, i, 370.

Heysham, Robert, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.

Hill, Sir Rowland, mercer, his school at Drayton, co. Salop, i, 353;
committed to the Tower for obstructing the Sergeant-at-Mace, 406, 407;
particulars of, 406n.;
enters on his Mayoralty, 427.

Hille, Sir Thomas, mayor, dies of the plague, i, 327.

Hillsborough, Lord, Secretary of State, urges the mayor to guard the
City during Gordon riots, iii, 181.

Hoadley, Benjamin, Bishop of Salisbury, persuades the dissenters to
postpone attempt to repeal Corporation and Test Acts, iii, 34, 35.

Hoare, Richard, knighted, ii, 614;
M.P. for the City, 638;
late alderman of Bread Street Ward, iii, 15.

Hockenhall, George, refuses to serve sheriff, ii, 472.

Hockenhull or Hocknell, Thomas, ensign in the guards, reprimanded for
allowing his soldiers to insult an alderman, iii, 16, 17.

Holiday, Leonard, alderman, the Duke of Bedford committed to the
custody of, i, 562.

Holland, the Dutch fleet defeated off Portland, ii, 344;
war declared with (1665), 406;
the victory of the Duke of York over Opdam, 409;
naval engagement with the Dutch off the North Foreland, 414;
the Dutch fleet in the Medway, 435;
retires, 436;
war declared with (1672), 445;
the peace of Nimeguen, 456.

Holland, Henry, Earl of, his speech at the Guildhall, ii, 175;
threatens a royalist rising in the City, 225.

---- Henry, lord, charged with peculation, iii, 89, 91;
his hatred for the City, 90.

Holles, Denzel, one of the Five Members, ii, 155;
attends the Common Hall, 200.

Holy Trinity, Aldgate, Priory of, confiscated by Henry VIII, i, 386;
bestowed upon Sir Thomas Audley, 387.

Hone, William, bookseller, his trial, iii, 307-308.

Hooke, Robert, his scheme for rebuilding the City, ii, 427;
appointed surveyor, 428, 431.

Hooper, John, informs against Bonner, i, 439;
made Bishop of Gloucester, 441;
burnt, 474.

Hopkins, Benjamin, elected City Chamberlain, iii, 163;
his decease, 164.

Hopton, Ralph, defeats Parliamentary forces under Waller, ii, 189;
surrenders to Fairfax, 233.

Horn, Andrew, counsel for the City at the Iter of 1321, i, 143, 147;
chamberlain, 159, 161.

---- John, goes to Paris to confer with Edward I, i, 116.

Horne, John, Vicar of Brentford, iii, 87;
claims to have written Beckford's famous speech, 102;
his letter to Wilkes on being elected sheriff, 124.

---- Robert, alderman, committed to Newgate by rebels under Cade, i, 285.

Houblon, Sir James, knighted, ii, 571;
accused of bribery, 590;
M.P. for the City, 606.

---- Sir John, sheriff, ii, 548;
knighted, 552;
first governor of the Bank of England, 586, 602;
attends the Privy council on the Barclay conspiracy, 599;
candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640.

Houghton, John, prior of Charter-house, proceedings against, i, 390-392.

Howard, Admiral Lord, commands the fleet against the Armada, i, 537,
539, 541;
captures Cadiz, 556.

Howe, Lord, threatens to leave the navy, iii, 173;
his victory over the French, 223;
the freedom of the City voted to _id._

---- John, his opposition to James II, ii, 521.

Huberthorne or Hoberthorne, Henry, mayor, assists in proclaiming
Edward VI king, i, 418;
particulars of, 418n.;
knighted, 420.

"Humble Representation of the Dissatisfaction of the Army," ii, 248.

Humphreys, Sir William, mayor, puts a stop to the spread of seditious
literature, iii, 3.

Hundred Court, i, 13.

Hunt, Henry, known as "Orator Hunt," arrested for inciting to riot,
iii, 309, 310;
creates a disturbance in Common Hall, 311.

Hunter, William, burnt, i, 474.

Huntingdon, William, Earl of, i, 192.

Husting Court, i, 13.

Hutchinson, General, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 248.

Income tax, introduced by Pitt, iii, 228, 238;
renewal of, 252, 292-293.

Indemnity bill, the, opposed by the City, iii, 308.

Ingram, Sir Arthur, ii, 63.

Insurance against fire, City's scheme for, ii, 425.

Ipswich, Cardinal Wolsey's college at, i, 382.

Ireland, the Desmond rising in, i, 523;
Tyrone's insurrection in, 559;
Mountjoy's conquest of, 563;
rebellion of 1641 in, ii, 146;
proposed confiscation of Irish rebels' estates, 163;
royalist successes in, 309;
Ormond defeated before Dublin, 314;
subdued by Cromwell, 326;
Cromwell, welcomed on his return from, 327;
letters of sympathy from, after the Fire, 420, 421;
Tyrconnel appointed lord deputy of, 516;
siege of Londonderry, 549-550;
battle of the Boyne, 559.

---- Duke of, charged with treason, i, 234.

Irish estate, the City's, ii, 28-45;
commissioners sent to view the plantation, 32;
their report, 35;
the City consents to undertake plantation of Ulster, 37;
the Irish Society formed, 37, 41;
the City forced to surrender a portion of, 38;
allotment among the companies, 39, 43;
more commissioners sent to Ireland, 42;
the right of the companies to sell, 44;
declared forfeited by Court of Star Chamber, 115;
judgment reversed, 143;
the King promises to restore, 149;
letter from the council of state touching, 326;
the companies petition Charles II relative to, 386.

---- Society, formation of, ii, 37;
incorporated, 41.

Ireton, Henry, ii, 252, 352.

---- John, knighted by Cromwell, ii, 352;
nominated by parliament to be re-elected mayor, 354.

Isabel, wife of Edward II, sets out for France, i, 154;
her return, 155;
confirms the City's rights, 158;
becomes unpopular, 163;
retires into privacy, 170.

Isleworth, manor of, devastated by the mob, i, 96.

Jakes, Robert, shearman, convicted of perjury, i, 343.

James I, his threat to remove Court and Parliament from London, i, 1;
accession of, ii, 1;
enters London, 3, 5;
plots against, 6, 13;
refuses to surrender rights of purveyance, &c., 9;
at Merchant Taylors' Hall, 12, 61;
rumour of the assassination of, 16;
his financial difficulties, 56-59;
the City declines a loan to, 63;
entertained by Alderman Cockaine, 69;
the City's reception of, on return from Scotland, 72;
death of the queen, _id._;
state visit of, to St. Paul's, 76;
his death, 91.

James, Duke of York, afterwards James II, christening of, ii, 111;
the City's gift to, at the Restoration, 379;
his victory over the Dutch, 409;
his efforts to suppress the Fire, 416;
vote of thanks to, 431;
his action against Sheriff Pilkington, 478, 492;
his picture at Guildhall mutilated, 479;
accession of, 506;
collects the Customs without leave of Parliament, 507;
coronation of, 508;
favours the Catholics, 516;
issues a Declaration of Indulgence, 518;
the Aldermen present an address to, 520;
issues a second Declaration of Indulgence, 525;
birth of prince James, 528;
informs the lord mayor of the approach of William, 529;
restores the City's charter, 530;
sets out to meet the Prince of Orange, 533;
attempted flight of, 535;
goes to France, 537;
lands in Ireland, 549;
death of, 607.

James Edward, Prince (the old Pretender), birth of, ii, 528;
his legitimacy questioned, 532;
acknowledged king by Louis, 607;
threatened invasion in favour of, 626;
the Tories favour, 648;
a reward offered for arrest of, 649;
precautions taken against, iii, 3;
prepares to invade England, 6;
failure of conspiracy, 8;
threatens another invasion, 24.

Jane Seymour, her marriage with Henry VIII, i, 395;
preparations for her coronation, 396;
her death, 397.

Janssen, Stephen Theodore, sometime City chamberlain, iii, 20;
elected M.P. for the City, 56;
resigns chamberlainship, 163.

---- Sir Theodore, director of South Sea Company, expelled from
Parliament, iii, 20.

Jarman, or Jermyn, Edward, appointed surveyor for the rebuilding of
the City, ii, 428, 431.

Jeffreys, George, suspended from office of common sergeant, ii, 451;
his suspension referred to the king, 452;
restored, 453;
forced to resign the recordership, 461;
made chief justice, 502;
holds the "Bloody Assize," 512;
president of Ecclesiastical Commission Court, 516;
appears before Court of Aldermen, 519;
carries the City's charter back, 530;
taken in disguise, 537.

---- Sir Jeffrey, excused from being mayor, ii, 632.

Jenkin's ear, iii, 40, 41.

Jenner, Sir Thomas, appointed recorder by Charles II, ii, 504.

Jenyns, Stephen, merchant taylor, his school at Wolverhampton, i, 353.

Jervas, Charles, his portraits of George II and Queen Caroline, iii, 33.

Jervis, Sir John, admiral, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 223;
his victory over the French off Cape St. Vincent, 232;
a sword of honour voted to, _id._

Jessel, Sir George, his opinion touching the City's right and title
to Irish estate, ii, 45.

Jews, Henry III extorts money from, i, 87;
expulsion of, 123;
enfranchisement of, iii, 346-347.

Joanna, daughter of Edward II, called "Joanna of the Tower," birth
of, i, 148.

John, Prince, afterwards king, rebels against his father, i, 61;
opposes Longchamp, 62;
admitted into the City, 63;
grants the citizens their "Commune," _id._;
his accession, 72;
resigns the crown and receives it as the Pope's feudatory, 73;
meets the Barons in London, 74;
signs Magna Carta, 77;
open war between him and the Barons, 78;
his death, 79.

Johnson, Robert, sheriff, removed by Henry VII, i, 338.

---- Dr. Samuel, his inscription on portrait of Chief Justice Pratt,
iii, 78;
his pamphlet "Taxation no Tyranny," 151n.;
his opinion of Wilkes, 152n., 164-165.

Jolles, Sir John, mayor, ii, 66.

Jones, John, captain, M.P. for the City, ii, 392.

---- John Gale, committed to Newgate for publishing an attack on
Parliament, iii, 276.

---- Sir William, attorney-general, his opinion taken on the question
of the aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

Josselyn, Ralph, mayor, created Knight of the Bath, i, 307.

Joyce, Cornet, carries off Charles I, ii, 242.

Joyner, William, mayor, builds the Grey Friars Chapel, i, 402.

"Jubilee," book called, burnt by order of Exton, mayor, i, 229.

Judd, Sir Andrew, skinner, his school at Tonbridge, i, 353;
undertakes to forward provisions to the army, 414;
summoned as mayor to attend the Lords of the Council, 445;
signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, 453.

Junius, approves of remonstrance of the Livery, iii, 93;
upholds the conduct of Crosby and Oliver, 115;
offers to support Wilkes, 125;
strenuously supports Sawbridge's candidature for the mayoralty, _id._;
expresses his opinion of Lord Mayor Nash, 130.

Justiciar, the citizens permitted to elect their own, i, 43.

Keith, Lord, admiral, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 248.

Kelseye, Robert de, M.P. for the City, i, 162, 163, 174.

Kendale, Sir Robert de, king's commissioner, the City taken into the
hands of, i, 146.

Kendricke, John, consents to accept the mayoralty notwithstanding
diminished allowances, ii, 333.

Kennet, Brackley, mayor, his conduct during the Gordon Riots, iii,
180-184;
summoned to attend Lords of Council, 186.

Kensington, Colonel, refuses to accept colours presented by the City,
iii, 256.

Kent, revolt under Wat Tyler, i, 218-221;
under Cade, 282;
under Fauconberg, 314-316;
royalist rising in, ii, 280, 282.

---- Edmund, Earl of, charged with treason and executed, i, 170.

Keppel, Admiral, court martial of, iii, 172;
entertained at the London Tavern, 173;
the freedom of the City voted to, _id._

Ket, Robert, his rebellion, i, 432;
taken and hanged at Norwich Castle, 433.

---- William, executed at Wymondham, i, 433.

Key, Sir John, Mayor, his letter to the Duke of Wellington, iii, 330;
re-elected mayor, 338, 339n.;
vote of thanks to, 339.

Kiffin, William, appointed alderman by James II, ii, 521;
reluctantly accepts office, 522;
discharged, 523;
subscribes (unwittingly) to an entertainment given to the Papal
Nuncio, 524.

Kimbolton, Lord, impeachment of, ii, 155.

King's Bench, court of, removed to York, i, 162.

King's Bench prison, fired by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.

Kirkman, John, a candidate for the Shrievalty, iii, 138;
elected M.P. for the City, 192;
his death, _id._

Kitson, Sir Thomas, sheriff, i, 391.

Kneseworth, Thomas, late mayor, committed to prison, i, 338.

Knighthood, proclamation enforcing, i, 240.

Knolles, Thomas, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251;
ordered to make valuation of property in the City, _id._

Knyvett, Thomas, refuses to pay tax for maintenance of Parliamentary
army, ii, 181.

Ladbroke, Robert, Sheriff, M.P. for the City, knighted, iii, 50;
his death, 141.

Lagos Bay, disaster in, ii, 571.

La Hogue, battle of, ii, 569.

Lamb, Dr., assassination of, ii, 105.

Lambert, Daniel, elected mayor, iii, 47;
M.P. for the City, _id._;
knighted, 50;
loses his seat for the City, 56.

---- Col. John, ejects the Rump, ii, 356;
marches northward to intercept Monk, 364.

Lambeth, treaty of, i, 81.

Lambyn, Edmund, i, 153.

Lancaster, Henry, Earl of, revolt of, i, 163, 164;
the citizens charged by Edward III with having assisted, 166;
his charges against the king read at the Guildhall, 167;
his fall, 168;
fined, 170.

Lancaster, John, Duke of, his quarrel with the citizens, i, 208-211;
reconciled, 212;
Philipot leads the opposition against, 215.

---- Thomas, Earl of, his house in Holborn, i, 149;
taken prisoner at Boroughbridge and executed at Pomfret, 152;
a tablet erected in St. Paul's by, 153;
Queen Isabel proclaims herself avenger of, 155.

Landen, battle of, ii, 571.

Langham, Sir James, committed to the Tower, ii, 266;
impeached, 273;
deprived of his aldermanry, 308;
restored and excused serving, 383, 384.

Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, produces before barons
assembled at St. Paul's, a copy of Charter of Liberties granted by
Henry I, i, 72.

---- Walter, Bishop of Chester, i, 129, 137.

Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester, sent to the Tower, i, 458;
burnt at Oxford, 474.

Latymer, William, Parson of St. Laurence Pountney, informs against
Bonner, i, 438.

Laud, Archbishop, attack made on his palace at Lambeth, ii, 124;
impeached, 135.

Lauderdale, Lord, attends the Common Council, ii, 229;
brought prisoner to London, 342.

Launde, Robert, knighted, i, 220.

Lawrence, Joseph, candidate for aldermanry, ii, 644.

Laxton, William, grocer, his school at Oundle, i, 353;
knighted, 412;
accompanies remains of Henry VIII to Windsor, 419.

Leathersellers of London, a portion of the suppressed Priory of St.
Helen's, Bishopsgate, converted into a hall for the Company of, i,
401.

Ledes, co. Kent, castle of, captured by Edward II, i, 151.

Lee, Sir Richard, i, 478.

---- Robert, mayor, first signatory to proclamation of James I, ii, 1.

---- Rowland, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, i, 391.

---- William, elected Sheriff, iii, 138.

Leeds, Thomas, Earl of Danby, afterwards Duke of, impeached, ii, 458;
signs the invitation to the Prince of Orange, 529;
bribed by East India Company, 594, 596;
ordered to be again impeached, 596.

Legge, William, the Freedom of the City voted to, iii, 61-62;
subscribes to bounties for soldiers, 64.

Leiburn, Sir Roger de, advises the City's submission to Henry III, i,
100.

Leicester, surrenders to Fairfax, ii, 220.

---- Robert, Earl of, sent to Flanders, i, 531;
his opinion of London soldiers, 535.

Leigh, Sir Thomas, mayor, particulars of, i, 484n.

Leighton, Sir William, iii, 242.

Leman, Sir John, ii, 67, 71.

Le Mans, birth place of Henry II, i, 61.

Lenthall, William, appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, ii, 132;
writes to the City for a loan, 135, 136;
his bold speech to the king, 156;
attends Court of Aldermen, 363.

Lepanto, battle of, 517.

Lethieullier, Christopher, elected sheriff, ii, 548;
knighted, 552.

Leventhorp, John, executor of King Henry IV, i, 270.

Levett, Sir Richard, elected sheriff, ii, 565;
knighted, 567;
stands for the City, 609.

Lewen, William, alderman, candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street
Ward, ii, 640.

Lewes, battle of, i, 96;
the "Mise" of, _id._

Leyre, William de, the captive Wallace lodged in the house of, i, 130.

Lieutenancy, Court of, commission granted to the City, ii, 67;
address to Charles II, thanking him for dissolving parliament, 466;
a new commission appointed by Queen Anne, 612;
dispute with the Lord Mayor as to the control of the City's
militia, iii, 235.

Lilburne, John, incites the army to mutiny, ii, 310;
his trial at the Guildhall, 316-318;
elected common councilman, 319;
takes the Engagement with reservations, _id._;
election declared void by Parliament, _id._

Lille, capture of, ii, 629.

Lilly, William, the Grammarian, master of Colet's School, i, 365.

Lincoln, John, executed for riot on Evil May Day, i, 357.

Littleton, Stephen, takes part in the Gunpowder Plot, ii, 14.

Livery of London, the. _See_ Common Hall.

Livery Cloth, presented to the mayor, etc., on the decease of Henry
VIII, i, 418;
the City's claim to, allowed at Queen Mary's funeral, 483.

Loans, to Louis the Dauphin, i, 82;
to Edward II, 140;
to Edward III, 185, 189, 192, 198, 201;
to Richard II, 214, 217, 225;
to Henry IV, 250, 251;
to Henry V, 258, 261;
to Edward IV, 308, 310, 318, 319;
to Richard, Earl of Warwick, 310, 312;
to Richard III, 325, 326;
to Henry VII, 328, 329, 330;
to Henry VIII, 367, 369, 373;
to Mary, 467, 477, 482;
to Elizabeth, 519, 546, 549, 560;
to James I, ii, 13, 57, 63, 69, 70;
to Hugh Middleton, 25;
to the Elector Palatine, 75, 77, 83;
to Charles I, 92, 97, 104, 105, 119;
the "forced loan," 100;
Charles attempts to extort another loan from the City, 122;
more applications for, 126, 127, 128;
to Parliament, 135, 136, 138, 146, 162, 167, 172, 177, 182, 205,
214, 241, 263, 264, 290, 292, 310, 372;
for payment of the Scottish army, 140, 219, 238;
a loan for the siege of Chester, 224;
to Cromwell, 314;
to the Council of State, 373;
to the Convention Parliament, 378;
to Charles II, 385, 388-389, 399, 403, 406, 414, 436, 455, 456;
to the Prince of Orange, 538;
to William and Mary, 560, 563, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571;
the last of the City loans, 587.

Locke, Sir William, i, 438.

Lockwood, Richard, M.P. for the City, opposes passing of Election Act
(II Geo., i, c. 18), iii, 28.

Lollards, the, proceedings against, i, 221, 248-250, 253-257.

Lombards, the, a rising in the City against, i, 292.

London, Bishops of. _See_ Aylmer; Bonner; Courtenay; Fitz-James;
Maurice; Mellitus; Ridley; Tunstal.

---- Bridge, its erection during Roman occupation, i, 5;
the Danes defeated at, 20, 21;
repaired under William Rufus, 39;
custody of, presented to Queen Eleanor, 101;
attacked by Fauconberg, 315, 316;
a false drawbridge ordered to be made in case of need in time of
difficulty, 431.

London, City of, its geographical position, i, 1;
the "emporium" of the world, 2;
not in demesne, _id._;
its commercial greatness during the Roman occupation, 4;
Roman relics in, 6;
the metropolis of the East Saxons, 8, 9;
its increasing importance under Egbert, 9-10;
the same weights and measures used in, as at Winchester, 10;
the head-quarters of the Danes, 11;
"restored" by Alfred the Great, 12;
Ethelred, alderman of, 13;
government of, similar to that of a shire, _id._;
gallant repulse of Danes by citizens, _id._;
the "frith-gild," 14-16;
first mention of a Guildhall, 15;
the mint in, 16;
attacked by Sweyn, 17, 19;
submits to Sweyn, 19;
takes part in election of Edmund Ironside, king, 23;
attacked by Cnut, 23;
the "lithsmen" of, 25, 26;
the capital of the kingdom, 27;
gemóts held in, _id._;
declares for Earl Godwine, 28;
favours Edgar the Atheling, 31;
arrival of William the Conqueror in, i, 31;
negotiates with, 32;
submission of, 33;
William's charter to, 34;
the portreeve of, 35, 64;
lost charter granting the shrievalty of, 36, 37n.;
not included in "Doomsday," 37;
right to elect its own Justiciar, 43;
its election of Stephen, 45;
sends representatives to the Synod at Winchester, 48-50;
the Empress Matilda in, 50, 51;
Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, sheriff of, 53;
holds the balance between Stephen and the Empress, _id._;
arrival of Henry of Anjou in, 54;
destroyed by fire (1136), 55;
charter of Henry II to, 58;
disturbances in, 59, 60;
Longchamp and the citizens of, 62;
grant of a "Commune" to, 63;
charters of Richard I to, 68, 71;
the Barons admitted into, 77;
charter of John granting annual election of mayor of, _id._;
its rights preserved by _Magna Carta_, _id._;
placed under an interdict, 78;
arrival of Louis the Dauphin in, 79;
invested by the Earl Marshal, 81;
lends money to Louis, 82;
protest of, against Papal claims, 85;
taken into Henry III's hands, 85, 99, 111;
persecution of Jews in, 87;
Henry III, master of, 91;
mediates between the king and barons, 92;
the queen insulted by inhabitants of, 94;
the mayor and chief citizens summoned to Windsor, 100;
the Earl of Gloucester gains possession of, 102;
charter of Henry III to, 103;
arrival of Edward I in, 111;
sends a deputation to confer with the king at Paris, 112, 116;
taken into the king's hands, 122, 146;
furnishes Edward I with ships and men, 125;
its mayoralty restored, 128, 148;
riots in, 135;
the Barons admitted into, 136;
the gates of, barred against the Barons, 138;
the king's right to talliage, resisted, 139, 140;
confirmation of ordinances of, by Edward II, 142;
proceedings at the Iter at the Tower (1321), 143-148;
taken into the king's hands, 146;
assists Edward II in expedition against the castle of Ledes, co.
Kent, 151;
charter of exemption from foreign service to citizens of, _id._;
lost to Edward II, 155, 156;
freedom of, conferred on Stratford, Bishop of Winchester, 158;
Queen Isabel and the mayoralty of, _id._;
charters of Edward III to, 160, 180, 188, 196, 208;
citizens of, urged to join the Earl of Lancaster in revolt, 164;
charged by Edward III with having assisted Lancaster, 166;
the mayor and citizens summoned to attend the king at Woodstock, 178;
ships furnished by citizens of, 182, 183;
charter of Edward III, granting privilege of using gold mace, 196;
grievances of, laid before the king, 198;
return made of number of parishes in, 203;
an ecclesiastical centre, _id._;
opposed to John of Gaunt, 209-211;
reconciled, 212;
charters of Richard II to, 214, 224;
foreigners forbidden to traffic in, by retail, 214;
reforms in, under Northampton, 221-223;
Richard II applies to, for assistance against Parliament, 233;
the mayor and aldermen summoned to Windsor, 234;
the Lords appellant admitted into, 235;
absolved by the Archbishop of oath of allegiance, _id._;
refuses a loan to Richard II, 241;
the mayor and sheriffs committed to prison, _id._;
fined, 242;
the citizens go to meet Henry of Lancaster, 245;
rental of the City's lands, 252;
the citizens invited to send provisions to Caen free of Custom,
262, 263;
sends provisions to Harfleur for the English army, 263, 264;
the king's thanks for the same, 264, 265;
famine in, 272;
allowances to City Members of Parliament, 273, 274;
parliamentary relief for poor of, 278;
Calais appeals to, 279;
forces sent for relief of Calais, 279, 280;
charter of Henry VI to, 281;
entrance to, denied to the Duke of York, 287;
affected neutrality of, 288, 290, 291;
again called upon to assist in defending Calais, 289;
the Duke of York takes up his quarters in, 290;
a rising against Lombards in, 292;
letter from Henry VI to the Mayor for safeguarding of, 293;
thanks of Henry VI for offer of ships by, _id._;
commissions of array issued to mayor and sheriffs, 297;
sends deputation to Henry VI, at Northampton, 298;
opposes the entrance of the Yorkists, 299;
deputation sent to meet the Yorkist Lords, 299, 300;
shows signs of wavering, 301, 302;
forsaken by Henry VI, 305;
charters of Edward IV to, 307, 308;
the Tower in the hands of municipal authorities, 312;
the custody of the Tower removed from, _id._;
Edward IV re-enters, 313;
letter of Fauconberg to and reply, 314, 315;
grant of a general pardon to, 318;
Edward entertains the citizens with a day's hunting, _id._;
Edward V welcomed by, 319, 320;
the Duke of Buckingham's harangue at Guildhall in of Gloucester, 321;
deputation to Gloucester offering him the crown, 322;
gift to Richard III and his queen at coronation by, 323;
bold speech of Londoners to Richard III, 325;
reception of Henry VII by, 326, 329;
precautions taken against Perkin Warbeck, 332;
visit of Henry VIII to as a boy, 334;
rejoicings in, on formation of league between Henry VII and the
king of the Romans, 336;
charter of Henry VII to, 337;
gift to Henry VIII at coronation, 344;
famine in, 346;
foundation of City of London school, 349, 350;
charges brought by Wolsey against, 354;
Wolsey's advice to, touching payment of subsidy, 355;
riots in, on Evil May Day, 355-357;
obtains the king's pardon, 358;
reception of Cardinal Campeggio in, 362-364;
solemn procession in, on report of Scottish invasion, 372;
rejoicings in, on news of defeat of the French, 374;
the citizens and the Amicable Loan, 375-376;
French ambassadors lodged in Bishop of London's palace in St.
Paul's Churchyard, 377;
deputation sent to Henry VIII, at Greenwich, touching Wythypol's
discharge from aldermanry, 377-379;
famine in (1529), 379;
suppression of monasteries in, 386, 390-393, 397-401;
the citizens show dissatisfaction at the king's marriage with Anne
Boleyn, 388;
sends a detachment to put down Pilgrimage of Grace, 394;
increase of poor in, on suppression of Religious Houses, 404;
offers to purchase the dissolved houses for relief of poor, 405;
Edward VI welcomed to, 420, 421;
the Reformation in, 421-430;
redemption of charges for superstitious uses by, 424, 425;
Edward VI passes through, 431;
letter to, from Lords of the Council with charges against Protector
Somerset, 433, 434;
letter from Somerset to mayor of, 434;
joins the Lords against Somerset, 435;
the Lords explain their conduct to, 436;
raises forces against Somerset, _id._;
charter of Edward VI to, granting rights in Southwark, 442;
indignation in, on Warwick's arbitrary conduct, 446;
Queen Mary proclaimed in, 454, 455;
Queen Mary welcomed by, 456;
put into a state of defence against Wyatt, 462;
Philip and Mary welcomed by, 469-471;
renewed opposition to foreigners in, 475, 476;
accession of Elizabeth welcomed by, 484;
havoc worked by reformers in, 487;
protestant refugees in, 504;
renders assistance to the Prince of Orange, 505;
Flemish merchants seized in, 510;
measures taken for safeguarding of, during Northumberland
Conspiracy, 515, 516;
proceedings against Jesuits in, 524, 525;
special preachers in, 526;
foreigners in, 532;
threatened famine in, 533;
preparations in, to meet the Armada, 535;
disbanded soldiers in, after defeat of Armada, 547;
search in, for Spanish emissaries, 549, 550;
refuses further supplies of ships, 557-559;
threatened by another Armada, 560;
the mayor of, the first signatory of document proclaiming James I
king, ii, 1;
James enters Tower of, 3;
his passage through the City, 5;
free trade opposed by citizens of, 10-12;
water supply of 18-28;
the Ulster Plantation, 28-45;
the Virginia Company, 46-54;
account of insult offered to the Spanish ambassador in, 79-82;
joy of citizens at the return of Prince Charles from Spain, 84;
plague of 1625 in, 95;
called upon to supply ships for defence of the Thames, _id._;
ships supplied by, 98, 101;
sickness and famine in, 109;
ship money levied in, 111, 117, 125;
loss of its Irish estate, 115;
charter of Charles I to, 118;
unpopularity of Strafford in, 132;
refuses to advance money until execution of Strafford, 138;
the "Protestation" accepted by, 139;
day of thanksgiving in, 142;
opposition to the bishops, 147, 150;
Charles entertained in, 147;
petition of, for removal of bishops, 151;
Charles at the Guildhall, demands the five members, 156;
petition to the king thereon, 158;
a panic in, 159;
Charles's reply to late petition, 160;
supplies the army with arms, 170;
defensive operations in, 170, 171;
petitions for peace, 177;
deputation to the king, 178;
the king's terms rejected by, 180;
weekly assessment in, 182, 184;
propositions for peace, 183;
scheme for fortification of, _id._;
Puritanism in, 187;
scarcity of coal in, 189;
the Tower committed to the custody of mayor and sheriffs, 191;
sends relief to Gloucester, _id._;
"weekly meal" for payment of army, 199, 200;
suspects banished from, 202;
invited by Parliament to frame proposals for peace, _id._;
thanked by Parliament, 204;
difficulty in getting in arrears of monthly assessment and weekly
meal account, 205;
proposals submitted to Parliament, 209, 210;
its trade ruined, 213;
letter from the mayor of Gloucester to, 216;
Plymouth appeals to, 220;
royalist prisoners in, 221;
Presbyterianism in, 223, 227, 232;
letter from the Scottish Parliament to the Mayor of, 228;
claims to govern the militia of the suburbs, 230-232;
letter of Charles I to, 234;
remonstrance by, presented to both Houses, 234-235;
a counter remonstrance, 235;
reply to King's letter, 235-237;
petitions both Houses to redress grievances, 239;
correspondence with the army, 243, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252,
255, 264, 265, 269;
sends commissioners to head-quarters, 248;
beset by reformadoes, 250;
petitions of apprentices to Parliament, 251;
preparations for defence of, 254, 256;
more commissioners to the army, _id._;
surrenders to Fairfax, 259;
army enters, 260;
at the mercy of the army, 262;
more demands for money, 263-266;
the mayor and others committed, 266;
threat to quarter troops on, 267;
petitions parliament for removal of the army to a greater distance,
269;
petitions for release of aldermen, 270;
Puritanism in the City, 271;
its attitude towards the army, 275, 277;
entrusted with the protection of Parliament, 277, 279;
petitions for control of militia, 278;
again petitions for release of aldermen, 280;
aldermen released, 282;
letter from Prince of Wales to, 289;
urges parliament to come to an understanding with the army, 292;
loan by, to assist negotiations with the king, _id._;
negotiations opposed by London "Levellers," 291;
Fairfax announces his intention to enter, 293;
demands money from, 293, 296, 301;
the army enters, 294;
the Commonwealth proclaimed in, 311;
Richmond Park presented to, 313;
threatened with free quarters for the army unless money be found, 314;
economical measures taken by, 321;
money raised for relief of the poor of, 322-324;
removal of Royal emblems in, 330;
assessed at one fifteenth of the whole kingdom, 331;
another letter from Prince of Wales to, 340;
Scottish prisoners brought to, after battle of Worcester, 341;
reception of Cromwell in, 342;
subscriptions for relief of wounded soldiers in, 344;
precautions against a royalist rising in, 350-352;
letter from Monk to the Common Council, 357;
negotiations for the safety of, 357, 359, 360;
rising of apprentices in favour of a free Parliament, 358;
royalist hopes centered in, 361;
reply sent to Monk, 363;
desires a full Parliament, 364;
another letter from Monk, 364-365;
deputation to meet Monk, 365;
Monk enters, 366;
confers with Court of Aldermen, 367, 368, 369;
royal arms again set up in, 374;
the City's declaration and vindication, 374-377;
letter from Charles II to, 377;
answer thereto, 378;
commissioners sent to the king, 379;
Charles II proclaimed in, 380;
the king enters, _id._;
takes oath of allegiance, 381;
rising of Fifth-monarchy men in, 386-388, 396;
parliamentary election (1661), 392-393;
desires confirmation of its charter, 394-396;
reception of Russian ambassador in, 401-403;
charter of Charles II to, 403;
the French ambassador insulted at Lord Mayor's banquet, 404-406;
the Great Plague, 409-414;
estimate of population of, 413 n.;
the Great Fire, 414-418;
assistance sent from York and Ireland to, 420;
the streets to be cleared, 423;
the rebuilding of, 427-435;
a special court of judicature created for settling disputes after
the fire, 428;
report on state of the Chamber of 438-439;
Cardonel's proposals for raising money, 447;
the Prince of Orange in, 443;
effect of closing the Exchequer upon, 445;
heavy assessment in, 446;
petitions Parliament for pecuniary relief, 447;
petitions and addresses to Charles II for summoning a Parliament,
460, 461, 463, 465, 475;
elections (1681) in, 463;
proceedings against, under writ of _Quo Warranto_, 476, 477, 478,
494-500;
debate on question of City's surrender, 503;
judgment entered, 503-504;
bishop of, suspended, 516;
agitation against Popery in, 516-517;
dissenters supreme in, 525;
rejoicings in, at birth of Prince James Edward, 528-529;
the City charter restored, 530;
the mayor and others attend Privy Council, 532;
attacks on Catholics in, 533, 534;
James sends for the mayor and aldermen on hearing of landing of
Prince of Orange, 533;
the Lords attend at Guildhall to draw up declaration in favour of
William, 535;
invited by Prince of Orange to send representatives to assembly, 537;
reversal of judgment on _Quo Warranto_, 541, 543, 554-555;
report of City Committee of Grievances, 541-543;
William and Mary at the Lord Mayor's banquet, 551;
elections (1690) in, 553;
disputed municipal elections in, 556-558;
assistance of, invoked against France, 559-561;
William again at the Lord Mayor's banquet, 570;
excitement in, on disaster in Lagos Bay, 572;
address to the Queen, 573;
address to William on death of Queen, 587;
corrupt practices in, 589-596;
Jacobite tumults in, 597, 598;
elections (1695) in, 598;
address on discovery of Assassination Plot, 599;
Association in defence of the King, 600;
opposes Election Bill, 601;
resolution to defend the King, 601;
rejoicings in, for the peace of Ryswick, 603;
King's reception on return from Flanders, 604-606;
address to William on death of James II, 607;
addresses to Queen Anne, 610, 616, 623, 626, 629, 630, 635, 649;
visits of the Queen to, 613, 614, 616, 621, 624;
the Duke of Marlborough in, 617, 623;
financial difficulties of, 618-621;
standards taken at Ramillies presented to, 623;
soldiers supplied to Anne, 624;
search for Papists in, 627;
elections (1708 and 1710) in, 628, 637;
Act for building new churches, 639;
election disputes in, 640;
Prince Eugene in, 645;
records to be searched for customary procedure in communications
with the Crown, 646;
address to Queen Anne on peace of Utrecht, 647;
loyal addresses to George I, touching Jacobite Conspiracy, iii, 6, 8;
the City reprimanded by Parliament for defraying law costs in
disputed elections out of the Chamber, 13-15;
the action of Parliament towards South Sea Company approved by, 22;
the Election Act, (11 Geo. i, c, 18) regulating elections in, 26-29;
the freedom conferred on Frederick, Prince of Wales, 40;
loyal addresses to George II, 49, 51, 54, 55;
the freedom conferred on the Duke of Cumberland, 54, 55;
opposes a proposed tax on plate, 58;
urges the execution of Admiral Byng, 59, 60, 61;
the freedom conferred on Pitt and Legge, 61, 62;
offers bounties for soldiers, 63;
addresses to the king on Capture of Quebec and conquest of Canada, 64;
address on surrender of St. Lucia and capture of Martinico, 72;
the freedom voted to Charles Townshend, 79;
another remonstrance, 100, 101;
the King's reply, 101;
Beckford's famous speech, 102;
address to King deprecating hostilities with America, 157;
the King's reply, 158;
the freedom voted to Dr. Richard Price, 165;
another address deprecating war with America, _id._;
subscriptions in aid of war with America refused by, 167;
advocates conciliatory measures, 168;
freedom voted to Admiral Keppel, 173;
vote of thanks to Whig lords for supporting economical reform, 175;
letter to Lord Shelburne touching Wiltshire Committee of
Association, 176, 177;
Lord Shelburne's reply, 177;
accepts form of Association, 178;
advocates repeal of Savile's Act, 179, 184;
the Gordon riots in, 180-184;
address to the king after Gorden riots, 191;
claim for damages after riots, _id._;
address to the king on Rodney's victory in the West Indies, 200;
proposal to present the king with a man-of-war in place of the
Royal George by, 201;
opposes Fox's East India Bill, 204-206;
upholds the exercise of the king's prerogative, 205;
opposes Shop Tax and obtains its repeal, 209-212;
the city's rights saved in convention with France, 212;
its efforts to abolish the slave trade, 212-213, 288-290;
the Prince of Wales's gift of £1,000 to poor of, 214;
sends clothing, etc. to troops in Flanders, 222;
the freedom voted to Howe, Jervis and Sir George Grey, 223-224;
riots in, 224;
great scarcity in, 225;
subscribes £100,000 to Loyalty Loan, 231;
the freedom voted to Nelson and a sword to Jervis, 232;
swords of honour voted to Duncan and Sir Richard Onslow, 234;
the freeedom voted to Captain Berry, 237;
a sword of honour voted to Nelson, _id._;
the same to Sir Sydney Smith, 239;
bread riots in, 241-245;
address to the king for meeting of Parliament to consider the high
price of provisions, 247;
Pitt's proposal to fortify, against Napoleon, 251;
claims a separate Bill in matters military, 257;
address to the king on the dismissal of Lord Melville, 260;
the same on the formation of the ministry of "all the talents," 265;
the freedom voted to Sir John Stuart for victory of Maida, 266;
address on fall of the Grenville Ministry, 267;
address of thanks to the king for assisting Spain against Napoleon,
268;
its indignation at the Convention of Cintra, 269;
the freedom voted to Colonel Wardle, 270;
demands enquiry into cause of failure of the Walcheren Expedition, 271;
opposes Wellington's annuity, 274;
the freedom offered to the Prince but declined, 282;
address to Regent omitted from _London Gazette_, 285;
address on assassination of Spencer Percival, _id._;
offers congratulations to Prince Regent after Waterloo, 290;
the Corn Laws opposed by, 294-296;
addresses to the Regent on the general depression, 294, 296;
the lord mayor's report of the riot in Spa Fields, 299-305;
address to Regent on the prevailing distress, 305;
the Regent's "most gracious" reply, 306;
opposes Indemnity Bill, 308;
address to George IV on his accession, 315;
address to king for dismissal of ministers, 320;
lends pecuniary assistance to Spain and Greece against the Holy
Alliance, 324;
votes assistance to Spitalfields weavers, 325;
resolutions of Common Council touching Parliamentary Reform, 331-332;
the freedom voted to Lords Grey and Althorp, 339, 344;
petition to Parliament not to vote supplies until the Reform Bill
be passed, 340-341;
examples of public spirit displayed by, 349-350;
the Corporation appointed sanitary authority of, 350.

London City Forces, supplied to Edward I, i, 126;
to Edward II, 140, 152;
to Edward III, 161, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 190, 195, 199;
to Henry VI, 280-293;
to Henry VIII, 346, 409-411, 412, 413, 414;
to Queen Mary, 462, 464, 477, 478, 480, 481;
to Queen Elizabeth, 489, 490, 491, 519, 531, 534, 546, 548, 549,
552, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560;
reviewed in Greenwich Park by Queen Elizabeth, 518, 529;
soldiers supplied for service in the Palatinate, ii, 89;
to Charles I, 94, 98, 103, 126;
musters in the City, 120;
placed in command of Skippon, 161;
additional forces raised for defence of the City, 170;
the City offers to raise a force for the army, 175;
the City again called upon to supply men, 185;
ten volunteer regiments raised by the City, 186;
Sir William Waller in command of, 191;
horse raised for Waller, 193;
mutiny amongst, 196-197;
auxiliaries to join the Parliamentary army, 200;
at siege of Greenland House, 205;
City contingent to first standing army, 208;
military activity in the City, 215;
cavalry raised for the protection of the associated counties, 220;
Massey commander-in-chief of, 257;
Skippon again in command of, 276;
reviewed in Hyde Park, 329;
the City consents to raise cavalry, 332;
Monk made sergeant-major-general of, 373;
Sir Richard Browne appointed major-general, 385;
auxiliaries raised in the City, 436;
reviewed in Hyde Park, 569;
City militia exempted from the National Militia Bill, iii, 57;
the London Association and the Gordon rioters, 183, 184;
refuses to lay down its arms, 186-187;
proposal for an armed association of householders objected to, 186-190;
the City militia to be placed on a proper footing, 199;
the Loyal London Volunteers, 224, 252;
thanks to the Military Association at Grocer's Hall, 224;
the Cornhill Military Association, 233, 236;
review of volunteers, 239;
a contingent of 800 men furnished by the City against Napoleon, 252;
the River Fencibles and Harbour Marines, _id._;
review of City volunteers at Blackheath, 256;
the City included in the provisions of Pitt's Additional Force
Bill, but claims a separate Bill, 257;
objections to artillery practising in Finsbury Fields, 258.
_See also_ Militia and Trained bands.

London, City Records, order for expunging, ii, 398;
defective condition of, 453;
minutes of Common Council during Civil War expunged, 498;
to be searched for customary procedure in communications with the
Crown, 646.

---- City wall, i, 5.

---- Mayor of, first mention of, i, 66, 68;
charter of John granting annual election of, 77;
the title of "lord" mayor, 197;
election of, by the guilds, 206;
assessed as an earl, 217;
election of, preceded by Divine Service, 252;
takes precedence of the king's brothers at the Guildhall, 257;
communion substituted for mass at election of, 429;
mass substituted for communion, 459;
election of, preceded by communion, 487;
presented to the House of Lords in the absence of the king, ii, 267;
expenses of his table cut down, 320;
not to sell places, 321;
his allowance reduced, 333-335;
interference of Parliament in election of, 354, 355;
proposal to omit pageant on lord mayor's day for fear of riot, 356;
his claim to jurisdiction within the Temple, 440, 443;
his prerogative in election of sheriffs, 470, 564;
presented to the Constable of the Tower on election, 547;
the question of his precedence in the City in the absence of the
king, iii, 262;
the new mayor sworn before the barons of the exchequer, the king
being ill, 281.

London, Sheriffs, of, charter of William I, granting sheriffwick of
London, i, 36;
of Middlesex, 40-43;
the appointment of, lost for a time to the City, 58;
inquest of, _id._;
election of, by the guilds, 206;
fines for discharge of, ii, 63, 338;
their expenses cut down, 320;
not to sell places, 321;
allowances of, reduced, 335;
mode of electing, 468-472;
the mayor's prerogative to elect one of the, 470, 472, 563-566;
tumultuous elections of, 479-488;
James II sanctions the mayor's prerogative, 520;
a bill to settle elections of, rejected, 565.

---- Ships, supplied to Edward I, i, 125;
to Edward III, 182, 183, 189, 193, 195, 197, 199, 204;
to Henry VI, 293;
to Queen Elizabeth, 536, 549, 552, 555, 560;
requisition of, resisted by the City of London, ii, 95;
supplied to Charles I, 98, 101, 114;
loss of the ship "London," 407;
launch of the "Loyal London," 408;
the same destroyed, 435.

---- Thomas of. _See_ Becket.

Long, Sir Lisleborne, recorder, waits the Protector, ii, 352.

Longbeard, William Fitz-Osbert, called, rising in the City under i, 70;
takes refuge in St. Mary-le-Bow, and is hanged, 71.

Longchamp, William, Bishop of Ely, appointed chancellor during
absence of Richard I, i, 61;
takes refuge in the Tower for fear of John, 62;
deposed from chancellorship, 63.

Lorimer, Edmund le, grant of Small Beam to, i, 141.

Lotteries, the first public lottery, i, 506-508;
a lottery in aid of the Virginia Company, ii, 49, 51.

Louis the Dauphin, lands at Sandwich, i, 79;
deserted by the Barons and supported by London, 80;
defeated at Lincoln, _id._;
his departure, 81.

Louviers, fall of, i, 263.

Love, Christopher, executed on Tower Hill, ii, 383.

---- William, alderman, M.P. for the City, ii, 392, 458, 464, 538;
removed from his aldermanry, 396.

Lovell, Salathiel, recorder, knighted ii, 570.

Lowe, Sir Thomas, ii, 13, 66.

"Loyalty loan," the, iii, 228-231;
the City subscribes £100,000 to, 231.

Lucar, Emanuel, committed to Fleet prison, i, 468.

Lumbard, Jacobina la, the Small Beam granted to, i, 124.

Lumnore, Lumnar, or Lomner, Henry, grocer, his connection with the
Great Beam, i, 387.

Lunsford, Colonel, Lieutenant of the Tower, removed at the Lord
Mayor's request, ii, 153.

Luttrell, Colonel, declared M.P. for Middlesex, iii, 87, 88;
burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, 118.

Lygons, Ferdinando, commissioned to raise 300 archers in the City, i,
480.

Lyndhurst, Lord, his amendment to the Reform Bill, iii, 340.

Lyons, Richard, alderman, deposed, i, 205;
his death, 219.

Lyttelton, Sir George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, proposes a tax on
plate, iii, 58.

Maghfeld, or Maunfeld, Gilbert, appointed sheriff by the king, i, 242.

Maida, battle of, iii, 266.

Malpas, Philip, his house sacked by Cade, i, 284;
particulars of, 284 n.

Malplaquet or "Blaregnies," battle of, ii, 630.

Manchester, Edward, Earl of, ii, 215.

---- Henry. Earl of. _See_ Montagu.

"Manchester Massacre," the, or "Peterloo," iii, 309-310.

Mandeville, Geoffrey de, Earl of Essex, justiciar of the City, i, 44;
constable of the Tower, 51;
won over by the Empress Matilda, _id._;
forsakes her, 52;
justiciar and sheriff of London and Middlesex, 53;
again joins the Empress, _id._;
his death, 54.

Mansfeld, Count, arrives in England, ii, 86, 87;
failure of his expedition for recovery of the Palatinate, 90.

Mansfield, Lord, iii, 83;
his house destroyed by Gordon rioters, 183.

Mansion House, the, threatened by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.

Mar, Earl of, defeated at Sheriffmuir, iii, 8.

Marchall, John le, murdered in Cheapside, i, 156.

Mare, Peter de la, released from Nottingham Castle, i, 212.

Margaret, Princess, sister of Edward IV, married to the Duke of
Burgundy, i, 309, 310.

---- of Anjou, her marriage with Henry VI, i, 282;
collects a force in defence of her husband's crown, 303;
defeats Warwick at St. Albans, 305;
intrigues with Warwick, 311;
defeated at Tewkesbury, 314.

Markets, monopoly of, granted to the City, i, 161;
allotment of sites for, after the Great Fire, ii, 433.

Markham, Sir Griffin, plots against James I, ii, 6.

---- Sir John, Lieutenant of the Tower, removed, i, 435.