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VOL. I.

A.

ADDLE-STREET, anciently Athelstan, Adelstan, or King Addie-

street, and formerly the residence of king Athelstan; p. 47.
Adelphi buildings, their erection; 599; bill passed in parliament for the
purpose deemed an invasion of the property of the city; ibid.
Alfred, his regular government of the kingdom; 45, n. divides it into
counties, hundreds, and tythings; and the city into wards and pre
cincts, over which he places officers analogous to our aldermen and
common council men; ibid;-builds men of war, improves mercantile
shipping, and encourages the use of stone and brick in the erection of
houses; ibid.

Apprentices, ancient instructions contained in their indentures; 118, n.
their extravagant and improper mode of attire, produces an act of com-
mon council restraining the same; 149.

Arts and sciences, in the reign of Henry VIII. begin to flourish; 113;
are fostered and encouraged by Cardinal Wolsey; 115.

Royal academy of, its institution; 583.

B.

Bakers, laws enforced against their mal-practices, in the reign of Ed-
ward I.; 3.

company of, supposed to be one of the most ancient guilds; 88.
Balmerino, Lord, full account of his execution for high treason in 1746; 401.
Bank of England, its establishment; 312.

Bartholomew fair, first mention of it; 168;-is suspended, with other
fairs, to prevent the extension of the plague; ibid.
Bartholomew, St. priory of, founded, A.D. 1102; 59.
Bible, the first English translation of it; 122.

Billingsgate market, its establishment; 314.

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Blackfriars bridge, act passed for its erection; 438;-estimate of the ex-
pence, and other particulars; 443;-the first stone laid: description of
the ceremony attending it; 456.

Boadicea, the British heroine, account of, 31;-confederates with the Tri-
nobantes, defeats the Romans, and sets fire to the metropolis; ibid.
Bow bridge, its erection; 61.

Bow church, the curious construction of its steeple, the top of which, before
the great fire of London, supported a lantern, intended as a direction for
travellers, and for the market people that came from the northern parts
to London; 21.

Bridge, the first mention of one; 51, n.

British museum, its establishment; 428.

Buildings, in the time of the Romans, descriptions of them; 12;-the
use of chimnies introduced, and also of tiles and slates; ibid;-their
windows, furnished with lattices of wood, or sheets of linen; ibid.—
State of the buildings in the metropolis in the reign of Charles I. with
Sir William Davenant's whimsical description of them; 178.
Butchers, their small number in London in the beginning of the sixteenth
century; 119;-consumption of meat at that period; ibid; and its
price; 120.-Butchers refuse to pay the toll hitherto exacted of them;
433;-farmers of the toll commence an action against them, and are
nonsuited; 437.-Number of cattle killed, in 1767, for the use of the
metropolis; 570.

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C.

Cabal, its singular derivation, from the names of the persons whose initials
combined form the word; 274.

Canterbury, styled the metropolis of England, in the time of the Saxons;
43;-plundered and burnt by the Danes; 144;-and rebuilt by king
Alfred; ibid.

Canute, his invasion of Britain, 50; is crowned at Southampton; ibid;
his tyrannic disposition; relaxes in favour of the English; ibid;-be-
comes a powerful, spirited, and wise king; 52;-his death; 53.
Cardinal Wolsey, fosters and improves the arts and sciences; 115; is op-
posed in his exactions on the citizens; 116.

Caxton, William, citizen and mercer, introduces the art of printing; 104;
-some account of him; ibid; title of the first book printed; ibid, n.
Charing cross, formerly a village lying between the cities of London and
Westminster; 78.

Charter-house, formerly a Carthusian monastery; 30.

Cheap living, extraordinary instance of, in the year 1306; 75, n.-value
of commodities at that time; ibid.

Chess, a treatise on, the first book printed in England; 104, n.
Christ's hospital, its erection and endowment; 132.

City feast, a grand one given by a citizen of London to Edward III. and
three other kings; 80;-first one given at Guildhall; 111;—a great
entertainment given by some gentlemen of the law, on assuming the
dignity of the serjeant's coif; 119;-the expences attending it; 120;-
act of the common council to check the immoderate luxury of the civic
table; 134.-Great entertainment given by the benchers of the inns of
court to Charles I. and the royal family; 178;-immense expence
thereof; ibid.-The Lord Mayor gives another, equal to the former;
ibid.-Lord mayor and aldermen entertain the great duke of Marlbo-
rough, and several of the nobility, after the battle of Ramillies; 318.-
Grand dinner given to George I. the royal family, and many of the
nobility, on Lord Mayor's day, on which occasion the chief magistrate
was created a baronet; 333.-Sumptuous entertainment given by the
lord mayor to their present majesties soon after their coronation, and to
the royal family and principal nobility; 507;-report of the committee
appointed to provide that entertainment; 510.-Lord mayor and court
of common council invite the king of Denmark (then on a visit at St.
James's) to an entertainment at the Mansion house; 579;-particulars
of the royal procession to the city by water, &c. &c. 580 to 582.
City magistrates, present mode of eleeting them established; 104;—ex-
tent of their jurisdiction in 1526; 117.

Coals, when first used; 74;-regular measures for established; 217 ;—
further regulations respecting them; 326.

Cock lane ghost, full account of that deception, means employed to effect
it, and the trial and punishment of the contrivers; 515.
Colchester, its ancient name, and founder; 10.

Coinage, the first sterling; 67.

Combination amongst journeymen and labourers, first act passed on that
subject; 124;further proceedings against combinations; 337.
Compton, Dr., bishop of London, his honourable appellation, and noble
and spirited character; 275, n.-is suspended from the functions and
exercise of his episcopal office; 277.

Conduits, list of, and when erected, 70, n.

Coram, Mr. Thomas, brief memoirs of him; 384, n.-his benevolent ex-
ertions to establish a Foundling hospital in or near the metropolis; 385;
-draws up a memorial to his majesty in its favour; form of that instru-

ment;

ment; ibid; and names of the nobility annexed to it; 386.-The king
grants a charter for its establishment; 387.

Coronation ceremony, the first recorded to have been performed in the
metropolis; 50.-Full account of the coronation of his majesty, George
III. and his consort; 467;-oath administered to the king; 478;—
ceremony of the anointing; 479;-of the investing; 482;-the crown-
ing; 483;-and inthroning and homage, 486.-Description of the
anointing, crowning, and inthroning of the queen; 487.
Court of conscience, its establishment; 114.

Covent Garden first built; 181.

D.

Danegelt, description of the nature, quantity, and assessment of that tax;
48; is repealed by Henry II. ibid. (vide p. 192, n.)

Danes, after pillaging various quarters of the kingdom, plunder and burn
the cities of London and Canterbury; 44.-Defeated, and expelled
the kingdom by Alfred, who rebuilds the desolated cities; ibid.-Again
invade England in the reign of Ethelred II. and plunder the country;
48;-and again under Swein, their king, and Olave, king of Norway;
ibid;-are bought off by Ethelred, who imposes a tax called Danegelt;
ibid;-description of the tax; ibid, n.

Davenant, Sir William, his whimsical and ludicrous, but faithful descrip-
tion of London in the reign of Charles I.; 178; complains of the close-
ness and crookedness of the streets; the inequality in the height and
breadth of the houses; suggests the idea, that the garrets of houses
meeting at the top must have been designed "through abundance of
amity, that opposite neighbours might shake hands without stirring from
home;" 179. Complains of the citizens' black bread, thick drink, and
unwashed glasses; of the narrow beds and their scanty furniture; 180;
-compares the coaches to sedans hung on wheels; and compliments
the carts on the dignity of their appearance; 181.

Derwentwater, Charles Ratcliffe, earl of, his execution in 1746, on Tower
Hill, for joining the Pretender in 1715; 406.

Diana, temple of, (the residence of Fair Rosamond) description of, 26.
Dress, the extravagance of, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, induces her
to issue a proclamation restraining its excess; 147;-further order on
the same subject; 165.-Improper mode of attire of the city appren-
tices produces an act of common council restraining the same; 149.-
Humourous description of the dress of the Londoners in 1646; 186.
Duties paid to Henry III. by the citizens of London, a curious docu-
ment; 71.

E.

Edward the Black Prince, his public entry into London, with his French
prisoners, description of; 79.

Elizabeth, queen of England, commencement of her glorious reign; 140;
-turns her attention to commerce; 141;-restrains the dress of the
citizens of London, now become extravagant and luxurious; 147.—
Great number of foreigners at her court in 1580; 152;-receives many
proofs of the loyalty and liberality of her good city of London; ibid.-
Her death and character; 153.-Number of dresses found after her
decease; 154.-Her fondness of adulation and compliments to her
beauty, to which she had no pretensions; ibid.-Singular mode of re-
ceiving Sir John Aston, in his different missions to her court, with her
motives for so doing; ibid.-List of her household expences; 155,—

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Proclamation issued by her to restrain the building of new houses in the
metropolis; 157.
England, after its invasion by the Romans, is made the theatre of their
improvements, 2; becomes a prey to the Picts and Scots; 15; and
afterwards to the Saxons, 16; its metropolis compared with Rome; 38;
the preference claimed by the former, 41;-is converted to christianity
by Pope Gregory the Great; 42;-is invaded by the Danes in 852,
and plundered in various quarters; 44; but restored to tranquillity by
the great Alfred; ibid.-Ágain invaded by the Danes, 45; who are
forced to decamp with much loss, 46. The Danes return, and meeting
with success, impose the tax called Danegelt; its description; 48.~~~
England is deserted by Ethelred II. who retires to Normandy, leaving
the kingdom in possession of the Danes; 50. After various struggles
with the brave Edmund Ironside, Canute, the Dane, is crowned king
of England, 50; who reconciles the people to his government by his
justice and impartiality; 51;—his death; 53.-Recapitulation of events
p to the Norman conquest; 54. After a few embecile reigns, Eng-
land is subjugated by William, duke of Normandy; 56;-increases in
wealth and prosperity under Henry I., in whose reign many hospitals
and religious houses are built; 59; in the following reign is much dis-
tressed by a turbulent and unsettled government; 62;-but recovers
her prosperity under Henry II. ibid. Richard I. enacts many laws for
the good of the country; 63;-its blood and treasure wantonly wasted
by king John, who on many occasions oppresses his subjects; 66.-The
great charter, called Magna Charta, granted to the kingdom; ibid.-
Value of commodities at this time, and extravagant manner of living;
67;—an instance of the latter; and of the early hours of refreshment
and repose; ibid, n.-Henry III. his reign an era of monastic struc-
tures; 68;-their names recited; ibid. The reign of this prince an
ignominious one: that of his son, Edward I. the most heroic and tri-
umphant; 71;-a comparison between them; ibid. The laws of the
latter against forestalling and regrating; 73;—his charter to foreign
merchants; ibid.-Edward the Black Prince returns from France; de-
scription of his public entry into the metropolis; 79.-England is in-
vaded by a French army of 20,000 men; 79; their expulsion by the
English, who invade their country; ibid.-The plague devastates the
kingdom; proclamations issued by Edward III. on that occasion; ibid;
-his death and character; 81.-Richard II. is deposed; consequent
horrors arising therefrom; 89.-Henry, duke of Lancaster ascends the
throne; 90; the kingdom increases in prosperity, notwithstanding the
sanguinary severity of the clergy; ibid.-Henry the Fifth's reign an
æra of happiness; 92.-The country much disturbed during the pro-
tectorate of the regent Bedford, in the infancy of Henry VI. 93.
-The duchess of Gloucester accused of witchcraft, condemned to
penance, and imprisoned for life; 96;-the persecution and death of
her husband, the good duke Humphrey; 97.-The mal-administra-
tion of the queen (Margaret of Anjou) excites insurrection, which is
headed by John Cade, of celebrated memory; 98.-Sir Humphrey
Stafford and his followers fall into the hands of the insurgents, and are
put to the sword; 99.-A pardon is offered to the rebels, who, in conse-
quence, desert John Cade; 100;-his apprehension and execution;
ibid. The embecile reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV. 104.-The
nation groans under the tyranny of Richard, duke of Gloucester (after-
wards Richard III.) 106.-Death of Richard in Bosworth field, and
coronation of Henry VII. ibid.-Henry's extortions on the citizens of
London; 107, n.-Perverts the ends of justice, and occasions a revolti
108-Treaty of peace and commerce between England and Flanders,

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singular form thereof; ibid.-Instances of tyranny and oppression; 111.
-Henry the Eighth's reign impetuous, extravagant, and thoughtless;
112.-The arts and sciences now begin to be cultivated; 113.—
Wretched state of surgery and medicine at the commencement of this
reign, ibid. n.-Ludicrous description of the surgeons who attended the
armies, in their campaigns with the king; ibid.-The king dissolves
the monasteries, siezes their revenues, goods, and chattels, and turns the
priests and their miracles into derision; 120;-his death, after a boiste-
rous reign of nearly thirty-eight years; 121; cursory review of his go-
vernment; 122.-The reign of Edward VI. productive of salutary
statutes; 124.-The lord protector Somerset assumes the reins of go-
vernment; 126;-beheads his brother, the duke of Northumberland,
by the intrigues of, whose party he is himself brought to the block;127.—
Death of the young king Edward; 132;-his short and auspicious
reign; ibid.-Mary L. her vindictive and implacable government; 139;-
loses Calais, (which surrenders after a siege of eight days) sinks into
despondency, and, after a short and execrable domination, dies; ibid.
-The glorious reign of Elizabeth commences; 140;-she turns her
attention to the promotion of commerce; 141.-Enumeration of fo-
reigners at her court in 1580; 147;-makes great demands on the
citizens of London; 152. Her death and character; 153.-The
reign of James I. an era of patriotism and public spirit; 170;-trade
and commerce flourish, and every species of domestic convenience and
national advantage liberally promoted; 171.-The death of James;
his character; 173.-Charles I. commences his unhappy reign; ibid;
-is proclaimed king in the open air in the midst of heavy reign; 174.
-Unfavourable state of the kingdom at this period; ibid.--Whimsical
description of the metropolis at the same time; 178.-The arbitrary
measures of the court and resistance of the House of Commons involve
the country into a civil war; 182.-City of London takes the side of
the parliament; ibid;-builds a wall round the city, strengthened by
bastions and outworks, and waits the approach of the king's army;
183. The deluded Charles resorts to measures distressing to the citi-
zens, and increases their hatred and resistance; 184.-The city forces
take the field, and repel the royalists; 185.-Unhappy termination of
this reign; 187.—Character of Oliver Cromwell; 189.-Restoration of
Charles II. to the government; ibid.-Long charter to the metropolis,
with the extensive privileges confirmed thereby; 191.-Great fire of
London takes place; 222, (see London).-The king siezes on the city
charters, 269-and of those of the different corporations throughout
the kingdom; 273.-Lord Russell, Algernon Sydney, and other great
men unjustly tried, sentenced, and executed; 274.-Charles II. termi-
nates his reign by many actsof tyranny; 274.-The sanguinary James II.
ascends the throne, and, through fear, restores the charter to the
city of London; 275. His persecution of the bishops; 276;-and also
of one of the city magistrates, the latter of whom he condemns to be
hanged, drawn, and quartered; 277, 278.-The effects of these arbi-
trary proceedings, and the opposition produced by them in the clergy;
278. Bloody anecdote of one of James's instruments of tyranny and
oppression; 279.-Instances of the king's injustice and thirst of blood;
280. He suspends the penal laws against popery, and insults the ini-
nisters of the established church; ibid.The bishops petition the king,
and are dismissed from his presence; 281; they are arrested, and com-
mitted to the Tower; 282; their upright and dignified conduct on the
occasion, with its effects on the populace; ibid;-they are tried and
acquitted, to the great joy of the kingdom; ibid.-Harrassed by his
his tyranny, the nation seeks a protector in the prince of Orange; 283.

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