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 byMagna 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 ofQuo 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 onQuo 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 fromLondon 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 alsoMilitia 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.SeeBecket.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.