There are two Appendices to the work; one comprising copies from the City's Records of letters, early proclamations and documents of special interest to which reference is made in the text; the other consisting of a more complete list of the City's representatives in Parliament from the earliest times than has yet been printed, supplemented as it has been by returns to writs recorded in the City's archives and (apparently) no where else. The returns for the City in the Blue Books published in 1878 and 1879 are very imperfect.
PREFACE. CHAPTER I. THE PORT OF LONDON. THE CITY NOT IN DEMESNE. THE ROMAN OCCUPATION. THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND. THE BISHOP OF LONDON. THE DANES IN LONDON. ALFRED "RESTORES" LONDON. THE FRITH-GILD OF THE CITY. THE FIRST PAYMENT OF DANEGELT. LONDON SUBMITS TO SWEYN. CNUT EXPELLED BY ETHELRED. THE LAWS OF ETHELRED. THE "LITHSMEN" OF LONDON. LONDON THE CAPITAL. EARL GODWINE AND THE CITIZENS. CHAPTER II. THE NORMAN CONQUEROR. LONDON SUBMITS TO WILLIAM. WILLIAM'S CHARTER TO THE CITY. THE "DOOMSDAY" BOOK. THE ELECTION OF HENRY I. HENRY'S CHARTER TO THE CITY. THE SHERIFF-WICK OF MIDDLESEX. LONDON'S ELECTION OF STEPHEN. THE EMPRESS MATILDA. LONDON AND THE SYNOD AT WINCHESTER. THE EMPRESS MATILDA IN LONDON. LONDON HOLDS THE BALANCE. CHAPTER III. FITZ-STEPHEN'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON CHARTER OF HENRY II TO THE CITY. THE REVOLT OF THE BARONS RICHARD I AND HIS CHANCELLOR. THE CITY AND ITS "COMMUNE." SUBSTITUTION OF MAYOR FOR PORT-REEVE. CHRONICLE OF ARNALD FITZ-THEDMAR. THE CITY'S CLAIM AT CORONATION BANQUETS. INSURRECTION UNDER LONGBEARD. THE GOLDEN BULL. FITZ-WALTER THE CITY'S CASTELLAIN. LONDON AND THE GREAT CHARTER. DEATH OF KING JOHN. CHAPTER IV. THE TREATY OF LAMBETH. TUMULT RAISED BY CONSTANTINE. THE KINGDOM OVER-RUN BY FOREIGNERS. TAKEN INTO THE KING'S HAND. LONDON SUPPORTS THE BARONS. THE CITY AT THE MERCY OF THE KING. ORGANIZATION OF CRAFT GUILDS. THE MISE OF AMIENS. SIMON DE MONTFORT'S PARLIAMENT. THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM AND ITS RESULTS. THE FATE OF FITZ-THOMAS, MAYOR. THE MAYORALTY RESTORED. WALTER HERVY RE-ELECTED MAYOR. CHAPTER V. FITZ-THEDMAR'S PREJUDICE AGAINST HERVY. CHARGES AGAINST WALTER HERVY. THE RESULTS OF HERVY'S POLICY. INTERRUPTION OF TRADE WITH FLANDERS. FLEMINGS EXPELLED FROM ENGLAND. ARRIVAL OF EDWARD I IN ENGLAND. THE MURDER OF LAURENCE DUKET. THE ITER AT THE TOWER. THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS. DEATH OF QUEEN ELEANOR. THE KING IN DIFFICULTIES. RISING OF THE SCOTS UNDER WALLACE. DEATH OF EDWARD I. CHAPTER VI. THE ORDAINERS AND THEIR WORK. RICHER DE REFHAM, MAYOR. THE FALL OF GAVESTON. THE CITIZENS RESIST A TALLIAGE. DISSENSION IN THE CITY. PROCEEDINGS AT THE ITER OF 1321. CLAIMS PUT FORWARD BY THE CITY. CONTINUATION OF THE ITER. HAMO DE CHIGWELL, MAYOR. MILITARY SERVICE OF LONDONERS. ESCAPE OF MORTIMER FROM THE TOWER. THE CITY LOST TO EDWARD II. MURDER OF BISHOP STAPLETON. DEATH OF THE KING. CHAPTER VII. THE CITY MARKET MONOPOLY. THE CORONATION STONE. JOHN DE GRANTHAM ELECTED MAYOR. THE KING AND THE EARL OF LANCASTER. TRIAL OF HAMO DE CHIGWELL. LONDON MERCHANTS AND THE STAPLES. A NEW TAX ON WOOL. RICHARD DE BETOYNE, MAYOR OF THE STAPLE. BETOYNE'S CONDUCT AT YORK APPROVED. EXPIRATION OF TREATY OF NORTHAMPTON. THE KING'S MONOPOLY OF WOOL. THE CITY PREPARES TO DEFEND ITSELF. THE BATTLE OF SLUYS. CHAPTER VIII. THE KING'S UNEXPECTED RETURN, 30 NOV., 1340. THE CITY'S RIGHT TO VARY CUSTOMS. EDWARD AGAIN SETS SAIL FOR FRANCE. SURRENDER OF CALAIS. THE BLACK DEATH. THE BATTLE OF POITIERS. THE PEACE OF BRETIGNY. RENEWAL OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE. ASSESSMENT ON CITY PARISHES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOOD PARLIAMENT. THE COMMON COUNCIL CHOSEN FROM THE GUILDS. THE CITY AND THE DUKE OF LANCASTER. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN REMOVED. CHAPTER IX. RICHARD THE "LONDONERS' KING." JOHN PHILIPOT. A CITY LOAN OF £5,000. THE POLL-TAX AND PEASANTS' REVOLT. REFORMS UNDER JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON. NICHOLAS EXTON, ALDERMAN, DEPOSED. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON. NORTHAMPTON CONFINED IN TINTAGEL CASTLE. THE BOOK CALLED "JUBILEE." EFFORTS TO OBTAIN NORTHAMPTON'S RELEASE. DISAFFECTION TOWARDS THE KING. THE LORDS APPELLANT IN THE CITY. RE-APPEARANCE OF NORTHAMPTON. THE CITY REFUSES A LOAN TO RICHARD. FARRINGDON WARD--WITHIN AND WITHOUT. CHAPTER X. DOUBTFUL REPORTS AS TO THE LATE KING'S DEATH. THE STATUTE OF HERESY. RICHARD WHITTINGTON, MAYOR. THE MAYOR'S PRECEDENCE IN THE CITY. BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. MORE CITY LOANS. HENRY'S CONQUEST OF NORMANDY. THE TREATY OF TROVES. DEATH OF KING HENRY V. CHAPTER XI. RIVAL CLAIMS OF BEDFORD AND GLOUCESTER. RELIEF OF ORLEANS. CORONATION OF HENRY VI. THE KING'S RETURN FROM FRANCE. CALAIS APPEALS TO LONDON. THE PENANCE OF ELEANOR COBHAM. CAPTURE AND DEATH OF CADE. RIVALRY BETWEEN YORK ANS SOMERSET. THE DUKE OF YORK NOMINATED PROTECTOR. A GENERAL RECONCILIATION AT ST. PAUL'S.