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, appointedlocum tenensduring 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.Strafford, Thomas, Earl of, his attitude towards the City, ii, 132;ordered into custody, 133;trial and execution of, 137.Stratford, the bakers of, i, 379, 414.---- John de, Bishop of Winchester, made free of the City, i, 158;instigates the citizens to join the Earl of Lancaster in revolt, 164."Straw," Jack, rebellion under leadership of, i, 219;his confession, 220;his death, 221.Strode, William, one of the Five Members, ii, 155.Stuart, Arabella, the Bye Plot in favour of, ii, 7.Succession, Act of, passed i, 389;proceedings against those refusing to subscribe to, 390.Suckley, Henry, committed to the Tower for obstructing the sergeant-at-mace, i, 406-407.Sudbury, Simon de, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded on Tower Hill, i, 219.Suetonius, the Roman general, leaves London to its fate, i, 4.Suffolk, Charles, Duke of, attends lord mayor's banquet, i, 380;his mansion known as Southwark Place, 439, 442.---- Michael, Earl of, sent by Richard II to the City to ask for support, i, 233;charged with treason, 234.---- William, Earl of, effects a truce with France, i, 281;murdered, 282.Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, dismissed from office, ii, 637;resigns, iii,21.Supremacy, Act of, i, 392;Elizabethan Act of, 486.Swanlonde, Simon de, mayor, summoned to attend the king at Woodstock, i, 178.Sweyn, attacks London, i, 19;his death,id.Swinnerton, John, alderman, i, 399, 400;mayor, ii, 59, 60, 66.Sword-blade Company, the, iii,20,21.Symond, John, recorder, i, 274.Sympson, William, fuller, convicted of perjury, i, 343.Taillour, Philip le, elected sheriff, i, 104;candidate for the mayoralty, 105.Talliage, the citizens of London resist exaction of, i, 139.Taunton co. Somerset, the parliamentary army at, ii, 216, 217.Taxation, of parishes, i, 203.Tayllour, William, alderman, imprisoned, i, 295;mayor, entrusted with the custody of jewels pledged by the Earl of Warwick, 310, 311.Taylor, Richard, punished for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.Temple, Earl, withdraws from the ministry, iii,67;visits Wilkes in the Tower,74.Temple, the, treasure lying at, seized for the king, i, 94;affray between citizens and Templars, 295;the lord mayor's claim of jurisdiction within, ii, 440-443.Test Act, passed, ii, 446;a new, 458;attempt to obtain repeal of, frustrated by Walpole, iii,34,35;repeal of, 326-327.Tewkesbury, battle of, i, 314.Thames, the, its sweet water, i, 1;wears to be removed from, 71;precautions taken for guarding, against foreign invasion, 182, 183;a bridge proposed at Gravesend, as a defence against Spanish fleet, 560.Theobalds co. Herts, mansion house of Sir Robert Cecil, ii, 2, 3, 23.Thirty Years War, the, beginning of, ii, 73.Thompson, Sir Samuel, sheriff, ii, 530.---- William, alderman, M.P. for the City, ii, 392.Throckmorton, Nicholas, trial of, at Guildhall, i, 468.Tichborne, Robert, alderman, explains to Parliament proceedings of Common Council (13 Jan. 1649) ii, 300;placed on commission for trial of Charles I, 302;despatched to the fleet with money for relief of seamen wounded in Dutch war, 345;member of Cromwell's house of lords, 350.Tilbury, camp formed at, i, 535, 545.Tillyngton, Roger, skinner, i, 264.Tithes, disputes touching, i, 383-386.Toleration, petition against, ii, 227.Tomkins, Thomas, burnt, i, 474.Tomson, Richard, his account of the Armada, i, 537, 539-540.Tonge, Dr., rector of St. Michael, Wood Street, spreads report of a Popish plot, ii, 457.Tonnage and Poundage, the king's claim to, ii, 108.Tothill Fields, muster of City archers in, i, 191.Tory, origin of the name of, ii, 460.Tournay, siege of, by Edward III, i, 187;captured by Henry VIII, 347;reduced by Marlborough, ii, 630.Tower, the, strengthened by William II, i, 39;the Iter of 1285 at, 120-122;the Iter of 1321 at, 143-148;the Iter of 1341 at, 187-188;held by Lord Scales and others for King Henry VI, 300, 301;surrendered to the Yorkists, 302;lost to Edward IV, 312;the young Princes lodged in, 320.Townshend, Charles, secretary of state, thanks the lord mayor for stopping the spread of seditious literature, iii,3;informs the lord mayor of Jacobite conspiracies,6,24;the Freedom of the City voted to,79.---- James, a member of the Society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of Rights," iii,87;elected sheriff,88;applies at court to know the king's pleasure touching receiving a remonstrance,94-96;his speech to the king,96,97;stands for the mayoralty,127;elected mayor,132.Tradesmen, Corporation of, ii, 117.Trafalgar, battle of, iii,260.Trained Bands, their formation, ii, 64-67;called out, 120, 153;placed under command of Skippon, 161;review of, in Finsbury Fields, 166;twelve companies of, prepared to join Parliamentary Army, 173;their conduct at Edge-Hill, 175;at Newbury, 195;assist in recovery of Reading, 196;disaffection among the, 197, 206-207;sent to assist Waller in preventing the king's return to Oxford, 211;ineffectual attempt to call out the, 246, 247;the officers of, petition Parliament for a personal treaty with the king, 283;their want of discipline, 296;a muster of, in Finsbury Fields, 340, 341;new officers of, nominated, 361, 364;review of, in Hyde Park, 569;See alsoLondon, City Forces, and Militia.Treasonable Engagement, the, ii, 345, 346.Treby, Sir George, recorder, his speech in proceedings under writ ofQuo Warranto, ii, 495;removed by Charles I, 504;restored, 531;welcomes the Prince of Orange, 537;lays before the Common Council letters seized on board a ship at Liverpool, 550, 551;made chief justice, ii, 570;intercedes for the officer who had allowed an insult to be offered to Alderman Ward, iii,17.Trecothick, Barlow, succeeds Beckford in the mayoralty, iii,106;offends Wilkes by backing press warrants,id.Tressilian, Chief Justice, charged with treason, i, 234;hanged, 238.Tresswell, Robert, painter-stainer, ii, 32.Trevillian, John, i, 283.Trevor, Sir John, Speaker, accused of, corrupt practices, and expelled the House, ii, 589-591.Tromp, Admiral, defeated off Portland, ii, 344.Troyes, treaty of, i, 265."Trumpington" Conspiracy, the, i, 247.Trussel, Sir William, in command of City ships of war, i, 183.Tulse, Sir Henry, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 490;appointed mayor by Charles II, 504.Tunstal, Cuthbert, Bishop of London, i, 372, 380.Turin, the siege of, ii, 624.Turk, Andrew, i, 195.Turke, Richard, sheriff, i, 439.Turner, Samuel, mayor, iii,86;hesitates to accede to petition for summoning a Common Hall,88.---- Sir William, mayor, insulted in the Temple, ii, 440;his election as sheriff, 470;ordered to attend every evening at Whitehall during last illness of Charles II, 505;M.P. for the City, 554.Turnham Green, City forces despatched to join Essex at, ii, 176.Twistleton, Colonel, iii,186,187,188.Twyford, Nicholas, opposes Brembre for the mayoralty, i, 227;elected mayor, 239.Tyburn, City's water supply from, ii, 24.Tyler, Wat, the peasant revolt under, i, 218;killed by Walworth, 219.Tyrconnel, Rory O'Donnel, Earl of, flight of, ii, 28.---- Richard Talbot, Earl of, appointed lord deputy in Ireland, ii, 516.Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 559;defeated by Mountjoy, 563;flight of, ii, 28.Ulster, plantation of.SeeIrish Estate.Uniformity, enforced by Henry VIII, i, 415;Elizabethan Act of, 486, 503;Act of (1662), ii, 400.Union, Act of, iii,240-241.Urling, Simon, recorder, knighted, iii,50.Urswyk, Thomas, recorder, i, 298;opens the City's gates to Edward IV, 313;gallantly fights against the Kentish rebels, 316;made a baron of the exchequer, 317.Ushant, naval combat off, iii,172.Usk or Husk, Thomas, brings charges against Northampton, i, 226;appointed under-sheriff, 232;executed, 238.Utrecht, peace of, ii, 647.Uvedale, Sir William, commissioned to receive City subscriptions, ii, 137.Uxbridge, treaty of, ii, 213;the Parliamentary army moves to, 249.Vane, Sir Henry, ii, 126, 200, 270.Vanner, Henry, sheriff, return made by, with a view of enforcing knighthood, i, 240;committed to prison, 241, 242.Vassall, Samuel, M.P. for the City, ii, 237.Venables, William, mayor, vote of thanks to, for his services during a commercial crisis, iii,325.Venn, John, M.P. for the City, ii, 150, 155, 184, 311.Venner's plot, ii, 387, 396.Venour, William, grocer, a candidate for the mayoralty, i, 239.Vere, John de, earl of, i, 380.Vernon, Admiral, captures Porto Bello, iii,44;presented with the freedom of the City,id.---- Sir Thomas, M.P. for the City, ii, 554;again stands for the City, 599.Vesci, Eustace de, insulted by King John, i, 77.Villars, Marshal, at Malplaquet, ii, 630.Villiers, Christopher, ii, 73.Vintners of London, the, royal banquet to five kings in hall of, i, 200n.;contribute to a gift of £500 to Edward III, 201;the Duke of Marlborough entertained in hall of, ii, 623;meetings of the livery in hall of, iii,45,46.Virginia Company, the, formation of, ii, 46-56;subscriptions of livery companies to, 47;a new charter granted to, 48;re-constructed, 49;lotteries in aid of, 49-52;vagrant children supplied to, 52;disagreement with the City, 54.Vyner, Sir Robert, commissioned to provide new regalia for coronation of Charles II, ii, 390;borrows the City's plate for the coronation of James II, 508.---- Thomas, mayor, commissioned to supply plate for the Protector, ii, 347;knighted by Cromwell, 348.Wade, General, endeavours to intercept the young Pretender, iii,52.Waithman, Robert, elected M.P. for the City, iii,309;creates a disturbance in Common Hall,311;a supporter of Queen Caroline,318,319;assaulted at Knightsbridge during his shrievalty,323.Wake, Thomas, Lord, incites the citizens to join the Earl of Lancaster in revolt, i, 164.Wakefield, battle of, i, 304.Walcheren Expedition, the, iii,271;enquiry demanded by the City,272.Waldene, William, appointed commissioner to enquire into cases of treason, etc., in the City, i, 269.Wale, William, alderman, ii, 370.Wales, rebellion in, ii, 277.Waleys, or Galeys, Henry le, mayor, i, 108;goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, 116;sent to the king with a gift of money, 118;M.P. for the City,id.;re-elected mayor, 129;builds the nave of the Grey Friar's church, 402.Walker, Rev. George, his stout defence of Londonderry, ii, 550.Wallace, William, rising of the Scots under, i, 129;carried prisoner to London, 130;tried and executed,id.Waller, Edmund, his plot, ii, 187.---- Sir William, appointed to command of City forces, ii, 191;his jealousy of Essex,id.;horse to be raised in the City for, 193;his success at Cheriton, 199;endeavours to prevent Charles returning to Oxford, 211;resigns, 215;arrested, 295.Walpole, Horace, his indignation at the Common Council presuming to speak on behalf of the City, iii,71n;his account of Townshend's election as mayor,132-133,134;his opinion as to the cause of the City's agitation over the Quebec Bill,143.---- Sir Robert, married to Sir John Shorter's grand-daughter, ii, 524;measures taken against directors of South Sea Company at instigation of, iii,24;his influence with Queen Caroline, 34;tricks the Dissenters, 34-35;the City's opposition to his Excise Bill, 35-38;mobbed, 37;reluctantly declares war with Spain, 43;resigns, 48.Walsingham, Sir Francis, secretary of state, i, 532, 535;urged to send ammunition to the fleet engaged with the Armada, 537.Walter, Herbert, justiciar, orders the arrest of Longbeard, i, 71.Walton, Colonel, ii, 360, 363.Walworth, William, contributes to a loan to the king, i, 202;carries a letter from the City to the king, 206;appointed joint-treasurer of Parliamentary grant, 214;displaced, 215;favours the Duke of Lancaster,id.;subscribes to fund for winning back the nobility to the City, 217;kills Wat Tyler, 219;knighted, 220.Walwyn, Humphry, grocer, his school at Colwall, co. Hereford, i, 353.Warbeck or Warboys, Perkin, conspiracy of, i, 331-333;hanged at Tyburn, 334.Ward, John, M.P. for the City, ii, 628; iii,4;his coach stopped by soldiers on their way through the City,16.---- Sir Patience, mayor, ii, 419;presents addresses to Charles II for a parliament, 475;receives the thanks of the City,id.;convicted of perjury, 493;M.P. for the City, 538;again stands for the City but is unsuccessful, 553.---- Thomas, his poem touching the origin of the Fire of London, ii, 419.Warde, John, elected mayor, i, 327.Wardle, Colonel, M.P. for Okehampton, charges the Duke of York with scandalous conduct, iii,270;the Freedom of the City voted to,id.Wardmotes, Act of Common Council for regulating elections at (1692), ii, 566.Wark Castle, attacked by Scots, i, 372.Warne, John, burnt, i, 474.Warner, John, alderman, sent commissioner to the parliamentary army, ii, 248;elected mayor, 267.Warren, Sir Ralph, i, 395, 438.Warwick, Ambrose, Earl of, commander of the garrison at Havre,temp.Elizabeth, i, 491.---- Edward, Earl of, committed to the Tower, i, 328;impersonated by Lambert Simnel,id.;charged with a conspiracy to seize the Tower, 333;executed on Tower Hill, 334.---- Guy, Earl of, i, 137.---- John, Earl of.SeeNorthumberland, Duke of.---- Richard, Earl of, enters the City with Richard, Duke of York, i, 290;leaves Calais for London, 294;drawn into an affray at Westminster, 295;returns to Calais,id.;joins his father at Bloreheath, 296;attainted,id.;returns to England and marches to London, 298, 299;admitted into the City, 305;his disgust at the marriage of Edward IV, 309;flees to France, 310;returns and restores Henry VI, 311, 312;killed at Barnet, 314.---- Robert, Earl of, ii, 200.---- Thomas, Earl of, i, 234, 235;arrested, 244.Water, City supply of, i, 416;ii, 18-24;See alsoNew River, Tyburn, &c.Water-bailiff of the City, dispute with the Crown touching office of, i, 406.Waterloo, battle of, iii,290.Watling Street, i, 5, 11.Watson, William, plots against James I, ii, 6.Watts, Sir John, ii, 66.Waynflete, William de, bishop of Winchester, chancellor, i, 293.Weavers of London, their quarrel with the Goldsmiths, i, 154;Committee of Arrears at hall of, ii, 216;Fairfax seizes treasury at hall of, 295;offer to raise a regiment in support of the Crown, iii,53;disapprove of a remonstrance of the livery,93.Wedmore, treaty of, i, 11.Weld, Sir Humphrey, mayor, ii, 46, 48.---- Sir John, restored to the office of town clerk, ii, 382.Welles, John, mayor, i, 275.---- Lord, i, 289.Wellesley, Sir Arthur, afterwards Duke of Wellington, signs the convention of Cintra, iii,269;ordered home,id.;an annuity to, opposed by the City,274;presented with the freedom of the City and a sword of honour,276;a gold box voted for victory at Salamanca,286;entertained at the Guildhall,288;becomes prime minister,327;receives the thanks of the City for the Catholic Emancipation Bill,id.;resigns,331;endeavours to form a ministry on resignation of Lord Grey,342,343;abstains from voting against the Reform Bill,343.Wengrave, John de, mayor, opposes City ordinances of 1319, i, 142.West, Francis, Lieutenant Colonel, appointed lieutenant of the Tower, ii, 215, 279.Westley, Robert, mayor, knighted, iii,50.Westminster, foundation of abbey by Seberht, i, 9;dedication of the same, 29;riots at, ii, 150, 152, 192, 254.Westmoreland, Charles, Earl of, insurrection of, i, 515.Weymouth, lord, ordered by the king to make enquiries touching the nature of a remonstrance, iii,94-96.Wheble, John, arrested for printing parliamentary debates, iii,108;discharged by Wilkes,id.Whetstone, Thomas, committed to Fleet prison, i., 468.Whig, origin of the name, ii, 460.White, Sir Thomas merchant taylor, founder of St. John's College, Oxford, and of schools at Reading and Bristol, i., 353;elected mayor, 459;particulars of, 459n.;defends himself before the Star Chamber, 466.White Friars of London, their house suppressed, i, 398.Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, warns the Common Council of Monk's intention to restore the king, ii, 357.Whitington, Richard, subscribes to a fund for winning back the nobility to the City, i, 217;appointed mayor by Richard II, 244;ordered to make valuation of property in the City, 251;return of rental of, 252;elected mayor for the third time,id.;his benefactions, 253;gives a library to the Grey Friars, 402.Whitmore, Sir George, alderman, imprisoned in Crosby House, ii, 173;refuses to pay parliamentary tax for maintenance of the army, 181.Whitworth, Lord, ambassador to France, leaves Paris, iii,251.Wilkes, John, M.P. for Aylesbury, criticises the king's speech, iii,71;supported by Beckford,id.;No. 45 of hisNorth Briton,73-75;committed to the Tower,74;discharged,id.;recovers damages for seizure of papers,id.;hisEssay on Woman,77;expelled the House,78;sentence of outlawry pronounced against,id.;communicates with the Duke of Grafton,80;elected M.P. for Middlesex,81;committed to the king's bench,id.;judgment on his outlawry postponed,83;sentence pronounced in respect of his publishing theNorth BritonandEssay on Woman,id.;elected alderman of Farringdon Without,84;counsel's opinion as to his being admitted alderman,85;again expelled the House,86;re-elected four times for Middlesex,id.;obtains his liberty,100;admitted alderman,id.;attacks Trecothick for backing press warrants,106;discharges printers arrested for printing parliamentary debates,id.;refuses three times to obey order to appear at the bar of the House of Commons,118;elected sheriff,120;his conduct during his shrievalty,122-124;quarrels with his friends,124;Horne's letter congratulating him on his election,id.;receives offer of support fromJunius,125;his reply,126;at loggerheads with Sawbridge and Townshend,128;gift of plate to,id.;returned at the head of the poll for the mayoralty, but rejected by the aldermen,132-134;