Chapter XXVII: Appendix: B (4)

Marlborough, John, Duke of, deserts James II, ii, 534;
his successes in the war with France, 614, 616, 621, 622;
entertained at Goldsmiths' Hall, 617;
sets out for Holland, 621;
entertained at Vintner's Hall, 623;
his victories at Oudenarde and Malplaquet, 629, 630;
sets out to the war, 638;
dismissed from his offices, 645.

Mary, Princess, daughter of Henry VII, married to Prince Charles of
Castile, i, 339;
marries Louis XII, 347.

Mary, Queen, birth of, i, 354;
her marriage with the Dauphin, 361, 362;
declared illegitimate, 396;
her place in the succession acknowledged by statute, 420;
proclaimed Queen, 454, 455;
enters the City, 456;
restores the mass, 457;
City gift to, at coronation of, 460;
harangues the citizens at Guildhall, 462;
married to Philip II, 469;
obtains the reconciliation of England to Rome, 424;
her persecution of Protestants, 473-475;
deserted by Philip, 477;
declares war against France, _id._;
her death, 483;
her statue at the Royal Exchange mutilated, ii, 534.

---- Queen of Scots, assumes the style of Queen of England, i, 488;
proposed marriage with the Duke of Norfolk, 515;
execution of, 533.

---- wife of William III, proclaimed Queen, ii, 539;
coronation of, 540;
attends the lord mayor's banquet, 551;
again invited but unable to attend, 573, 574;
City address to, 573;
death of, 587;
the City's rights at the funeral of, allowed, 588.

Maseres, Francis, cursitor baron, his letter to the City touching the
Quebec Bill, iii, 143.

Mason, Robert, recorder, ii, 113.

Massey, Edward, colonel, ordered to leave Gloucester, ii, 216;
made commander-in-chief of the City forces, 257;
arrested, 295.

Matilda, the Empress, her claims to the throne acknowledged by the
nobility, i, 44;
disallowed by the City of London, 45;
appeals to Rome, 46;
acknowledged "Lady of England," 47;
enters London, 50;
driven out, 51;
wins over Mandeville, _id._;
withdraws to the continent, 53.

---- Queen of Stephen, supported by Mandeville, i, 52;
reduces Winchester and releases Stephen, _id._

Matthias, the Emperor, loses the crown of Bohemia, ii, 74.

Maunay, Sir Walter de, commands expedition to Brittany, i, 189.

Maurice, Bishop of London, rebuilds St. Paul's, i, 38.

May, Hugh, king's commissioner for surveying the City after the fire,
431.

Maynard, Sir John, his opinion taken on the question of the
aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

Medicis, Mary de, welcomed by the citizens, ii, 141.

Melborne, John, mayor, i, 365.

Mellitus, first Bishop of London, i, 8.

Melville, Lord. _See_ Dundas, Henry.

Mercers of London, image of Becket over gate of chapel of, i, 125;
contribute to a gift of £500 to the king, 201;
return of rental of, 252;
subscribe towards furnishing soldiers for war with France, 347;
the foundation of Mercers School, 349;
foundation of St. Paul's School, 350-352;
meeting of the Lords of the Council in Hall of, 435;
trustees of Gresham College, 502;
subscription for Prince Eugene opened at their chapel, ii, 624.

Merchant Adventurers, refuse to advance a loan to Elizabeth, i, 506;
invited to subscribe to lottery, 507;
bonds of the governor and company of, to be given up, 514;
their company suppressed and afterwards restored, ii, 68.

Merchant-Taylors of London, contribute to a gift of £500 to the king,
i, 201;
return of rental of, 252;
charter of Henry VII to the, 337;
the French Ambassadors lodged in hall of, 362;
their school founded on the site of the Duke of Buckingham's "Manor
of the Rose," 366;
refuse to part with property for erection of a City Burse, 497;
take shares in first public lottery, 507;
the House of Commons entertained by, ii, 12;
Prince Henry enrolled a member of, _id._;
James I entertained by, 12;
James I entertained by the City in Hall of, 61;
Parliament entertained in Hall of, 198.

Merlawe, Richard, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251;
mayor, 263.

Merton, Walter de, chancellor, orders the arrest of Walter Hervy, i, 108;
issues proclamation for expulsion of Flemings, 115.

Merttins, Sir George, mayor, iii, 27.

Mesurier, Paul le, mayor, iii, 224;
engaged in suppressing bread riots, 245.

Michell, Robert, punished for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.

Middlemore, Humphrey, Procurator of Charter-house, committed to the
Tower, i, 391.

Middlesex, co., grant of, to the City to ferm, i, 40;
the shrievalty of, granted to the City, 41;
the shrievalty of, exercised by sheriffs of London, 42;
the shrievalty for a time lost to the City, 58;
the ferm increased, 104;
the ferm decreased, 160.

Middleton, Hugh, undertakes the formation of the New River, ii, 21;
pecuniary assistance given to, by James I, 23;
created a baronet, 25;
City votes a gold chain to, _id._;
his death, 26;
money grant to widow of, _id._

---- Robert, surety for his brother Hugh, ii, 25.

---- Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 23, 51;
is security for a loan to his brother Hugh, 25;
demurs at entertaining the king and court, 61;
commands a regiment of trained bands, 66.

---- Thomas, poet, ii, 61.

Mildmay, Sir Walter, i, 514.

Militia, commission appointed for the City, ii, 165;
committee of, 171, 215;
its dispute with committee of Salters' Hall, 190;
a new committee of, 241, 244;
the City militia placed in the hands of a Parliamentary committee,
253, 254;
restored to the City, 254;
the City's claim to govern militia of the suburbs, 230-232;
City's petition for control of, 278;
militia committee appointed, 279;
petition for amalgamation of City's militia with that of
neighbouring counties, 286, 287;
the committee of, increased, 339;
the National Militia Bill (1756), iii, 57;
the City's militia to be placed on a proper footing, 199, 236;
Act of Parliament passed for the same purpose, 224;
dispute as to the supreme control of the City's, 235.

Militia Ordinance, the, ii, 164.

Miller, John, printer of the _Evening Post_, arrested under the
Speaker's warrant, but discharged, iii, 108.

---- Tempest, alderman, removed, ii, 396.

Milton, John, appointed Secretary for foreign languages to Council of
State, ii, 303.

Minorca, loss of, iii, 59.

Mitchell, Admiral, captures the Dutch fleet, iii, 239-240.

"Mohocks," ii, 646.

Monk, General, his victory over the Dutch, ii, 344;
prepares to march southward, 357;
correspondence between the City and, 357, 360, 363, 364;
City deputation to, 365;
enters London, 366;
another deputation to, _id._;
confers with the Aldermen, 367, 368, 369;
complains to Parliament of his treatment, 368;
invited to take up his quarters at Whitehall, 369;
remains in the City but changes his residence, 370;
entertained at Grocers' Hall, 372;
Sergeant-major-general of the City's forces, 373;
resigns, 385.

Monmouth, duke of, rebellion of, ii, 511, 512, 513.

Monoux, Sir George, draper, his school at Walthamstow, i, 353;
M.P. for the City, 370;
re-elected mayor but discharged, 372;
his gift to the City of a brewhouse in Southwark, 373;
objects to part with property for the erection of a City Burse,
494, 495.

Mons, fall of, ii, 571; threatened by Marlborough and Eugene, 630.

Montagu, Chief Justice, i, 437.

---- Sir Henry, Recorder, afterwards earl of Manchester, welcomes
James I to London, ii, 6;
M.P. for the City, 8;
urges the City to grant loans to Charles I, 122, 128.

Montague, Charles, adopts Paterson's plan for a national bank, ii, 584.

---- John, lord, killed with his brother, the Earl of Warwick, at
Barnet, i, 314, 315.

Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, refused admission into the
City, i, 91;
summons a Parliament, 97;
killed at Evesham, 98.

Monument, the, inscription on, ii, 419, 420.

Moore, Sir John, elected mayor, ii, 476;
his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 478, 479;
M.P. for the City, 509;
a candidate for the mayoralty, 547;
accused of betraying the City's liberties, _id._

Moorfields, riots in, ii, 271, 272; iii, 180.

Mordaunt, Lord, carries Charles II's letter to the City, ii, 377;
the City's gift to, 379.

Mordon, Simon de, contributes to a loan to the king, i, 202.

More, John, sheriff, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
attempts made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.

---- Sir Thomas, his connection with the City, i, 348;
welcomes the Emperor Charles I to the City, 365;
elected Speaker, 370;
the seals transferred from Wolsey to, 380;
committed to the Tower for denying the king's supremacy, 392;
beheaded, 393.

Morice, Peter, obtains permission to set up a water-mill at London
Bridge, ii, 19.

Morley, Colonel, City commissioners to confer with, ii, 360, 363.

Mortimer, Sir John, sentenced to death, i, 269.

---- Roger, escapes from the Tower, i, 153;
joins Isabel in France, 154;
returns with her, 155;
visits the Guildhall, 159;
governs the country, 160, 168;
arranges terms of treaty between England and Scotland, 163;
opposed by Lancaster, _id._;
his death, 170.

Mountjoy, Lord, defeats Tyrone, i, 563.

Mugg, John, rector of St. Clement Danes, i, 157.

Mundy, John, alderman, occasions riot on Evil May Day, i, 356.

Muntfichet, Richard de, taken prisoner at Lincoln, i, 80;
his castle on the site of the Black Friars' house, _id._

"Murder Committee," the, Dudley North examined before, ii, 548-549.

Murray, John, ii, 88.

Namur, fall of, ii, 571;
taken by William III, 597.

Nantes, Edict of, revoked, ii, 515.

Napoleon, marches into Syria, iii, 238;
appointed First Consul, 240;
insults the British ambassador, 251;
proclaimed Emperor of the French, 256;
attacks Spain, 268;
his fall, 288;
escapes from Elba, 290;
defeated at Waterloo, _id._

Naseby, battle of, ii, 219.

Nash, William, alderman, iii, 121;
elected mayor, 127;
refuses to summon a Common Hall, 128;
vote of thanks refused on his quitting office, 130.

Navigation Act, the, ii, 343.

Neate, William, his contest for the Aldermanry of Bridge Ward, iii,
146-149.

Nelson, Horatio, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 232;
his victory at the Nile, 236;
presents the French admiral's sword to the City, _id._;
a sword of honour voted to, 237;
proposal to erect a national memorial of his victory at the Nile,
_id._;
his bust at the Guildhall, 238;
offended at the City, 253-254;
his victory of Trafalgar, 260;
his death and funeral, 261;
his monument in the Guildhall, 262-263.

Netherlands, the, envoys sent to Elizabeth from, i, 530;
recruits enlisted in the City for service in, _id._;
reinforcements for, 556.

Nevill, George, Archbishop of York, removes the custody of the Tower
from the citizens, i, 312.

---- John de, of Raby, i, 228.

---- Richard. _See_ Warwick.

Neville, Alexander, Archbishop of York, sent by Richard II to the
City to ask for their support, i, 233;
charged with treason, 233, 234.

Newark, the Scottish army invited to attack, ii, 222, 225.

Newburgh, Lord, acts as messenger between the King and the City, ii, 154.

Newbury, gallant conduct of City trained bands at, ii, 195;
the second battle of, 212.

Newcastle, Thomas Pelham, Duke of, calls upon the lord mayor to
assist in proclamation of war with Spain, iii, 43;
informs lord mayor of the Pretender's landing in Scotland, and of
his marching on London, 51, 53;
administration of, 57, 58;
makes a scapegoat of Admiral Byng, 59, 61;
resigns, 60;
his coalition with Pitt, 62.

---- William Cavendish, Earl of, governor of Newcastle, ii, 189.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, muster of forces at, i, 161;
City proposals touching reduction of, ii, 189, 190;
surrender of, 212.

Newgate prison, destroyed during Gordon riots, iii, 183-185;
parliamentary grants for rebuilding, 191.

Newland, Sir George, M.P. for the City, ii, 638;
candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640.

Newnham, Nathaniel, alderman, elected sheriff, iii, 155;
elected M.P. for the City, 192;
engaged in suppressing bread riots, 242, 243.

Newport, Isle of Wight, the treaty of, ii, 291.

New River, the, Act for bringing water of, from Chadwell, ii, 20;
Middleton undertakes the work, 21;
the opening of, 23;
inhabitants compelled to use water of, 24.

New River Company, the, desires transfer of Middleton's rights, ii, 27.

Newton, Thomas, appointed Sheriff by the king, i, 242.

Nicholas, Secretary, ii, 162, 382.

Nicholson, Humphrey, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 473.

Nile the, battle of, iii, 236.

Nimeguen, peace of, ii, 456.

Nore, the mutiny at, iii, 233.

Norfolk, Thomas, 9th Duke of, attends lord mayor's banquet, i, 380;
liberated from the Tower by Queen Mary, 457.

---- Thomas, 10th Duke of, proposal of marriage with Mary Stuart, i, 515;
committed to the Tower, _id._

Normanby, Marquis of, his questionable transactions with the City,
ii, 591-592.

Norris, Sir John, his expedition against Spain, i, 546.

North, Dudley, nominated sheriff by the mayor, ii, 479;
declared elected, 482;
sworn in, 488;
the Mercers' Company refuse to recognise election, 488;
elected alderman, 493;
arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 501;
proceedings against, 548-549.

North, Lord, letter from George III to, touching expulsion of Wilkes
from the House, iii, 82;
consulted by the king as to manner of receiving City remonstrance, 97;
assaulted by a mob, 115;
the fall of his ministry, 196-197;
secretary of state under the Duke of Portland, 204.

Northampton, battle of, i, 302.

---- John de, favours the Duke of Lancaster, i, 215;
reforms of, during mayoralty, 221, 223;
re-elected mayor, 223;
proceedings against, 225-227;
committed to Tintagel Castle, 227;
efforts to release him, 228, 230;
released, 230;
re-appears in the City, 239;
re-instated in his freedom, 240.

---- treaty of, i, 163.

_North Briton_, No. 45 burnt at the Royal Exchange, iii, 74-76.

Northbury, Richard, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
attempt made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.

Northumberland, Algernon, Earl of, attends a Common Council, ii, 267.

---- John, Duke of, formerly Earl of Warwick, overpowers Ket's
rebellion, i, 433;
summons the mayor and aldermen to confer with him at his house in
Ely Place, 434, 435;
leads the government after Somerset's fall, 440;
his unpopularity with the City, 445-447;
created Duke of Northumberland, 447;
supports Lady Jane Grey, 453, 454;
committed to the Tower, 455.

---- Thomas, Earl of, rebels against Elizabeth, i, 515.

Norton, William, i, 248.

Norwich, Earl of. _See_ Goring.

Nottingham, Charles I sets up his standard at, ii, 169.

Oates, Titus, corroborates existence of a Popish plot, ii, 457;
his punishment, 510.

Occasional Conformity Bill passed, ii, 640.

Offley, Thomas, alderman, signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, i, 453;
performs the duties of sheriff at Dudley's execution, 465;
mayor, 478;
particulars of, 478 n.

Old Bailey, petition of grand jury at, for Charles II to summon a
parliament, ii, 466.

Oldcastle, Sir John, Lord Cobham, proclamation for capture of, i, 249;
committed to the Tower, but escapes, 254;
is re-captured and executed, 257.

Oliver, John, appointed surveyor for rebuilding the City after the
Great Fire, ii, 431.

---- Richard, alderman, a member of the society known as the
"Supporters of the Bill of Rights," iii, 87;
discharges Miller arrested by Speaker's warrant for printing
parliamentary debates, 108;
defends his conduct before the House, 109-112;
committed to the Tower, 113;
a "table" provided for him at the City's expense, 114;
regains his liberty, 119;
refuses to serve sheriff with Wilkes, 120;
gift of plate to, 128;
his motion in the House, _re_ American Colonies, 161.

O'Neill. _See_ Tyrone.

Onslow, Colonel, otherwise "Cocking George," burnt in effigy on Tower
Hill, iii, 118.

Ordainers, the, i, 133.

Orleans, siege of, i, 272.

Ormond, James, Marquis of, defeat of his forces near Dublin, ii, 314.

---- James, 2nd Duke of, assists in capturing French fleet in Vigo
Bay, ii, 614;
attends thanksgiving service at St. Paul's, 615;
commands the English forces in the Netherlands, 645;
takes refuge in France to avoid impeachment, iii, 5;
assists the Pretender, 6.

Orphans, City, a Court of, established, ii, 543;
petition of, for relief, 544;
proposal to establish a fund for, 545;
City petition to parliament for relief of, 579-581;
Act for relief of, 582;
the City's gift to the Speaker for procuring passing of the same, 589.

Osborne, Edward, mayor, particulars of, i, 528 n.

Oudenarde, battle of, ii, 629.

Owdeby, John, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251.

Oxford, the "lithsmen" of London attend at, for election of king, i, 25;
the Provisions of, 89, 91;
Christchurch or "Cardinal College" at, 382;
deputation sent to Charles I at, ii, 178-180;
suspected royalists from, arrive in London, 202;
Charles forced to quit, 206;
endeavours to return to, 211;
siege of, 216;
siege abandoned, 219;
thanks of the University of, sent to the City, 347.

---- John, Earl of, i, 380.

---- Robert Harley, afterwards Earl of, fails to form a Coalition,
ii, 637;
forms a Tory ministry, 638;
impeached, iii, 5;
his trial and discharge, 10, 11;
founder of the South Sea Company, 17.

Oxford Arms, the, in Warwick Lane, soldiers quartered in, during
Gordon riots, iii, 192.

Pack, Sir Christopher, alderman, his "remonstrance," ii, 348, 349;
member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.

---- Deputy, sent Commissioner to Fairfax, ii, 248.

Package and Scavage, charter of Edward IV to the City granting the
right of, i, 307.

Painters, strike of, in the City, i, 485.

Palatinate, the, the City assists Mansfeld to recover, ii, 89-91.
_See also_ Frederick, Elector Palatine.

Palliser, Sir Hugh, his quarrel with Admiral Keppel, iii, 172;
his flight from Portsmouth, _id._;
the king's friendship for, 174.

Palmere, Roger le, i, 134, 153.

Papillon, Thomas, nominated for the shrievalty, ii, 480;
declared duly elected, 481;
petitions in favour of his election, 485, 486;
Pritchard, the mayor, arrested at the suit of, 500;
Pritchard obtains damages from, 502;
returns to England, 548;
deputy governor of the East India Company, 575, 576;
M.P. for the City, 598.

Paris, Peace of (1763) iii, 72;
(1783) 202;
(1814) 287;
(1815) 290.

Parish Registers, institution of, i, 403.

Parkhurst, Sir Robert, mayor, ii, 113.

Parkins, Joseph, sheriff, creates a disturbance in Common Hall, iii, 311;
his unmannerly conduct, 312-313.

Parliament, the "mad," i, 89;
summoned by Simon de Montfort, 97;
at Shrewsbury, 118;
at Bury St. Edmunds, 126;
at the Black Friars, London, 133;
at Lincoln, 162;
at Northampton, 163;
at Salisbury, removed to London, 164;
at York, 173;
the "good," 205;
at Gloucester, 215;
the "merciless," 238;
allowances to City Members of, 273, 274;
at Coventry, 296;
the Duke of York's claim to the Crown allowed by, 303;
benevolences declared illegal by, 325;
at the Blackfriars, 370;
at Bridewell, 381;
objects to Queen Mary marrying a foreigner, 460;
the Commons entertained in the City, ii, 12;
the "addled," 61;
supplies granted by, on condition that negotiations be broken off
with Spain, 85;
the Short, 121;
the Long, 132;
a guard for, refused by Charles I, 154;
attempt to arrest the Five Members, 155-156;
orders the bringing in of plate, 168;
City petitions for peace laid before, 178;
entertained by the City, 198, 234, 312;
besieged by reformadoes, 242;
petitions of London apprentices to, 251;
besieged by apprentices, 254;
City's petition to, that the army might be removed further from
London, 269, 270;
the same for release of recorder and aldermen, 270;
the City entrusted with the protection of, 277;
City's petition that the king might be allowed to come to London,
282, 283;
the Speaker insulted by a member of the City Militia, 285;
compliments the citizens on their desire for peace, 286;
complains of insufficiency of protection, 292;
City's petition for relief from taxation, 331;
the Rump dismissed by Cromwell, 337;
the Barebones or little, 346;
the first under the Protectorate, 348;
number of City members, 348n.;
composition of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350;
dissolution of second Protectorate, _id._;
the Rump restored, 353;
entertained at Grocer's Hall, 356;
the Rump ejected by Lambert, _id._;
London apprentices declare for a free parliament, 358;
Fleetwood promises a free parliament, 359;
the Rump again restored, 362;
a deputation from, to the Aldermen, 363;
the City demands a full and free parliament, 364;
the Rump dissolves the Common Council, 366;
Monk demands a full parliament, 368;
the excluded members return to, 370;
the Long dissolved, and Convention summoned, 373;
entertained by the City, 384;
the Cavalier parliament, 391, 458;
City petition to, for pecuniary relief, 447;
a series of short parliaments, 458, 460, 462, 463, 465;
petitions and addresses to Charles II for summoning, 460, 461, 463,
465, 475;
Tory parliament of 1685, 508, 516;
the Convention summoned, 538;
meets, 539;
dissolved, 553;
elections (1690), _id._;
the Speaker convicted of bribery, 589-591;
election of the first triennial parliament (1695), 598;
Election Bill opposed by the City, 601;
elections (1698), 606;
elections (1701), 609;
Statute permitting continuation of, notwithstanding demise of the
crown, 611, 612;
elections (1705), 621;
Act for limiting exportation of corn, 631;
elections (1710), 637;
Act for building 50 new churches, 639;
the Occasional Conformity Act, 639, 640;
elections (1715), iii, 4;
Septennial Act passed, 9;
drastic measures against South Sea Company taken by, 20-21, 23-24;
Election Act (II Geo. i, c. 18), regulating elections in the City,
26-29;
the City in favour of repeal of Septennial Act, 48;
elections (1747) 56;
the National Militia Bill, 57;
instructions to City members, 70;
declares Luttrell duly elected M.P. for Middlesex, 88;
arrest of printers for publishing parliamentary debates, 107, 108;
instructions to City members to support Sawbridge and shorter
parliaments, 130-132;
resolution of Court of Aldermen in favour of short parliaments, 135;
City members made to sign undertaking to promote short parliaments,
&c., 141, 144, 145;
proceedings relative to Wilkes and Middlesex election expunged, 145;
extract from Chatham's letter to Lord Temple touching shorter
parliaments entered on the City's Journal, 178;
elections (1780), 192;
steps taken to purge Parliament of contractors, 197-199;
the Act for Stamped Receipts, 204;
elections (1784), 207-208;
the Shop Tax, 209;
Pitt's Sedition and Treason Bills, 227;
his Additional Force Bill, 257-258;
the livery urge Parliamentary Reform, 277-281;
the use of the Guildhall refused to reformers, 283;
City petitions for Parliamentary Reform, 306-307;
parliamentary elections in the City, 309;
the passing of the Six Acts, 310;
elections (1826), 326;
repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, 327;
the Catholic Emancipation Bill, 327-328;
elections (1830), 329;
the first Reform Bill introduced, 332;
rejected and Parliament dissolved, 334;
Reform Bill again brought in and passed by the Commons, but
rejected by the Lords, 335;
City's petition to, urging Reform, 340;
Reform Bill passed, 343;
admission of Jews into, 346-347.

Parma, Duchess of, forbids importation of English wool into Flanders,
i, 492-496.

Parsons, Humphrey, M.P. for the City, elected mayor for the second
time, iii, 46;
vote of thanks to, vetoed by aldermen, 46, 47;
dies during his mayoralty, 47.

---- Sir John, mayor, ii, 619.

---- Robert the Jesuit, arrives in England, i, 525;
escapes, 528.

Paterson, William, his scheme for a national bank, ii, 584.

"Paul of London" the, barge furnished by the City, i, 204, 205.

Paulet, William. _See_ Winchester.

Pecche, John, alderman, deposed, i, 205.

Peel, Sir Robert, the Freedom of the City, voted to, iii, 327;
his letter to the lord mayor touching the postponement of the
king's visit to the City, 330.

Peers, Sir Charles, alderman, iii, 13.

Pelham, Henry, his ministry, iii, 57.

---- Sir John, executor of Henry IV, i, 270.

Pemberton, Sir Francis, his opinion taken on the question of the
aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

Pembroke, Philip, Earl of, ii, 200.

Pennington, Isaac, alderman and M.P. for the City, ii, 102;
a loan of £21,000 raised by his constituents, 134;
offers the House a guard of citizens, _id._;
informs the House that the City refused to advance money on account
of Goodman's reprieve, 136;
sent to announce to the citizens the danger that threatened the
Commons, 155;
elected mayor, 168;
orders the City's gates to be repaired, 171;
re-elected mayor, 173;
lieutenant of the Tower, 210;
resigns the lieutenancy, 215;
directed to summon a Common Hall for election of a mayor upon
suspension of Gayer, 266;
placed on the Commission for trial of King Charles, 301;
member of the Council of State, 303;
proposal to confer the honour of knighthood on, 312.

---- Sir John, his opinion of ships furnished by the City, ii, 102;
letter to, from Thomas Wiseman touching the character of a London
mob at Westminster, 151.

Perceval, Spencer, becomes Prime Minister, iii, 271;
assassinated, 285.

Percival, Sir John, founds a school at Macclesfield, i, 352.

Percy, Thomas, takes part in the Gunpowder Plot, ii, 14.

Peters, Alice, mistress of Edward III, proceedings against, i, 207, 208;
robs her paramour, 211.

Perry, Micaiah, M.P. for the City, opposes Walpole's Excise Bill,
iii, 36.

Petitioners, party name of, ii, 460.

Petitions, the City's custom, touching presentation of, ii, 217.

Petyte, John, grocer, M.P. for the City, i, 381.

Pevensey, William I, lands at, i, 30.

Philip, Richard, grocer, i, 284.

Philip II of Spain, marries Mary, i, 469;
leaves England, 476;
induces Mary to declare war against France, 477;
prepares to invade England, 534;
the defeat of the Armada, 537-541;
prepares another Armada, 559, 560.

Philipot, John, M.P. for the City, i, 202;
apologises to the king for the City's attitude towards John of
Gaunt, 210;
waits upon Richard II at Kennington, 212;
appointed joint treasurer of Parliamentary subsidy, 214;
removed, 215;
his expedition against pirates, _id._;
opposes the Duke of Lancaster, _id._;
subscribes to fund for winning back the nobility to the City, 216;
knighted, 220;
resigns or is deprived of his aldermanry, 223.

Philippa of Hainault, her marriage with Edward III, i, 171.

Philips, Sir Thomas, ii, 33.

Picard, Sir Henry, mayor, his banquet to four kings, i, 200.

Pickett, William, lord mayor, endeavours to obtain the removal of the
Bank of England guard, iii, 218.

Pilgrimage of Grace, the, i, 394.

Pilkington, Thomas, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464, 538;
empanels a jury favourable to Shaftesbury, 468;
elected sheriff, 473;
leader of the Whigs in the City, 478;
the Duke of York's action against, 478, 492;
committed to the Tower, 480;
called to account for his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 487;
fined, 493;
elected mayor, 547;
re-elected, 551;
again stands for the City, 553;
again elected mayor, 555.

Pindar, Paul, refuses to pay tax for maintenance of parliamentary
army, ii, 181.

Pitt, William, afterwards Earl of Chatham, protests against the
importation of mercenaries, iii, 58;
opposes a proposed tax on plate, _id._;
takes the lead on resignation of Newcastle, 60;
dismissed, 61;
the freedom of the City conferred on, 61, 62;
his coalition with Newcastle, 62;
subscribes to bounties for soldiers, 64;
expresses delight at City's address on conquest of Canada, _id_;.
Blackfriars Bridge named after, 65;
resignation of, 67;
his letter to Alderman Beckford, _id_;
City's vote of thanks to, 68;
his acknowledgment, 69;
attends lord mayor's banquet, _id_;
his indignation at the conclusion of the Peace of Paris, 73;
recalled to power and created Earl of Chatham, 79;
introduces an East India Bill, _id_;
recommends Beckford to make no attempt to "fix" Rockingham, 99;
his eulogy of Beckford's speech, 102;
the City's thanks to, 103;
his opinion touching shorter parliaments, _id_;
upholds the conduct of Crosby and Oliver in discharging printers
arrested for printing parliamentary debates, 114;
advises conciliatory measures towards America, 149, 150;
receives the thanks of Common Council and the livery, 150, 152;
his last speech in parliament, 168-170;
his death and funeral, 170-171;
his monument in the Guildhall, 171;
extract from his letter to Lord Temple touching shorter parliaments
entered in the City's Journal, 178.

Pitt, William, the younger, advocates economical and parliamentary
reform, iii, 198-199;
his struggle with the Coalition, 206;
the freedom of the City and of the Grocers' Company conferred on, 207;
returned M.P. for Cambridge, _id._;
his East India Bill, 208;
his last attempt to carry parliamentary reform, 209;
his Regency Bill, 213;
imposes excise tax on tobacco, 216;
his Loyalty Loan, 228-230;
his letter to the lord mayor asking the City to subscribe, 229;
his subsidies to the emperor, 231;
mobbed in the City, 234-235;
his income tax Bill, 238;
resigns, 247;
again takes office, 254;
his difficulty in forming a ministry, 255;
his Additional Force Bill, 257;
his death, 263;
his funeral and monument, 264.

Piwelesdon, or Puleston, Thomas de, accused of meditating a wholesale
massacre in the City, i, 99.

Plague, the Black Death, i, 194;
the sweating sickness, 326-327, 360;
divers visitations of, 365, 407, 521;
proposal to build a pest-house in the City, 551;
(of 1603), ii, 3-5;
(of 1625), 95;
(of 1665), 409-414.

Player, Colonel, ii, 249.

---- Sir Thomas, chamberlain, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464;
fined for creating a disturbance in the Common Hall, 493.

Plomer, William, elected sheriff but pays fine, iii, 138.

Plow-Monday, entertainment of lord mayor's household on, i, 418n.

Plumbe, Samuel, alderman, stands for the shrievalty, iii, 138;
ordered to be disfranchised for refusing to obey lord mayor's
precept, 139.

Plumbe's case, touching the jurisdiction of the Court of Aldermen
over the livery companies, iii, 138-139.

Plymouth, appeals to London for relief, ii, 220.

Poitiers, battle of, i, 197.

Poll Tax (of 1379), i, 217;
(of 1380), 218;
established for disbanding the armies, ii, 139.

Pont de l'Arche, expected fall of, i, 263.

Pontoise, surrender of, i, 264.

Poor, the, weekly collections for, at St. Paul's Cross, i, 404;
the house of, in West Smithfield, 417, 449;
a brotherhood established in the City for relief of, 449;
royal gift for relief of, iii, 214.

Poor debtors, Royal gifts for relief of, iii, 3, 33.

Popham, Sir Home, a vote of thanks to, for re-capture of Cape of Good
Hope, refused, iii, 265;
for capture of Buenos Ayres, 266;
a sword of honour voted to, _id._

Popish Plots, ii, 6, 13, 134, 456-458.

Porter, Sir William Beauchamp, M.P. for Middlesex, iii, 81.

Portland, Duke of, prime minister, iii, 204;
joins Pitt's administration, 225;
his letter to the lord mayor offering military assistance during
bread riots, 244;
a slight passed on the lord mayor's authority by, 246;
succeeds Lord Grenville as prime minister, 267;
resigns, 271.

Porto Bello, capture of, iii, 44.

Portreeve, office of, i, 35;
title of, changed to mayor, 64.

Postal System, attempt by City to establish a, ii, 322, 323.

Poter, Walter le, elected sheriff, i, 104;
builds the chapter-house of the Grey Friars, 402.

Powis, Lord, i, 380.

Prat, "Mr.," king's commissioner for surveying the City after the
Fire, ii, 431.

Pratt, chief justice, afterwards Lord Camden, discharges Wilkes, iii, 74;
the Freedom of the City voted to, 78;
his portrait in the Art Gallery, _id._

Press Warrants, counsel's opinion as to legality of, iii, 107;
refusal of Sawbridge and Hallifax to back, 166.

Preston, Lord, at the head of a Jacobite plot, ii, 562.

Preston Pans, Sir John Cope defeated at, iii, 51.

Price, Dr. Richard, the Freedom of the City voted to, iii, 165.

Pride, Colonel, purges the House of Commons, ii, 294;
elected common councilman, 319;
opposed to Cromwell assuming regal estate, 349;
member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.

Priour, John, the younger, M.P. for the City, i, 174.

Pritchard, Sir William, elected mayor, ii, 490-492;
arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 500, 501;
recovers damages against Papillon, 502;
M.P. for the City, 509, 554, 613;
stands for the City but is unsuccessful, 599.

Proby, Peter, sheriff, ii, 63;
sent commissioner to Ireland, 64.

Prynne, enters London in triumph, ii, 134.

Puiset or Pudsey, Hugh de, Bishop of Durham, i, 61.

Pullison, Sir Thomas, mayor, his precept for raising volunteers for
the low countries, i, 530;
appointed jointly with Sir Wolstan Dixie to see that the price of
provisions in the City was not enhanced, 541.

Pulteney, Sir John de, leader of the City's forces against Scotland,
i, 180;
gift to, for services in, obtaining City's charter, 181;
taken into custody by order of the king, 187.

Purveyance, attempt to abolish, ii, 9.

Pym, John, supported by the Common Council, ii, 152;
refuses to "discontent" the citizens, 153;
one of the Five Members, 155;
attends Common Hall and hears the king's reply to City deputation
sent to Oxford, 180;
accompanies a Parliamentary deputation to the Common Council, 184, 185.

Quebec, capture of, iii, 64.

Quebec Bill, the, iii, 142.

Quiney, Lieut.-Col., assaults Alderman Cornish in the Guildhall, ii, 489.

_Quo Warranto_, writ of, proceedings against the City under, ii, 476,
477, 478, 494-500;
judgment entered, 503-504;
reversal of judgment on, 541, 542, 543, 554-555.

Radyngton, Sir Baldwin de, warden, of the City, i, 242.

Rainton or Raynton, Sir Nicholas, sent to prison by Charles I, ii, 123;
released, 125;
summons a Common Hall for election of mayor, 168.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, his expedition against Spain, i, 551.

Ramillies, battle of, ii, 622;
Standards captured at, set up in the Guildhall, 623.

Rawlinson, Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 623.

Ray, Daniel, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.

Raymond, Sir Jonathan, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 547, 555.

Reading, taken by Essex, ii, 188;
in the hands of the royalists, 196.

Recorder of London, the, customs of the City recorded by mouth of, i,
145.

Recusants, laws against, i, 525, 526.

"Redbridge," the ship, stoppage of, ii, 578-579.

Rede, Richard, alderman, sent to the war in Scotland for opposing
benevolence, and taken prisoner, i, 411.

Refham, Richer de, mayor, obtains a confirmation of the City's
liberties, i, 134-135;
removed from mayoralty and aldermanry, 135, 136.

Reformadoes, City petition for removal of, ii, 250.

Reform Bill, the first, introduced, 332;
approved by the City, 333;
withdrawn, 334;
again brought in and passed by the Commons but thrown out by the
Lords, 335;
City addresses on its rejection, 336-337;
agitation in the country, 337-338;
again brought in and passed, 343;
the rights of the livery of London reserved, _id._;
entertainment at the Guildhall to commemorate the passing of, 344.

Regency Bill, the, iii, 282.

Reynardson, Abraham, elected mayor, ii, 297;
at variance with the Common Council, 299, 376;
deposed from the mayoralty and sent to the Tower, 308;
restored to his aldermanry, 383;
re-elected mayor and declines office, 384.

Reynold, Robert, i, 422.

---- William, i, 284.

Reynolds, Father, executed, i, 392.

---- John, attorney, and election agent for Wilkes, iii, 100, 143,
146, 147.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his portrait of Chief Justice Pratt, iii, 78.

Rich, Sir Peter, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 486;
elected, 487;
sworn in, 488;
M.P. for the City, 509;
chamberlain, 538, 555.

---- Sir Thomas, alderman, ii, 396.

Richard I, his accession, i, 61;
appoints Longchamp chancellor during his absence, _id._;
his charters to the City, 68, 71;
returns to England, 68;
crowned a second time, 69;
his death, 71.

Richard II, the "Londoners' King," i, 212;
charter of, forbidding foreigners to trade by retail, 214;
another charter of, 224, 225;
meditates an attempt upon the life of his uncle the Duke of
Gloucester, 232;
a commission of Regency appointed, 233;
applies to the City for aid, _id._;
compelled to submit to Parliament, 234;
deposed, 245;
doubtful reports as to his death, 247.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, appointed
Protector, i, 320;
his schemes for obtaining the crown, 320-322;
crowned, 323;
bold speech of Londoners to, 325;
escorted by citizens from Kensington to the City, 326;
defeated at Bosworth, _id._

Richard, King of the Romans, his manor of Isleworth devastated, i, 96;
brought prisoner to the Tower, _id._

Richmond Park, presented to the City, ii, 313;
restored to Charles II, 381.

Ridley, Nicholas, bishop of Rochester, translated to London, i, 440;
his letter of gratitude to Sir Richard Dobbs, mayor, 450;
sent to the Tower, 458;
burnt at Oxford, 474.

"Riffleres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.

Riot Act, the, passed, iii, 7.

Ripon, treaty of, ii, 131;
negotiations removed to London, 135.

Roberts, William, nominated sheriff by mayor's prerogative, ii, 471.

Robinson, "Jack," iii, 121.

---- Sir John, mayor, ii, 401.

---- Sir Leonard, elected chamberlain, ii, 565;
knighted, 571.

Roche, Sir William, alderman, M.P. for the City, i, 370;
committed to prison, 412.

Rochelle, expeditions for relief of, i, 204; ii, 103, 107.

Rochester, besieged by King John, i, 78;
by the Barons, 96.

Rochford, Sir Thomas Boleyn, Lord, i, 380.

Rockingham, Lord, attends Beckford's famous entertainment, iii, 99;
succeeds Lord North as prime minister, 197.

Rodney, Admiral, defeats the French fleet in the West Indies, iii,
199-200;
entertained in the City, 200.

Rogers, John, burnt for heresy, i, 473, 474.

Rokesle or Rokesley, Gregory de,
opposes Walter Hervy, i, 108;
goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, 116;
again sets out for France, 117;
master of the Exchange, 118;
sent with a gift of money to the king, _id._;
member for the City, _id._;
declines to attend the king's justiciars, 120;
builds the dormitory of the Grey Friars, 402.

Rooke, Sir George, encounters the French fleet in Lagos Bay, ii, 572;
captures French fleet in Vigo Bay, 614.

"Roreres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.

Rose, Miles, i, 361.

Rothschild, Baron Lionel, M.P. for the City, iii, 347;
founds a scholarship in City of London School, _id._

Rouen, siege of, by Henry V, i, 263.

Rowe, Owen, Colonel, made chairman of the Common Council, ii, 299;
placed on commission for trial of Charles I, 302.

---- Thomas, mayor, particulars of, i, 511n.

Rowley, John, the City's agent in Ulster, ii, 32.

Rowton Heath, Charles I defeated at, ii, 222.

Royal Contract, ii, 104.

Royal Exchange, the, building of, i, 494-499;
insurance business carried on at, 499;
music and football played in, 501;
Royal arms removed from, ii, 330;
again set up in, 374;
statue of Queen Anne in, 611;
the firing of guns under piazza, forbidden, iii, 2.

"Royal George," the, sunk off Spithead, iii, 200.

Rump, the, expelled by Cromwell, ii, 337;
restored, 353;
ejected by Lambert, 356;
again restored, 362;
dissolved, 373.

Rupert, Prince, expected in London, ii, 172;
before Bristol, 184, 186.

Russell, Lord, i, 435.

---- Lord John, moves for repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, iii, 327.

---- Thomas, draper, his school at Barton-under-Needwood, co.
Stafford, i, 353, 354.

---- Sir William, stands for the City, ii, 599.

Rutland, Edward, Earl of, attainted, i, 296.

---- Roger, Earl of, committed to the Tower for complicity in the
Essex rebellion, i, 562.

Rye House Plot, the, discovery of, ii, 502;
Burton outlawed for being concerned in, 515;
Elizabeth Gaunt burnt for being concerned in, _id._

Ryswick, peace of, ii, 603.

Ryvers, Richard, Lord, i, 289.

Sacheverell, Dr., sermon preached by, ii, 631;
impeached, 633;
trial of, 634;
obtains the living of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 648.

Sackville, Lord George, afterwards Lord George Germaine, his conduct
at Minden as compared with that of Lord Effingham, iii, 161.

---- Sir Richard, i, 461.

Sadler, John, town clerk, removed, ii, 382.

St. Albans, the first battle of, i, 291;
the second, 304.

St. Bartholomew, priory and Hospital of, the priory suppressed, i, 398;
the master bound to keep the obit of the mayor and aldermen, 401;
re-established, 409;
the hospital vested in the City, 417;
governors of, appointed, 449.

St. Clare, abbey of, called the Minories, injured by fire, i, 402.

St. Dunstan, East, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

St. Ewen, or Ewin, destroyed at the reformation, i, 428.

St. Helen's without Bishopsgate, priory of, suppressed, i, 400;
the nun's chapel of, given to Sir Richard Williams, 401;
the refectory of, converted into hall of the Leathersellers, _id._

St. James, Garlickhithe, parish registers of, i, 403.

St. John, Henry. _See_ Bolingbroke.

St. Martin Orgar, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

St. Mary without Bishopsgate, priory and hospital of, suppressed, i, 398;
_See also_ Bethlehem.

St. Mary Bothaw, parish registers of, i, 403.

St. Mary le Bow, its roof blown off, i, 39.

St. Mary Woolnoth, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

St. Nicholas Shambles, church destroyed at the Reformation, i, 428.

St. Paul's, Church of, founded by Ethelbert, i, 9;
Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury buried in, 19;
Ethelred II buried in, 22;
a gemót held in, 28;
destroyed by fire (1087), 38;
meeting of the barons and citizens in, 63, 72;
Richard I returns thanks in, 68;
Edward I seizes £2,000 found in, 125;
a tablet set up by Earl of Lancaster in, 153;
the treasure in, carried off by the mob, 158;
Richard, Duke of York, swears allegiance to King Henry VI in, 288;
a general reconciliation solemnized in, 294;
the bodies of Warwick and Montagu killed at Barnet, exposed in, 315;
Henry VI lies in state in, 316;
the standards taken at Bosworth, deposited in, 326;
the Earl of Warwick exhibited as a prisoner in, 328;
marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon in, 336;
the corpse of Henry VII brought to, 341;
"children" of, 350;
solemn thanksgiving in, for pregnancy of Catherine of Aragon, 354;
Henry VIII and French Ambassadors at, on occasion of betrothal of
the Princess Mary with the Dauphin, 362;
the King and Queen of Denmark attend mass in, 371, 372;
_Te Deum_ celebrated in, for capture of French King at Pavia, 374;
Convocation at, presided over by Thomas Cromwell, 396;
solemn procession to, for health of Jane Seymour and infant prince,
396-397;
obit of Jane Seymour celebrated in, 397;
removal of images from, 427;
the charnel house in churchyard removed, _id._;
the cloister in Pardon churchyard destroyed, _id._;
Cranmer conducts service in, 431;
order against cattle being led through, 471;
the Lollards Tower at, a prison for heretics, 475;
restoration of, _temp._ Elizabeth, 492;
lease by the Dean and Chapter to the City, of the Manor of
Finsbury, 493;
the first public lottery drawn at west door of, 508;
thanksgiving service at, for defeat of Turkish fleet at Lepanto, 517;
the same for defeat of Armada, 543;
state visit of James I to, ii, 76;
riots in, 174;
thanksgiving service for victory over the Dutch, 345;
for peace of Ryswick, 606;
for victories of Marlborough, 614, 615, 616, 621, 624;
for peace of Utrecht, 647;
for peaceful accession of George I, iii, 3-4;
for suppression of Jacobite rebellion, 9;
soldiers quartered in, during Gordon riots, 192;
thanksgiving service for recovery of George III, 215;
the same for naval victories of Howe, Jervis and Duncan, 234;
Nelson's funeral in, 261;
thanksgiving service for the Jubilee of George III in, 272;
Queen Caroline attends service in, 319.

St. Paul's Cross, Dr. Shaw's sermon at, i, 320, 321;
collections for the poor made every Sunday at, 404;
recantation of Dr. Crome at, 414;
sermon of Bonner against the King's supremacy preached at, 438;
sermon preached by Hooper at, 439;
Dr. Bourne's sermon at, 458;
sermon by Bishop Gardiner's chaplain, at, 459;
sermon by Dyos at, inveighing against the City, 527.

St. Paul's school, foundation of, by Dean Colet, i, 350-352.

St. Peter, Cornhill, the advowson of church of, conveyed to the City,
i, 253.

St. Thomas of Acon, hospital of, suppressed, i, 398.

St. Thomas's hospital, suppressed, i, 398;
purchased by the City, 449, 450.

Salamanca, battle of, iii, 286.

Salomons, David, the first Jew admitted to municipal offices, iii,
346, 347;
founds a scholarship in City of London school, 347.

Salisbury, Richard, Earl of, enters the City with Richard, Duke of
York, i, 290;
defeats lord Audley at Blore Heath and crosses to Calais, 295, 296;
attainted, 296;
returns from Calais and marches to London, 298, 299.

---- William of, i, 84.

Sampson, David, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 80.

Sandwich, John, Earl of, otherwise "Jemmy Twitcher," produces
Wilkes's _Essay on Woman_ before parliament, iii, 77;
burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, 118.

---- Ralph de, warden of the City, i, 122.

Sauterie, Joan, wife of John, tried for speaking against the
sacrament, i, 415.

Sautre, William, burnt for heresy, i, 250.

Savile, Sir George, his Act in favour of Roman Catholics, iii, 179;
his house in Leicester fields sacked by Gordon rioters, 181.

Savoy, the, sacked by the mob, i, 218.

Sawbridge, Jacob, director of South Sea Company, expelled from
parliament, iii, 20.

---- John, alderman, iii, 20;
a member of the society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of
Rights," 87;
elected sheriff, 88;
_Junius_ urges his candidature for the mayoralty, 125;
Wilkes's opinion of, 126;
stands for the mayoralty, 127;
elected M.P. for the City, 145;
succeeds Wilkes in the mayoralty, 161;
supports Oliver's motion in the House _re_ war with America, _id._;
his refusal to back press warrants, 166;
loses his seat in parliament but recovers it, 192.

Sawyer, Sir Robert, attorney-general, his speech in proceedings under
writ of _Quo Warranto_, ii, 496, 497.

Say, James Fiennes, Lord, executed, i, 285.

Sayre, or Sayer, Stephen, elected sheriff, iii, 138;
committed to the Tower for a supposed conspiracy, 160, 161.

Scales, Thomas, Lord, leads the citizens against Cade, i, 285;
holds the Tower for King Henry VI, 300;
endeavours to take sanctuary at Westminster, seized and murdered, 302.

Scawen, Sir Thomas, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.

---- Sir William, subscribes to loan to prince Eugene, ii, 624.

Schools, founded by citizens of London, i, 349-354.

"Scot," definition of payment of, iii, 15, 26, 29.

Scotland, rebellion of under Wallace, i, 129;
renewal of war with, 140;
Edward III takes the field against the Scots, 161;
peace with, 163;
preparations for war with, 179;
England invaded by Scots, 372;
proposed union with England, ii, 8;
disorders in, 119;
Scottish commissioners in London, 135;
"friendly assistance" granted to the Scots, 140;
Scottish commissioners attend the Common Council, 228;
the union with, 625-626.

Scott, Sir John, ii, 640.

Scottish army, prepares to march southward, ii, 219, 222;
offer to withdraw on terms, 238;
news of a fresh army being raised, 274;
defeated at Dunbar, 328;
enters England, 338;
defeated at Worcester, 341.

Scrop, Geoffrey le, the king's sergeant pleader at the Iter of 1321,
i, 144.

Seberht, "sub-king" of London, i, 9;
founder of Westminster Abbey, _id._

Self-denying ordinance, the, ii, 214.

Semer, or Seymer, Thomas, opposition to his election as mayor, i,
359, 360;
M.P. for the City, 381.

Senlac, battle of. _See_ Hastings.

Serle, William, chamberlain to Richard II, execution of, i, 247.

Sevenoke, William, grocer, appointed commissioner to enquire into
cases of treason, &c., in the City, i, 269;
his grammar school, 353.

Seymour, Lord Henry, joins the fleet against the Spanish Armada, i, 538.

Shadworth, John, sheriff, i, 240;
committed to prison, 241, 242.

Shaftesbury, Earl of, one of the suggesters of the closing of the
Exchequer, ii, 444;
proceedings against, 468.

Shakespeare, John, stands for the mayoralty, iii, 132, 133.

"Shannon," the, defeats the "Chesapeake," iii, 286, 287.

Sharplisse, or Sharplys, Thomas, wins chief prize in Virginia
lottery, ii, 49.

Shaw, or Shaa, Sir Edmund, mayor, i, 320.

Shaw, Dr., his sermon at Paul's Cross, in favour of Gloucester, i, 320.

---- Henry, granted the right to bring water from Fogwell Pond, ii, 20.

Sheerness, a City loan for fortifying, ii, 437.

Shelburne, Lord, letter from the City to, touching the Wiltshire
Committee of Association, iii, 176, 177;
his reply, 177;
appointed secretary of state under Rockingham, 197;
instructs the lord mayor to place the City Militia on a proper
footing, 199;
gives place to a coalition ministry, 204.

Shelley, William, Recorder of London, elected M.P. for the City, i, 370.

Shepheard, Samuel, M.P. for the City, ii, 622n.

Ship Money, demand for, ii, 111-115, 117, 125.

Shore, Jane, mistress of Edward IV, i, 321.

Shorter, Sir John, attends the presentation of an address to Charles
II, ii, 475;
nominated for the mayoralty, 476;
appointed mayor by James II, 523.

Shrewsbury, Charles, Earl of, signs the invitation to the Prince of
Orange, ii, 529.

---- Francis, Earl of, joins the lords against Somerset, i, 437.

---- George, Earl of, i, 380.

Shute, Samuel, as sheriff, empanels a jury favourable to Shaftesbury,
ii, 468;
elected sheriff, 473;
committed to the Tower, 480;
called to account for his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 487;
fined, 493.

Sidney, Sir Philip, his death, i, 532;.

---- Sir William, the Great Beam conveyed to him by Henry VIII, i, 387.

Simnel, Lambert, insurrection of, i, 328.

Six Acts, the, iii, 310.

Six Articles, the, i, 415, 422.

Skinners of London, contribute to a gift of £500 to the King, i, 201;
return of rental of, 252;
the Solemn Engagement signed at the hall of, ii, 252.

Skippon, Philip, in command of the City forces, ii, 161;
attempts to win the garrison of the Tower, 162;
refuses to obey the king's orders to go to York, 166;
ordered to view the City for the purpose of defence, 171;
appointed Sergeant-major-general under Essex, 176;
makes terms with the royalist army, 211;
wounded at Naseby, 219;
City petition to parliament that he might be placed in command of
City forces, 276;
the protection of parliament confided to, 278;
City opposes secret enlistments by, 287-288;
appointed member of Council of State, 303;
invited to dinner by the City, 328;
member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.

Slaney, Sir Stephen, mayor, i, 555.

Slave Trade, the City's efforts to abolish, iii., 212-213, 288-290.

Slingsby, Captain, his account of King Charles's visit to the
Guildhall to demand the arrest of the Five Members, ii, 157.

Sluys, battle of, i, 186.

Smith, Benjamin, a letter addressed to, miscarries, iii, 121.

---- Sir Clement, i, 424.

---- Sir Sidney, a sword of honour voted to, for raising the siege of
Acre, iii, 238-239;
the thanks of the City voted to, 248.

---- Thomas, sheriff, deprived of his office for complicity in the
Essex rebellion, i, 562.

---- Sir Thomas, actively engages in promoting colony of Virginia,
ii, 51, 54, 55.

Smithes, George, alderman, sent to view the Ulster plantation, ii, 42.

Smithfield, confirmation by Edward IV of City's right to tolls at, i,
308.

Smyth, Richard, carpenter, convicted of perjury, i, 343.

Soame, Sir Thomas, ii, 155, 237;
committed to prison by Charles I, 123;
released, 125;
a candidate for the mayoralty, 130;
deprived of his aldermanry, for not attending proclamation of
Commonwealth, 311, 312;
restored, 383.

Solemn Engagement of the City, signed, ii, 252.

Solemn League and Covenant, the, ii, 202.

Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, Count of Mortain, Duke of, raises the
siege of Calais, i, 280;
his rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, 286;
arrested, _id._;
released and appointed captain of Calais, 287;
killed at St. Albans, 291.

---- Edward, Duke of, appointed Protector, i, 420;
his fall, 433-437;
committed to the Tower, 438;
liberated, 440;
again arrested, 447;
his trial and execution, 447-449;
his widow released from the Tower by Queen Mary, 457.

---- Henry, Duke of, refused admission into the City, i, 294.

---- Robert Carr, Earl of, marriage of, ii, 61.

Somerset House, built, i, 427.

Southampton, Henry, Earl of, committed to the Tower for complicity in
the Essex rebellion, i, 562.

South Sea Bubble, the, iii, 17-24.

Southwark, William I sets fire to, i, 32;
charter of Edward IV confirming the City's jurisdiction over, 308;
the City's difficulty in exercising its rights over, 441;
the king's rights in, granted to the City by Edward VI, 442;
the establishment of the ward of Bridge Without, 443-445;
the borough desires incorporation with the City, ii, 324-326;
prays the king to dissolve Parliament, 466.

Spa Fields, the lord mayor's account of the riot in, iii, 299-305.

Spain, Spanish vessels seized, i, 508;
treasure melted down and goods sold, 512, 514;
City courts closed to Spanish suitors, 513;
claims between England and Spain referred to arbitration, 514;
another breach with, 528;
the defeat of the Armada, 534-543;
search in the City for Spanish emissaries, 549, 550;
ships furnished by the City, against, 552;
the Spanish ambassador insulted, ii, 79;
the City's opposition to the Spanish convention, iii, 41, 42;
war declared with, 43;
the mayor objects to taking part in the proclamation of the war, _id._;
the secret clause in the Family Compact, 67;
war declared against, 72;
joins France and America against England, 174;
seeks the assistance of England against Napoleon, 268;
supported by the City of London, _id._

Spencer, Sir John, mayor, committed to the Fleet, i, 553;
his daughter married to Lord Compton, _id._;
his "doggednes," 554;
refuses to pay his quota towards Irish Estate, ii, 39.

Springham, Matthias, merchant-taylor, sent commissioner to Ireland,
ii, 42, 64.

Spurs, battle of, i, 347.

Stable, Adam, mayor, removed, i, 211.

Stafford, Thomas, seizes the castle of Scarborough, i, 477.

---- William, Lord, execution of, ii, 462.

Stamp Act, enforcing stamped receipts for money, iii, 204.

---- ---- Grenville's, iii, 142.

Stampe, Thomas, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 547.

"Standard wheaten bread" its use encouraged in time of scarcity, iii,
225.

Stanhope, Charles, implicated in the South Sea Company, iii, 21.

Stanier, Sir Samuel, mayor, unsuccessfully contests the City, ii, 628;
candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640;
letter from Queen Anne to, 648.

Staples, the, established in England, i, 171;
the City opposed to removal of, to the continent, 174;
temporarily abolished, 177.

Stapleton, Walter, Bishop of Exeter and king's treasurer, new weights
and measures issued by, i, 146, 147;
murdered, 156-157.

Staundon, William, appointed _locum tenens_ during absence of mayor,
i, 241.

Steele, William, recorder, appointment of, ii, 316;
proposal to send him to Ireland, 348.

---- William, his opinion touching aldermanic veto, 454, 455.

Steelyard, the, merchants of, i, 22, 23;
closed by order of Queen Elizabeth, 565.

Stephen, elected king by the City of London, i, 44, 45;
his coronation, 46;
made prisoner at Lincoln, 47;
released, 52;
crowned a second time, _id._;
makes peace with Henry, 54.

Stewart, Sir William, mayor, iii, 25.

Stillingfleet, Dr., preaches in the Guildhall chapel, ii, 525.

Stocker, William, mayor, dies of the sweating sickness, i, 327.

Stokker, John, Common Hunt, i, 332.

Stokton, Henry, fishmonger, convicted of perjury, i, 343.

---- John, mayor, his cautious policy, i, 313;
knighted, 316.

Stormont, Lord, secretary of state, urges the mayor to preserve the
peace in the City during Gordon riots, iii, 180, 181-182;
orders the guards in the Tower to assist the mayor, 182, 183.

Stow-on-the-wold, defeat of the royalists at, ii, 233.