civic authorities alone between 1364 and 1369.

The king's favour was purchased in 1363 by a gift of nearly L500, to which
the livery companies largely contributed.(573) The amount of each
subscription varied from half-a-mark to L40, the latter sum being
contributed by the Mercers, the Fishmongers, the Drapers, and the Skinners
respectively. The Tailors subscribed half that amount, being outdone by
the Vintners, who contributed L33 6_s._ 8_d._

(M320)

With the renewal of the war, a change comes over the pages of the City's
annals. The London bachelor and apprentice is drawn off from his football
and hockey, with which he had beguiled his leisure hours, and bidden to
devote himself to the more useful pursuits of shooting with arrow or bolt
on high days and holidays.(574) Once more we meet with schedules of
men-at-arms and archers provided by the City for service abroad, and of
assessments made on the City's wards to pay for them.(575) Every
inducement in the shape of plunder was held out to volunteers for
enlistment, and public proclamation was made to the effect that the spoils
of France should belong to the captors themselves.(576)

(M321)

It was an easier matter for the City to provide the king with money than
men. In 1370 it advanced a sum of L5,000,(577) and in the following year a
further sum of L4,000, and more was subscribed by the wealthier citizens,
among whom were William Walworth, who contributed over L200, Adam
Fraunceys, Simon de Mordon, and others.(578)

(M322)

Still the expenses of the war exceeded the supply of money, and resort was
had to a new form of taxation, by which it was hoped that a sum of L50,000
might be realised. By order of parliament, made in March, 1371, the sum of
22_s._ 3_d._ was to be levied on every parish in the kingdom, the number
of parishes being reckoned as amounting to 40,000. It soon became apparent
that the number of existing parishes throughout the country had been
grossly miscalculated. There were not more than 9,000, and the amount of
assessment had to be proportionately raised. It was necessary to summon a
council at Westminster in June, to remedy the miscalculation that had been
made in March. Half of the representatives of the late parliament were
summoned to meet the king, and among them two of the city's members,
Bartholomew Frestlyng and John Philipot--"the first Englishman who has left
behind him the reputation of a financier."(579) The mistake was rectified