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Title: London and the Kingdom - Volume II

Author: Reginald R. Sharpe

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LONDON AND THE KINGDOM

A HISTORY DERIVED MAINLY FROM THE ARCHIVES AT GUILDHALL IN THE CUSTODY OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

By
Reginald R. Sharpe, D.C.L.,

RECORDS CLERK IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK OF THE CITY OF LONDON;
EDITOR OF "CALENDAR OF WILLS ENROLLED IN THE COURT OF HUSTING," ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

Vol II

_PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CORPORATION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LIBRARY
COMMITTEE._

LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN & Co.
and New York: 15 East 16th Street.
1894.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XIX.
Reception of James I by the City.
Catholic Plots.
Purveyance.
The City and Free Trade.
Prince Henry a Merchant Taylor.
The Gunpowder Plot.
The King of Denmark in the City.
The City's Water Supply.
Hugh Middleton and the New River.
The Plantation of Ulster.
Deception practised on the City.
Allotment of the Irish Estate.
The Irish Society.
The Livery Companies and their title to Irish Estate.
CHAPTER XX.
The City and the Plantation of Virginia.
Public Lotteries in aid of the Plantation.
Copland's Sermon at Bow Church.
The King's pecuniary difficulties.
The Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth.
The King entertained by the City.
The Addled Parliament.
Peter Proby, Sheriff and Ex-Barber.
A general muster of City trained bands.
A Commission of Lieutenancy granted to the City.
The Company of Merchant Adventurers suppressed.
Knights of the Bath at Drapers' Hall.
Request for a loa