justiciar and sheriff of London and Middlesex, 53;
    again joins the Empress, _id._;
    his death, 54.

  Mansfeld, Count, arrives in England, ii, 86, 87;
    failure of his expedition for recovery of the Palatinate, 90.

  Mansfield, Lord, iii, 83;
    his house destroyed by Gordon rioters, 183.

  Mansion House, the, threatened by Gordon rioters, iii, 184.

  Mar, Earl of, defeated at Sheriffmuir, iii, 8.

  Marchall, John le, murdered in Cheapside, i, 156.

  Mare, Peter de la, released from Nottingham Castle, i, 212.

  Margaret, Princess, sister of Edward IV, married to the Duke of
      Burgundy, i, 309, 310.

  ---- of Anjou, her marriage with Henry VI, i, 282;
    collects a force in defence of her husband's crown, 303;
    defeats Warwick at St. Albans, 305;
    intrigues with Warwick, 311;
    defeated at Tewkesbury, 314.

  Markets, monopoly of, granted to the City, i, 161;
    allotment of sites for, after the Great Fire, ii, 433.

  Markham, Sir Griffin, plots against James I, ii, 6.

  ---- Sir John, Lieutenant of the Tower, removed, i, 435.

  Marlborough, John, Duke of, deserts James II, ii, 534;
    his successes in the war with France, 614, 616, 621, 622;
    entertained at Goldsmiths' Hall, 617;
    sets out for Holland, 621;
    entertained at Vintner's Hall, 623;
    his victories at Oudenarde and Malplaquet, 629, 630;
    sets out to the war, 638;
    dismissed from his offices, 645.

  Mary, Princess, daughter of Henry VII, married to Prince Charles of
      Castile, i, 339;
    marries Louis XII, 347.

  Mary, Queen, birth of, i, 354;
    her marriage with the Dauphin, 361, 362;
    declared illegitimate, 396;
    her place in the succession acknowledged by statute, 420;
    proclaimed Queen, 454, 455;
    enters the City, 456;
    restores the mass, 457;
    City gift to, at coronation of, 460;
    harangues the citizens at Guildhall, 462;
    married to Philip II, 469;
    obtains the reconciliation of England to Rome, 424;
    her persecution of Protestants, 473-475;
    deserted by Philip, 477;
    declares war against France, _id._;
    her death, 483;
    her statue at the Royal Exchange mutilated, ii, 534.

  ---- Queen of Scots, assumes the style of Queen of England, i, 488;
    proposed marriage with the Duke of Norfolk, 515;
    execution of, 533.

  ---- wife of William III, proclaimed Queen, ii, 539;
    coronation of, 540;
    attends the lord mayor's banquet, 551;
    again invited but unable to attend, 573, 574;
    City address to, 573;
    death of, 587;
    the City's rights at the funeral of, allowed, 588.

  Maseres, Francis, cursitor baron, his letter to the City touching the
      Quebec Bill, iii, 143.

  Mason, Robert, recorder, ii, 113.

  Massey, Edward, colonel, ordered to leave Gloucester, ii, 216;
    made commander-in-chief of the City forces, 257;
    arrested, 295.

  Matilda, the Empress, her claims to the throne acknowledged by the
      nobility, i, 44;
    disallowed by the City of London, 45;
    appeals to Rome, 46;
    acknowledged "Lady of England," 47;
    enters London, 50;
    driven out, 51;
    wins over Mandeville, _id._;
    withdraws to the continent, 53.

  ---- Queen of Stephen, supported by Mandeville, i, 52;
    reduces Winchester and releases Stephen, _id._

  Matthias, the Emperor, loses the crown of Bohemia, ii, 74.

  Maunay, Sir Walter de, commands expedition to Brittany, i, 189.

  Maurice, Bishop of London, rebuilds St. Paul's, i, 38.

  May, Hugh, king's commissioner for surveying the City after the fire,
      431.

  Maynard, Sir John, his opinion taken on the question of the
      aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

  Medicis, Mary de, welcomed by the citizens, ii, 141.

  Melborne, John, mayor, i, 365.

  Mellitus, first Bishop of London, i, 8.

  Melville, Lord. _See_ Dundas, Henry.

  Mercers of London, image of Becket over gate of chapel of, i, 125;
    contribute to a gift of £500 to the king, 201;
    return of rental of, 252;
    subscribe towards furnishing soldiers for war with France, 347;
    the foundation of Mercers School, 349;
    foundation of St. Paul's School, 350-352;
    meeting of the Lords of the Council in Hall of, 435;
    trustees of Gresham College, 502;
    subscription for Prince Eugene opened at their chapel, ii, 624.

  Merchant Adventurers, refuse to advance a loan to Elizabeth, i, 506;
    invited to subscribe to lottery, 507;
    bonds of the governor and company of, to be given up, 514;
    their company suppressed and afterwards restored, ii, 68.

  Merchant-Taylors of London, contribute to a gift of £500 to the king,
      i, 201;
    return of rental of, 252;
    charter of Henry VII to the, 337;
    the French Ambassadors lodged in hall of, 362;
    their school founded on the site of the Duke of Buckingham's "Manor
      of the Rose," 366;
    refuse to part with property for erection of a City Burse, 497;
    take shares in first public lottery, 507;
    the House of Commons entertained by, ii, 12;
    Prince Henry enrolled a member of, _id._;
    James I entertained by, 12;
    James I entertained by the City in Hall of, 61;
    Parliament entertained in Hall of, 198.

  Merlawe, Richard, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251;
    mayor, 263.

  Merton, Walter de, chancellor, orders the arrest of Walter Hervy, i, 108;
    issues proclamation for expulsion of Flemings, 115.

  Merttins, Sir George, mayor, iii, 27.

  Mesurier, Paul le, mayor, iii, 224;
    engaged in suppressing bread riots, 245.

  Michell, Robert, punished for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.

  Middlemore, Humphrey, Procurator of Charter-house, committed to the
      Tower, i, 391.

  Middlesex, co., grant of, to the City to ferm, i, 40;
    the shrievalty of, granted to the City, 41;
    the shrievalty of, exercised by sheriffs of London, 42;
    the shrievalty for a time lost to the City, 58;
    the ferm increased, 104;
    the ferm decreased, 160.

  Middleton, Hugh, undertakes the formation of the New River, ii, 21;
    pecuniary assistance given to, by James I, 23;
    created a baronet, 25;
    City votes a gold chain to, _id._;
    his death, 26;
    money grant to widow of, _id._

  ---- Robert, surety for his brother Hugh, ii, 25.

  ---- Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 23, 51;
    is security for a loan to his brother Hugh, 25;
    demurs at entertaining the king and court, 61;
    commands a regiment of trained bands, 66.

  ---- Thomas, poet, ii, 61.

  Mildmay, Sir Walter, i, 514.

  Militia, commission appointed for the City, ii, 165;
    committee of, 171, 215;
    its dispute with committee of Salters' Hall, 190;
    a new committee of, 241, 244;
    the City militia placed in the hands of a Parliamentary committee,
      253, 254;
    restored to the City, 254;
    the City's claim to govern militia of the suburbs, 230-232;
    City's petition for control of, 278;
    militia committee appointed, 279;
    petition for amalgamation of City's militia with that of
      neighbouring counties, 286, 287;
    the committee of, increased, 339;
    the National Militia Bill (1756), iii, 57;
    the City's militia to be placed on a proper footing, 199, 236;
    Act of Parliament passed for the same purpose, 224;
    dispute as to the supreme control of the City's, 235.

  Militia Ordinance, the, ii, 164.

  Miller, John, printer of the _Evening Post_, arrested under the
      Speaker's warrant, but discharged, iii, 108.

  ---- Tempest, alderman, removed, ii, 396.

  Milton, John, appointed Secretary for foreign languages to Council of
      State, ii, 303.

  Minorca, loss of, iii, 59.

  Mitchell, Admiral, captures the Dutch fleet, iii, 239-240.

  "Mohocks," ii, 646.

  Monk, General, his victory over the Dutch, ii, 344;
    prepares to march southward, 357;
    correspondence between the City and, 357, 360, 363, 364;
    City deputation to, 365;
    enters London, 366;
    another deputation to, _id._;
    confers with the Aldermen, 367, 368, 369;
    complains to Parliament of his treatment, 368;
    invited to take up his quarters at Whitehall, 369;
    remains in the City but changes his residence, 370;
    entertained at Grocers' Hall, 372;
    Sergeant-major-general of the City's forces, 373;
    resigns, 385.

  Monmouth, duke of, rebellion of, ii, 511, 512, 513.

  Monoux, Sir George, draper, his school at Walthamstow, i, 353;
    M.P. for the City, 370;
    re-elected mayor but discharged, 372;
    his gift to the City of a brewhouse in Southwark, 373;
    objects to part with property for the erection of a City Burse,
      494, 495.

  Mons, fall of, ii, 571; threatened by Marlborough and Eugene, 630.

  Montagu, Chief Justice, i, 437.

  ---- Sir Henry, Recorder, afterwards earl of Manchester, welcomes
      James I to London, ii, 6;
    M.P. for the City, 8;
    urges the City to grant loans to Charles I, 122, 128.

  Montague, Charles, adopts Paterson's plan for a national bank, ii, 584.

  ---- John, lord, killed with his brother, the Earl of Warwick, at
      Barnet, i, 314, 315.

  Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, refused admission into the
      City, i, 91;
    summons a Parliament, 97;
    killed at Evesham, 98.

  Monument, the, inscription on, ii, 419, 420.

  Moore, Sir John, elected mayor, ii, 476;
    his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 478, 479;
    M.P. for the City, 509;
    a candidate for the mayoralty, 547;
    accused of betraying the City's liberties, _id._

  Moorfields, riots in, ii, 271, 272; iii, 180.

  Mordaunt, Lord, carries Charles II's letter to the City, ii, 377;
    the City's gift to, 379.

  Mordon, Simon de, contributes to a loan to the king, i, 202.

  More, John, sheriff, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
    attempts made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.

  ---- Sir Thomas, his connection with the City, i, 348;
    welcomes the Emperor Charles I to the City, 365;
    elected Speaker, 370;
    the seals transferred from Wolsey to, 380;
    committed to the Tower for denying the king's supremacy, 392;
    beheaded, 393.

  Morice, Peter, obtains permission to set up a water-mill at London
      Bridge, ii, 19.

  Morley, Colonel, City commissioners to confer with, ii, 360, 363.

  Mortimer, Sir John, sentenced to death, i, 269.

  ---- Roger, escapes from the Tower, i, 153;
    joins Isabel in France, 154;
    returns with her, 155;
    visits the Guildhall, 159;
    governs the country, 160, 168;
    arranges terms of treaty between England and Scotland, 163;
    opposed by Lancaster, _id._;
    his death, 170.

  Mountjoy, Lord, defeats Tyrone, i, 563.

  Mugg, John, rector of St. Clement Danes, i, 157.

  Mundy, John, alderman, occasions riot on Evil May Day, i, 356.

  Muntfichet, Richard de, taken prisoner at Lincoln, i, 80;
    his castle on the site of the Black Friars' house, _id._

  "Murder Committee," the, Dudley North examined before, ii, 548-549.

  Murray, John, ii, 88.

  Namur, fall of, ii, 571;
    taken by William III, 597.

  Nantes, Edict of, revoked, ii, 515.

  Napoleon, marches into Syria, iii, 238;
    appointed First Consul, 240;
    insults the British ambassador, 251;
    proclaimed Emperor of the French, 256;
    attacks Spain, 268;
    his fall, 288;
    escapes from Elba, 290;
    defeated at Waterloo, _id._

  Naseby, battle of, ii, 219.

  Nash, William, alderman, iii, 121;
    elected mayor, 127;
    refuses to summon a Common Hall, 128;
    vote of thanks refused on his quitting office, 130.

  Navigation Act, the, ii, 343.

  Neate, William, his contest for the Aldermanry of Bridge Ward, iii,
      146-149.

  Nelson, Horatio, the freedom of the City voted to, iii, 232;
    his victory at the Nile, 236;
    presents the French admiral's sword to the City, _id._;
    a sword of honour voted to, 237;
    proposal to erect a national memorial of his victory at the Nile,
      _id._;
    his bust at the Guildhall, 238;
    offended at the City, 253-254;
    his victory of Trafalgar, 260;
    his death and funeral, 261;
    his monument in the Guildhall, 262-263.

  Netherlands, the, envoys sent to Elizabeth from, i, 530;
    recruits enlisted in the City for service in, _id._;
    reinforcements for, 556.

  Nevill, George, Archbishop of York, removes the custody of the Tower
      from the citizens, i, 312.

  ---- John de, of Raby, i, 228.

  ---- Richard. _See_ Warwick.

  Neville, Alexander, Archbishop of York, sent by Richard II to the
      City to ask for their support, i, 233;
    charged with treason, 233, 234.

  Newark, the Scottish army invited to attack, ii, 222, 225.

  Newburgh, Lord, acts as messenger between the King and the City, ii, 154.

  Newbury, gallant conduct of City trained bands at, ii, 195;
    the second battle of, 212.

  Newcastle, Thomas Pelham, Duke of, calls upon the lord mayor to
      assist in proclamation of war with Spain, iii, 43;
    informs lord mayor of the Pretender's landing in Scotland, and of
      his marching on London, 51, 53;
    administration of, 57, 58;
    makes a scapegoat of Admiral Byng, 59, 61;
    resigns, 60;
    his coalition with Pitt, 62.

  ---- William Cavendish, Earl of, governor of Newcastle, ii, 189.

  Newcastle-on-Tyne, muster of forces at, i, 161;
    City proposals touching reduction of, ii, 189, 190;
    surrender of, 212.

  Newgate prison, destroyed during Gordon riots, iii, 183-185;
    parliamentary grants for rebuilding, 191.

  Newland, Sir George, M.P. for the City, ii, 638;
    candidate for aldermanry of Broad Street Ward, 640.

  Newnham, Nathaniel, alderman, elected sheriff, iii, 155;
    elected M.P. for the City, 192;
    engaged in suppressing bread riots, 242, 243.

  Newport, Isle of Wight, the treaty of, ii, 291.

  New River, the, Act for bringing water of, from Chadwell, ii, 20;
    Middleton undertakes the work, 21;
    the opening of, 23;
    inhabitants compelled to use water of, 24.

  New River Company, the, desires transfer of Middleton's rights, ii, 27.

  Newton, Thomas, appointed Sheriff by the king, i, 242.

  Nicholas, Secretary, ii, 162, 382.

  Nicholson, Humphrey, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 473.

  Nile the, battle of, iii, 236.

  Nimeguen, peace of, ii, 456.

  Nore, the mutiny at, iii, 233.

  Norfolk, Thomas, 9th Duke of, attends lord mayor's banquet, i, 380;
    liberated from the Tower by Queen Mary, 457.

  ---- Thomas, 10th Duke of, proposal of marriage with Mary Stuart, i, 515;
    committed to the Tower, _id._

  Normanby, Marquis of, his questionable transactions with the City,
      ii, 591-592.

  Norris, Sir John, his expedition against Spain, i, 546.

  North, Dudley, nominated sheriff by the mayor, ii, 479;
    declared elected, 482;
    sworn in, 488;
    the Mercers' Company refuse to recognise election, 488;
    elected alderman, 493;
    arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 501;
    proceedings against, 548-549.

  North, Lord, letter from George III to, touching expulsion of Wilkes
      from the House, iii, 82;
    consulted by the king as to manner of receiving City remonstrance, 97;
    assaulted by a mob, 115;
    the fall of his ministry, 196-197;
    secretary of state under the Duke of Portland, 204.

  Northampton, battle of, i, 302.

  ---- John de, favours the Duke of Lancaster, i, 215;
    reforms of, during mayoralty, 221, 223;
    re-elected mayor, 223;
    proceedings against, 225-227;
    committed to Tintagel Castle, 227;
    efforts to release him, 228, 230;
    released, 230;
    re-appears in the City, 239;
    re-instated in his freedom, 240.

  ---- treaty of, i, 163.

  _North Briton_, No. 45 burnt at the Royal Exchange, iii, 74-76.

  Northbury, Richard, committed to the Tower, i, 227;
    attempt made to obtain his release, 228-229, 232.

  Northumberland, Algernon, Earl of, attends a Common Council, ii, 267.

  ---- John, Duke of, formerly Earl of Warwick, overpowers Ket's
      rebellion, i, 433;
    summons the mayor and aldermen to confer with him at his house in
      Ely Place, 434, 435;
    leads the government after Somerset's fall, 440;
    his unpopularity with the City, 445-447;
    created Duke of Northumberland, 447;
    supports Lady Jane Grey, 453, 454;
    committed to the Tower, 455.

  ---- Thomas, Earl of, rebels against Elizabeth, i, 515.

  Norton, William, i, 248.

  Norwich, Earl of. _See_ Goring.

  Nottingham, Charles I sets up his standard at, ii, 169.

  Oates, Titus, corroborates existence of a Popish plot, ii, 457;
    his punishment, 510.

  Occasional Conformity Bill passed, ii, 640.

  Offley, Thomas, alderman, signs "counterfeit will" of Edward VI, i, 453;
    performs the duties of sheriff at Dudley's execution, 465;
    mayor, 478;
    particulars of, 478 n.

  Old Bailey, petition of grand jury at, for Charles II to summon a
      parliament, ii, 466.

  Oldcastle, Sir John, Lord Cobham, proclamation for capture of, i, 249;
    committed to the Tower, but escapes, 254;
    is re-captured and executed, 257.

  Oliver, John, appointed surveyor for rebuilding the City after the
      Great Fire, ii, 431.

  ---- Richard, alderman, a member of the society known as the
      "Supporters of the Bill of Rights," iii, 87;
    discharges Miller arrested by Speaker's warrant for printing
      parliamentary debates, 108;
    defends his conduct before the House, 109-112;
    committed to the Tower, 113;
    a "table" provided for him at the City's expense, 114;
    regains his liberty, 119;
    refuses to serve sheriff with Wilkes, 120;
    gift of plate to, 128;
    his motion in the House, _re_ American Colonies, 161.

  O'Neill. _See_ Tyrone.

  Onslow, Colonel, otherwise "Cocking George," burnt in effigy on Tower
      Hill, iii, 118.

  Ordainers, the, i, 133.

  Orleans, siege of, i, 272.

  Ormond, James, Marquis of, defeat of his forces near Dublin, ii, 314.

  ---- James, 2nd Duke of, assists in capturing French fleet in Vigo
      Bay, ii, 614;
    attends thanksgiving service at St. Paul's, 615;
    commands the English forces in the Netherlands, 645;
    takes refuge in France to avoid impeachment, iii, 5;
    assists the Pretender, 6.

  Orphans, City, a Court of, established, ii, 543;
    petition of, for relief, 544;
    proposal to establish a fund for, 545;
    City petition to parliament for relief of, 579-581;
    Act for relief of, 582;
    the City's gift to the Speaker for procuring passing of the same, 589.

  Osborne, Edward, mayor, particulars of, i, 528 n.

  Oudenarde, battle of, ii, 629.

  Owdeby, John, appointed joint treasurer of subsidy, i, 251.

  Oxford, the "lithsmen" of London attend at, for election of king, i, 25;
    the Provisions of, 89, 91;
    Christchurch or "Cardinal College" at, 382;
    deputation sent to Charles I at, ii, 178-180;
    suspected royalists from, arrive in London, 202;
    Charles forced to quit, 206;
    endeavours to return to, 211;
    siege of, 216;
    siege abandoned, 219;
    thanks of the University of, sent to the City, 347.

  ---- John, Earl of, i, 380.

  ---- Robert Harley, afterwards Earl of, fails to form a Coalition,
      ii, 637;
    forms a Tory ministry, 638;
    impeached, iii, 5;
    his trial and discharge, 10, 11;
    founder of the South Sea Company, 17.

  Oxford Arms, the, in Warwick Lane, soldiers quartered in, during
      Gordon riots, iii, 192.

  Pack, Sir Christopher, alderman, his "remonstrance," ii, 348, 349;
    member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.

  ---- Deputy, sent Commissioner to Fairfax, ii, 248.

  Package and Scavage, charter of Edward IV to the City granting the
      right of, i, 307.

  Painters, strike of, in the City, i, 485.

  Palatinate, the, the City assists Mansfeld to recover, ii, 89-91.
    _See also_ Frederick, Elector Palatine.

  Palliser, Sir Hugh, his quarrel with Admiral Keppel, iii, 172;
    his flight from Portsmouth, _id._;
    the king's friendship for, 174.

  Palmere, Roger le, i, 134, 153.

  Papillon, Thomas, nominated for the shrievalty, ii, 480;
    declared duly elected, 481;
    petitions in favour of his election, 485, 486;
    Pritchard, the mayor, arrested at the suit of, 500;
    Pritchard obtains damages from, 502;
    returns to England, 548;
    deputy governor of the East India Company, 575, 576;
    M.P. for the City, 598.

  Paris, Peace of (1763) iii, 72;
    (1783) 202;
    (1814) 287;
    (1815) 290.

  Parish Registers, institution of, i, 403.

  Parkhurst, Sir Robert, mayor, ii, 113.

  Parkins, Joseph, sheriff, creates a disturbance in Common Hall, iii, 311;
    his unmannerly conduct, 312-313.

  Parliament, the "mad," i, 89;
    summoned by Simon de Montfort, 97;
    at Shrewsbury, 118;
    at Bury St. Edmunds, 126;
    at the Black Friars, London, 133;
    at Lincoln, 162;
    at Northampton, 163;
    at Salisbury, removed to London, 164;
    at York, 173;
    the "good," 205;
    at Gloucester, 215;
    the "merciless," 238;
    allowances to City Members of, 273, 274;
    at Coventry, 296;
    the Duke of York's claim to the Crown allowed by, 303;
    benevolences declared illegal by, 325;
    at the Blackfriars, 370;
    at Bridewell, 381;
    objects to Queen Mary marrying a foreigner, 460;
    the Commons entertained in the City, ii, 12;
    the "addled," 61;
    supplies granted by, on condition that negotiations be broken off
      with Spain, 85;
    the Short, 121;
    the Long, 132;
    a guard for, refused by Charles I, 154;
    attempt to arrest the Five Members, 155-156;
    orders the bringing in of plate, 168;
    City petitions for peace laid before, 178;
    entertained by the City, 198, 234, 312;
    besieged by reformadoes, 242;
    petitions of London apprentices to, 251;
    besieged by apprentices, 254;
    City's petition to, that the army might be removed further from
      London, 269, 270;
    the same for release of recorder and aldermen, 270;
    the City entrusted with the protection of, 277;
    City's petition that the king might be allowed to come to London,
      282, 283;
    the Speaker insulted by a member of the City Militia, 285;
    compliments the citizens on their desire for peace, 286;
    complains of insufficiency of protection, 292;
    City's petition for relief from taxation, 331;
    the Rump dismissed by Cromwell, 337;
    the Barebones or little, 346;
    the first under the Protectorate, 348;
    number of City members, 348n.;
    composition of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350;
    dissolution of second Protectorate, _id._;
    the Rump restored, 353;
    entertained at Grocer's Hall, 356;
    the Rump ejected by Lambert, _id._;
    London apprentices declare for a free parliament, 358;
    Fleetwood promises a free parliament, 359;
    the Rump again restored, 362;
    a deputation from, to the Aldermen, 363;
    the City demands a full and free parliament, 364;
    the Rump dissolves the Common Council, 366;
    Monk demands a full parliament, 368;
    the excluded members return to, 370;
    the Long dissolved, and Convention summoned, 373;
    entertained by the City, 384;
    the Cavalier parliament, 391, 458;
    City petition to, for pecuniary relief, 447;
    a series of short parliaments, 458, 460, 462, 463, 465;
    petitions and addresses to Charles II for summoning, 460, 461, 463,
      465, 475;
    Tory parliament of 1685, 508, 516;
    the Convention summoned, 538;
    meets, 539;
    dissolved, 553;
    elections (1690), _id._;
    the Speaker convicted of bribery, 589-591;
    election of the first triennial parliament (1695), 598;
    Election Bill opposed by the City, 601;
    elections (1698), 606;
    elections (1701), 609;
    Statute permitting continuation of, notwithstanding demise of the
      crown, 611, 612;
    elections (1705), 621;
    Act for limiting exportation of corn, 631;
    elections (1710), 637;
    Act for building 50 new churches, 639;
    the Occasional Conformity Act, 639, 640;
    elections (1715), iii, 4;
    Septennial Act passed, 9;
    drastic measures against South Sea Company taken by, 20-21, 23-24;
    Election Act (II Geo. i, c. 18), regulating elections in the City,
      26-29;
    the City in favour of repeal of Septennial Act, 48;
    elections (1747) 56;
    the National Militia Bill, 57;
    instructions to City members, 70;
    declares Luttrell duly elected M.P. for Middlesex, 88;
    arrest of printers for publishing parliamentary debates, 107, 108;
    instructions to City members to support Sawbridge and shorter
      parliaments, 130-132;
    resolution of Court of Aldermen in favour of short parliaments, 135;
    City members made to sign undertaking to promote short parliaments,
      &c., 141, 144, 145;
    proceedings relative to Wilkes and Middlesex election expunged, 145;
    extract from Chatham's letter to Lord Temple touching shorter
      parliaments entered on the City's Journal, 178;
    elections (1780), 192;
    steps taken to purge Parliament of contractors, 197-199;
    the Act for Stamped Receipts, 204;
    elections (1784), 207-208;
    the Shop Tax, 209;
    Pitt's Sedition and Treason Bills, 227;
    his Additional Force Bill, 257-258;
    the livery urge Parliamentary Reform, 277-281;
    the use of the Guildhall refused to reformers, 283;
    City petitions for Parliamentary Reform, 306-307;
    parliamentary elections in the City, 309;
    the passing of the Six Acts, 310;
    elections (1826), 326;
    repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, 327;
    the Catholic Emancipation Bill, 327-328;
    elections (1830), 329;
    the first Reform Bill introduced, 332;
    rejected and Parliament dissolved, 334;
    Reform Bill again brought in and passed by the Commons, but
      rejected by the Lords, 335;
    City's petition to, urging Reform, 340;
    Reform Bill passed, 343;
    admission of Jews into, 346-347.

  Parma, Duchess of, forbids importation of English wool into Flanders,
      i, 492-496.

  Parsons, Humphrey, M.P. for the City, elected mayor for the second
      time, iii, 46;
    vote of thanks to, vetoed by aldermen, 46, 47;
    dies during his mayoralty, 47.

  ---- Sir John, mayor, ii, 619.

  ---- Robert the Jesuit, arrives in England, i, 525;
    escapes, 528.

  Paterson, William, his scheme for a national bank, ii, 584.

  "Paul of London" the, barge furnished by the City, i, 204, 205.

  Paulet, William. _See_ Winchester.

  Pecche, John, alderman, deposed, i, 205.

  Peel, Sir Robert, the Freedom of the City, voted to, iii, 327;
    his letter to the lord mayor touching the postponement of the
      king's visit to the City, 330.

  Peers, Sir Charles, alderman, iii, 13.

  Pelham, Henry, his ministry, iii, 57.

  ---- Sir John, executor of Henry IV, i, 270.

  Pemberton, Sir Francis, his opinion taken on the question of the
      aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

  Pembroke, Philip, Earl of, ii, 200.

  Pennington, Isaac, alderman and M.P. for the City, ii, 102;
    a loan of £21,000 raised by his constituents, 134;
    offers the House a guard of citizens, _id._;
    informs the House that the City refused to advance money on account
      of Goodman's reprieve, 136;
    sent to announce to the citizens the danger that threatened the
      Commons, 155;
    elected mayor, 168;
    orders the City's gates to be repaired, 171;
    re-elected mayor, 173;
    lieutenant of the Tower, 210;
    resigns the lieutenancy, 215;
    directed to summon a Common Hall for election of a mayor upon
      suspension of Gayer, 266;
    placed on the Commission for trial of King Charles, 301;
    member of the Council of State, 303;
    proposal to confer the honour of knighthood on, 312.

  ---- Sir John, his opinion of ships furnished by the City, ii, 102;
    letter to, from Thomas Wiseman touching the character of a London
      mob at Westminster, 151.

  Perceval, Spencer, becomes Prime Minister, iii, 271;
    assassinated, 285.

  Percival, Sir John, founds a school at Macclesfield, i, 352.

  Percy, Thomas, takes part in the Gunpowder Plot, ii, 14.

  Peters, Alice, mistress of Edward III, proceedings against, i, 207, 208;
    robs her paramour, 211.

  Perry, Micaiah, M.P. for the City, opposes Walpole's Excise Bill,
      iii, 36.

  Petitioners, party name of, ii, 460.

  Petitions, the City's custom, touching presentation of, ii, 217.

  Petyte, John, grocer, M.P. for the City, i, 381.

  Pevensey, William I, lands at, i, 30.

  Philip, Richard, grocer, i, 284.

  Philip II of Spain, marries Mary, i, 469;
    leaves England, 476;
    induces Mary to declare war against France, 477;
    prepares to invade England, 534;
    the defeat of the Armada, 537-541;
    prepares another Armada, 559, 560.

  Philipot, John, M.P. for the City, i, 202;
    apologises to the king for the City's attitude towards John of
      Gaunt, 210;
    waits upon Richard II at Kennington, 212;
    appointed joint treasurer of Parliamentary subsidy, 214;
    removed, 215;
    his expedition against pirates, _id._;
    opposes the Duke of Lancaster, _id._;
    subscribes to fund for winning back the nobility to the City, 216;
    knighted, 220;
    resigns or is deprived of his aldermanry, 223.

  Philippa of Hainault, her marriage with Edward III, i, 171.

  Philips, Sir Thomas, ii, 33.

  Picard, Sir Henry, mayor, his banquet to four kings, i, 200.

  Pickett, William, lord mayor, endeavours to obtain the removal of the
      Bank of England guard, iii, 218.

  Pilgrimage of Grace, the, i, 394.

  Pilkington, Thomas, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464, 538;
    empanels a jury favourable to Shaftesbury, 468;
    elected sheriff, 473;
    leader of the Whigs in the City, 478;
    the Duke of York's action against, 478, 492;
    committed to the Tower, 480;
    called to account for his conduct in the election of sheriffs, 487;
    fined, 493;
    elected mayor, 547;
    re-elected, 551;
    again stands for the City, 553;
    again elected mayor, 555.

  Pindar, Paul, refuses to pay tax for maintenance of parliamentary
      army, ii, 181.

  Pitt, William, afterwards Earl of Chatham, protests against the
      importation of mercenaries, iii, 58;
    opposes a proposed tax on plate, _id._;
    takes the lead on resignation of Newcastle, 60;
    dismissed, 61;
    the freedom of the City conferred on, 61, 62;
    his coalition with Newcastle, 62;
    subscribes to bounties for soldiers, 64;
    expresses delight at City's address on conquest of Canada, _id_;.
    Blackfriars Bridge named after, 65;
    resignation of, 67;
    his letter to Alderman Beckford, _id_;
    City's vote of thanks to, 68;
    his acknowledgment, 69;
    attends lord mayor's banquet, _id_;
    his indignation at the conclusion of the Peace of Paris, 73;
    recalled to power and created Earl of Chatham, 79;
    introduces an East India Bill, _id_;
    recommends Beckford to make no attempt to "fix" Rockingham, 99;
    his eulogy of Beckford's speech, 102;
    the City's thanks to, 103;
    his opinion touching shorter parliaments, _id_;
      upholds the conduct of Crosby and Oliver in discharging printers
    arrested for printing parliamentary debates, 114;
    advises conciliatory measures towards America, 149, 150;
    receives the thanks of Common Council and the livery, 150, 152;
    his last speech in parliament, 168-170;
    his death and funeral, 170-171;
    his monument in the Guildhall, 171;
    extract from his letter to Lord Temple touching shorter parliaments
      entered in the City's Journal, 178.

  Pitt, William, the younger, advocates economical and parliamentary
      reform, iii, 198-199;
    his struggle with the Coalition, 206;
    the freedom of the City and of the Grocers' Company conferred on, 207;
    returned M.P. for Cambridge, _id._;
    his East India Bill, 208;
    his last attempt to carry parliamentary reform, 209;
    his Regency Bill, 213;
    imposes excise tax on tobacco, 216;
    his Loyalty Loan, 228-230;
    his letter to the lord mayor asking the City to subscribe, 229;
    his subsidies to the emperor, 231;
    mobbed in the City, 234-235;
    his income tax Bill, 238;
    resigns, 247;
    again takes office, 254;
    his difficulty in forming a ministry, 255;
    his Additional Force Bill, 257;
    his death, 263;
    his funeral and monument, 264.

  Piwelesdon, or Puleston, Thomas de, accused of meditating a wholesale
      massacre in the City, i, 99.

  Plague, the Black Death, i, 194;
    the sweating sickness, 326-327, 360;
    divers visitations of, 365, 407, 521;
    proposal to build a pest-house in the City, 551;
    (of 1603), ii, 3-5;
    (of 1625), 95;
    (of 1665), 409-414.

  Player, Colonel, ii, 249.

  ---- Sir Thomas, chamberlain, M.P. for the City, ii, 458, 464;
    fined for creating a disturbance in the Common Hall, 493.

  Plomer, William, elected sheriff but pays fine, iii, 138.

  Plow-Monday, entertainment of lord mayor's household on, i, 418n.

  Plumbe, Samuel, alderman, stands for the shrievalty, iii, 138;
    ordered to be disfranchised for refusing to obey lord mayor's
      precept, 139.

  Plumbe's case, touching the jurisdiction of the Court of Aldermen
      over the livery companies, iii, 138-139.

  Plymouth, appeals to London for relief, ii, 220.

  Poitiers, battle of, i, 197.

  Poll Tax (of 1379), i, 217;
    (of 1380), 218;
    established for disbanding the armies, ii, 139.

  Pont de l'Arche, expected fall of, i, 263.

  Pontoise, surrender of, i, 264.

  Poor, the, weekly collections for, at St. Paul's Cross, i, 404;
    the house of, in West Smithfield, 417, 449;
    a brotherhood established in the City for relief of, 449;
    royal gift for relief of, iii, 214.

  Poor debtors, Royal gifts for relief of, iii, 3, 33.

  Popham, Sir Home, a vote of thanks to, for re-capture of Cape of Good
      Hope, refused, iii, 265;
    for capture of Buenos Ayres, 266;
    a sword of honour voted to, _id._

  Popish Plots, ii, 6, 13, 134, 456-458.

  Porter, Sir William Beauchamp, M.P. for Middlesex, iii, 81.

  Portland, Duke of, prime minister, iii, 204;
    joins Pitt's administration, 225;
    his letter to the lord mayor offering military assistance during
      bread riots, 244;
    a slight passed on the lord mayor's authority by, 246;
    succeeds Lord Grenville as prime minister, 267;
    resigns, 271.

  Porto Bello, capture of, iii, 44.

  Portreeve, office of, i, 35;
    title of, changed to mayor, 64.

  Postal System, attempt by City to establish a, ii, 322, 323.

  Poter, Walter le, elected sheriff, i, 104;
    builds the chapter-house of the Grey Friars, 402.

  Powis, Lord, i, 380.

  Prat, "Mr.," king's commissioner for surveying the City after the
      Fire, ii, 431.

  Pratt, chief justice, afterwards Lord Camden, discharges Wilkes, iii, 74;
    the Freedom of the City voted to, 78;
    his portrait in the Art Gallery, _id._

  Press Warrants, counsel's opinion as to legality of, iii, 107;
    refusal of Sawbridge and Hallifax to back, 166.

  Preston, Lord, at the head of a Jacobite plot, ii, 562.

  Preston Pans, Sir John Cope defeated at, iii, 51.

  Price, Dr. Richard, the Freedom of the City voted to, iii, 165.

  Pride, Colonel, purges the House of Commons, ii, 294;
    elected common councilman, 319;
    opposed to Cromwell assuming regal estate, 349;
    member of Cromwell's House of Lords, 350.

  Priour, John, the younger, M.P. for the City, i, 174.

  Pritchard, Sir William, elected mayor, ii, 490-492;
    arrested at the suit of Papillon and Du Bois, 500, 501;
    recovers damages against Papillon, 502;
    M.P. for the City, 509, 554, 613;
    stands for the City but is unsuccessful, 599.

  Proby, Peter, sheriff, ii, 63;
    sent commissioner to Ireland, 64.

  Prynne, enters London in triumph, ii, 134.

  Puiset or Pudsey, Hugh de, Bishop of Durham, i, 61.

  Pullison, Sir Thomas, mayor, his precept for raising volunteers for
      the low countries, i, 530;
    appointed jointly with Sir Wolstan Dixie to see that the price of
      provisions in the City was not enhanced, 541.

  Pulteney, Sir John de, leader of the City's forces against Scotland,
      i, 180;
    gift to, for services in, obtaining City's charter, 181;
    taken into custody by order of the king, 187.

  Purveyance, attempt to abolish, ii, 9.

  Pym, John, supported by the Common Council, ii, 152;
    refuses to "discontent" the citizens, 153;
    one of the Five Members, 155;
    attends Common Hall and hears the king's reply to City deputation
      sent to Oxford, 180;
    accompanies a Parliamentary deputation to the Common Council, 184, 185.

  Quebec, capture of, iii, 64.

  Quebec Bill, the, iii, 142.

  Quiney, Lieut.-Col., assaults Alderman Cornish in the Guildhall, ii, 489.

  _Quo Warranto_, writ of, proceedings against the City under, ii, 476,
      477, 478, 494-500;
    judgment entered, 503-504;
    reversal of judgment on, 541, 542, 543, 554-555.

  Radyngton, Sir Baldwin de, warden, of the City, i, 242.

  Rainton or Raynton, Sir Nicholas, sent to prison by Charles I, ii, 123;
    released, 125;
    summons a Common Hall for election of mayor, 168.

  Raleigh, Sir Walter, his expedition against Spain, i, 551.

  Ramillies, battle of, ii, 622;
    Standards captured at, set up in the Guildhall, 623.

  Rawlinson, Sir Thomas, mayor, ii, 623.

  Ray, Daniel, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 81.

  Raymond, Sir Jonathan, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 547, 555.

  Reading, taken by Essex, ii, 188;
    in the hands of the royalists, 196.

  Recorder of London, the, customs of the City recorded by mouth of, i,
      145.

  Recusants, laws against, i, 525, 526.

  "Redbridge," the ship, stoppage of, ii, 578-579.

  Rede, Richard, alderman, sent to the war in Scotland for opposing
      benevolence, and taken prisoner, i, 411.

  Refham, Richer de, mayor, obtains a confirmation of the City's
      liberties, i, 134-135;
    removed from mayoralty and aldermanry, 135, 136.

  Reformadoes, City petition for removal of, ii, 250.

  Reform Bill, the first, introduced, 332;
    approved by the City, 333;
    withdrawn, 334;
    again brought in and passed by the Commons but thrown out by the
      Lords, 335;
    City addresses on its rejection, 336-337;
    agitation in the country, 337-338;
    again brought in and passed, 343;
    the rights of the livery of London reserved, _id._;
    entertainment at the Guildhall to commemorate the passing of, 344.

  Regency Bill, the, iii, 282.

  Reynardson, Abraham, elected mayor, ii, 297;
    at variance with the Common Council, 299, 376;
    deposed from the mayoralty and sent to the Tower, 308;
    restored to his aldermanry, 383;
    re-elected mayor and declines office, 384.

  Reynold, Robert, i, 422.

  ---- William, i, 284.

  Reynolds, Father, executed, i, 392.

  ---- John, attorney, and election agent for Wilkes, iii, 100, 143,
      146, 147.

  Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his portrait of Chief Justice Pratt, iii, 78.

  Rich, Sir Peter, a candidate for the shrievalty, ii, 486;
    elected, 487;
    sworn in, 488;
    M.P. for the City, 509;
    chamberlain, 538, 555.

  ---- Sir Thomas, alderman, ii, 396.

  Richard I, his accession, i, 61;
    appoints Longchamp chancellor during his absence, _id._;
    his charters to the City, 68, 71;
    returns to England, 68;
    crowned a second time, 69;
    his death, 71.

  Richard II, the "Londoners' King," i, 212;
    charter of, forbidding foreigners to trade by retail, 214;
    another charter of, 224, 225;
    meditates an attempt upon the life of his uncle the Duke of
      Gloucester, 232;
    a commission of Regency appointed, 233;
    applies to the City for aid, _id._;
    compelled to submit to Parliament, 234;
    deposed, 245;
    doubtful reports as to his death, 247.

  Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, appointed
      Protector, i, 320;
    his schemes for obtaining the crown, 320-322;
    crowned, 323;
    bold speech of Londoners to, 325;
    escorted by citizens from Kensington to the City, 326;
    defeated at Bosworth, _id._

  Richard, King of the Romans, his manor of Isleworth devastated, i, 96;
    brought prisoner to the Tower, _id._

  Richmond Park, presented to the City, ii, 313;
    restored to Charles II, 381.

  Ridley, Nicholas, bishop of Rochester, translated to London, i, 440;
    his letter of gratitude to Sir Richard Dobbs, mayor, 450;
    sent to the Tower, 458;
    burnt at Oxford, 474.

  "Riffleres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.

  Riot Act, the, passed, iii, 7.

  Ripon, treaty of, ii, 131;
    negotiations removed to London, 135.

  Roberts, William, nominated sheriff by mayor's prerogative, ii, 471.

  Robinson, "Jack," iii, 121.

  ---- Sir John, mayor, ii, 401.

  ---- Sir Leonard, elected chamberlain, ii, 565;
    knighted, 571.

  Roche, Sir William, alderman, M.P. for the City, i, 370;
    committed to prison, 412.

  Rochelle, expeditions for relief of, i, 204; ii, 103, 107.

  Rochester, besieged by King John, i, 78;
    by the Barons, 96.

  Rochford, Sir Thomas Boleyn, Lord, i, 380.

  Rockingham, Lord, attends Beckford's famous entertainment, iii, 99;
    succeeds Lord North as prime minister, 197.

  Rodney, Admiral, defeats the French fleet in the West Indies, iii,
      199-200;
    entertained in the City, 200.

  Rogers, John, burnt for heresy, i, 473, 474.

  Rokesle or Rokesley, Gregory de,
    opposes Walter Hervy, i, 108;
    goes to Paris to confer with King Edward I, 116;
    again sets out for France, 117;
    master of the Exchange, 118;
    sent with a gift of money to the king, _id._;
    member for the City, _id._;
    declines to attend the king's justiciars, 120;
    builds the dormitory of the Grey Friars, 402.

  Rooke, Sir George, encounters the French fleet in Lagos Bay, ii, 572;
    captures French fleet in Vigo Bay, 614.

  "Roreres," street ruffians called, i, 135; ii, 646.

  Rose, Miles, i, 361.

  Rothschild, Baron Lionel, M.P. for the City, iii, 347;
    founds a scholarship in City of London School, _id._

  Rouen, siege of, by Henry V, i, 263.

  Rowe, Owen, Colonel, made chairman of the Common Council, ii, 299;
    placed on commission for trial of Charles I, 302.

  ---- Thomas, mayor, particulars of, i, 511n.

  Rowley, John, the City's agent in Ulster, ii, 32.

  Rowton Heath, Charles I defeated at, ii, 222.

  Royal Contract, ii, 104.

  Royal Exchange, the, building of, i, 494-499;
    insurance business carried on at, 499;
    music and football played in, 501;
    Royal arms removed from, ii, 330;
    again set up in, 374;
    statue of Queen Anne in, 611;
    the firing of guns under piazza, forbidden, iii, 2.

  "Royal George," the, sunk off Spithead, iii, 200.

  Rump, the, expelled by Cromwell, ii, 337;
    restored, 353;
    ejected by Lambert, 356;
    again restored, 362;
    dissolved, 373.

  Rupert, Prince, expected in London, ii, 172;
    before Bristol, 184, 186.

  Russell, Lord, i, 435.

  ---- Lord John, moves for repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, iii, 327.

  ---- Thomas, draper, his school at Barton-under-Needwood, co.
      Stafford, i, 353, 354.

  ---- Sir William, stands for the City, ii, 599.

  Rutland, Edward, Earl of, attainted, i, 296.

  ---- Roger, Earl of, committed to the Tower for complicity in the
      Essex rebellion, i, 562.

  Rye House Plot, the, discovery of, ii, 502;
    Burton outlawed for being concerned in, 515;
    Elizabeth Gaunt burnt for being concerned in, _id._

  Ryswick, peace of, ii, 603.

  Ryvers, Richard, Lord, i, 289.

  Sacheverell, Dr., sermon preached by, ii, 631;
    impeached, 633;
    trial of, 634;
    obtains the living of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 648.

  Sackville, Lord George, afterwards Lord George Germaine, his conduct
      at Minden as compared with that of Lord Effingham, iii, 161.

  ---- Sir Richard, i, 461.

  Sadler, John, town clerk, removed, ii, 382.

  St. Albans, the first battle of, i, 291;
    the second, 304.

  St. Bartholomew, priory and Hospital of, the priory suppressed, i, 398;
    the master bound to keep the obit of the mayor and aldermen, 401;
    re-established, 409;
    the hospital vested in the City, 417;
    governors of, appointed, 449.

  St. Clare, abbey of, called the Minories, injured by fire, i, 402.

  St. Dunstan, East, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

  St. Ewen, or Ewin, destroyed at the reformation, i, 428.

  St. Helen's without Bishopsgate, priory of, suppressed, i, 400;
    the nun's chapel of, given to Sir Richard Williams, 401;
    the refectory of, converted into hall of the Leathersellers, _id._

  St. James, Garlickhithe, parish registers of, i, 403.

  St. John, Henry. _See_ Bolingbroke.

  St. Martin Orgar, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

  St. Mary without Bishopsgate, priory and hospital of, suppressed, i, 398;
    _See also_ Bethlehem.

  St. Mary Bothaw, parish registers of, i, 403.

  St. Mary le Bow, its roof blown off, i, 39.

  St. Mary Woolnoth, insult offered to the mass in church of, i, 423.

  St. Nicholas Shambles, church destroyed at the Reformation, i, 428.

  St. Paul's, Church of, founded by Ethelbert, i, 9;
    Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury buried in, 19;
    Ethelred II buried in, 22;
    a gemót held in, 28;
    destroyed by fire (1087), 38;
    meeting of the barons and citizens in, 63, 72;
    Richard I returns thanks in, 68;
    Edward I seizes £2,000 found in, 125;
    a tablet set up by Earl of Lancaster in, 153;
    the treasure in, carried off by the mob, 158;
    Richard, Duke of York, swears allegiance to King Henry VI in, 288;
    a general reconciliation solemnized in, 294;
    the bodies of Warwick and Montagu killed at Barnet, exposed in, 315;
    Henry VI lies in state in, 316;
    the standards taken at Bosworth, deposited in, 326;
    the Earl of Warwick exhibited as a prisoner in, 328;
    marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon in, 336;
    the corpse of Henry VII brought to, 341;
    "children" of, 350;
    solemn thanksgiving in, for pregnancy of Catherine of Aragon, 354;
    Henry VIII and French Ambassadors at, on occasion of betrothal of
      the Princess Mary with the Dauphin, 362;
    the King and Queen of Denmark attend mass in, 371, 372;
    _Te Deum_ celebrated in, for capture of French King at Pavia, 374;
    Convocation at, presided over by Thomas Cromwell, 396;
    solemn procession to, for health of Jane Seymour and infant prince,
      396-397;
    obit of Jane Seymour celebrated in, 397;
    removal of images from, 427;
    the charnel house in churchyard removed, _id._;
    the cloister in Pardon churchyard destroyed, _id._;
    Cranmer conducts service in, 431;
    order against cattle being led through, 471;
    the Lollards Tower at, a prison for heretics, 475;
    restoration of, _temp._ Elizabeth, 492;
    lease by the Dean and Chapter to the City, of the Manor of
      Finsbury, 493;
    the first public lottery drawn at west door of, 508;
    thanksgiving service at, for defeat of Turkish fleet at Lepanto, 517;
    the same for defeat of Armada, 543;
    state visit of James I to, ii, 76;
    riots in, 174;
    thanksgiving service for victory over the Dutch, 345;
      for peace of Ryswick, 606;
      for victories of Marlborough, 614, 615, 616, 621, 624;
      for peace of Utrecht, 647;
      for peaceful accession of George I, iii, 3-4;
      for suppression of Jacobite rebellion, 9;
    soldiers quartered in, during Gordon riots, 192;
    thanksgiving service for recovery of George III, 215;
    the same for naval victories of Howe, Jervis and Duncan, 234;
    Nelson's funeral in, 261;
    thanksgiving service for the Jubilee of George III in, 272;
    Queen Caroline attends service in, 319.

  St. Paul's Cross, Dr. Shaw's sermon at, i, 320, 321;
    collections for the poor made every Sunday at, 404;
    recantation of Dr. Crome at, 414;
    sermon of Bonner against the King's supremacy preached at, 438;
    sermon preached by Hooper at, 439;
    Dr. Bourne's sermon at, 458;
    sermon by Bishop Gardiner's chaplain, at, 459;
    sermon by Dyos at, inveighing against the City, 527.

  St. Paul's school, foundation of, by Dean Colet, i, 350-352.

  St. Peter, Cornhill, the advowson of church of, conveyed to the City,
      i, 253.

  St. Thomas of Acon, hospital of, suppressed, i, 398.

  St. Thomas's hospital, suppressed, i, 398;
    purchased by the City, 449, 450.

  Salamanca, battle of, iii, 286.

  Salomons, David, the first Jew admitted to municipal offices, iii,
      346, 347;
    founds a scholarship in City of London school, 347.

  Salisbury, Richard, Earl of, enters the City with Richard, Duke of
      York, i, 290;
    defeats lord Audley at Blore Heath and crosses to Calais, 295, 296;
    attainted, 296;
    returns from Calais and marches to London, 298, 299.

  ---- William of, i, 84.

  Sampson, David, whipt for insulting the Spanish ambassador, ii, 80.

  Sandwich, John, Earl of, otherwise "Jemmy Twitcher," produces
      Wilkes's _Essay on Woman_ before parliament, iii, 77;
    burnt in effigy on Tower Hill, 118.

  ---- Ralph de, warden of the City, i, 122.

  Sauterie, Joan, wife of John, tried for speaking against the
      sacrament, i, 415.

  Sautre, William, burnt for heresy, i, 250.

  Savile, Sir George, his Act in favour of Roman Catholics, iii, 179;
    his house in Leicester fields sacked by Gordon rioters, 181.

  Savoy, the, sacked by the mob, i, 218.

  Sawbridge, Jacob, director of South Sea Company, expelled from
      parliament, iii, 20.

  ---- John, alderman, iii, 20;
    a member of the society known as the "Supporters of the Bill of
      Rights," 87;
    elected sheriff, 88;
    _Junius_ urges his candidature for the mayoralty, 125;
    Wilkes's opinion of, 126;
    stands for the mayoralty, 127;
    elected M.P. for the City, 145;
    succeeds Wilkes in the mayoralty, 161;
    supports Oliver's motion in the House _re_ war with America, _id._;
    his refusal to back press warrants, 166;
    loses his seat in parliament but recovers it, 192.

  Sawyer, Sir Robert, attorney-general, his speech in proceedings under
      writ of _Quo Warranto_, ii, 496, 497.

  Say, James Fiennes, Lord, executed, i, 285.

  Sayre, or Sayer, Stephen, elected sheriff, iii, 138;
    committed to the Tower for a supposed conspiracy, 160, 161.

  Scales, Thomas, Lord, leads the citizens against Cade, i, 285;
    holds the Tower for King Henry VI, 300;
    endeavours to take sanctuary at Westminster, seized and murdered, 302.

  Scawen, Sir Thomas, elected M.P. for the City, iii, 4.

  ---- Sir William, subscribes to loan to prince Eugene, ii, 624.

  Schools, founded by citizens of London, i, 349-354.

  "Scot," definition of payment of, iii, 15, 26, 29.

  Scotland, rebellion of under Wallace, i, 129;
    renewal of war with, 140;
    Edward III takes the field against the Scots, 161;
    peace with, 163;
    preparations for war with, 179;
    England invaded by Scots, 372;
    proposed union with England, ii, 8;
    disorders in, 119;
    Scottish commissioners in London, 135;
    "friendly assistance" granted to the Scots, 140;
    Scottish commissioners attend the Common Council, 228;
    the union with, 625-626.

  Scott, Sir John, ii, 640.

  Scottish army, prepares to march southward, ii, 219, 222;
    offer to withdraw on terms, 238;
    news of a fresh army being raised, 274;
    defeated at Dunbar, 328;
    enters England, 338;
    defeated at Worcester, 341.

  Scrop, Geoffrey le, the king's sergeant pleader at the Iter of 1321,
      i, 144.

  Seberht, "sub-king" of London, i, 9;
    founder of Westminster Abbey, _id._

  Self-denying ordinance, the, ii, 214.

  Semer, or Seymer, Thomas, opposition to his election as mayor, i,
      359, 360;
    M.P. for the City, 381.

  Senlac, battle of. _See_ Hastings.

  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, appointed _locum tenens_ during 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 also_ London, City Forces, and Militia.

  Treasonable Engagement, the, ii, 345, 346.

  Treby, Sir George, recorder, his speech in proceedings under writ of
      _Quo 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. _See_ Irish 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. _See_ Northumberland, 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 also_ New 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 his _North Briton_, 73-75;
    committed to the Tower, 74;
    discharged, _id._;
    recovers damages for seizure of papers, _id._;
    his _Essay 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 the _North Briton_
      and _Essay 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 from _Junius_, 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;
    his supporters raise a riot at Guildhall, 134;
    the drafting of the remonstrance of the livery (1773) ascribed to, 136;
    again claims his seat as member for Middlesex, 137;
    again stands for the mayoralty, 140, 141;
    elected mayor, 143;
    again returned M.P. for Middlesex, and allowed to take his seat, 144;
    reaches his zenith, 145;
    his dispute with the Court of Aldermen over an election, 146-149;
    his gentlemanly behaviour at Court, 152;
    his friendship with Dr. Johnson, 152n., 164-165;
    his letter to Lord Hertford, 153, 154;
    vote of thanks of the livery to, 155;
    refuses to assist in the ceremony of proclaiming war with America, 158;
    supports Oliver's motion in the House _re_ war with America, 161;
    expenses of his mayoralty, 161-163;
    becomes a candidate for the chamberlainship, 163;
    his answer to creditors, 164;
    motion in Common Council to grant an annuity to, negatived, _id._;
    elected chamberlain, _id._;
    his speech in the House against press warrants, 166;
    blames Kennet and Bull for their conduct during Gordon riots, 190.

  Willes, chief justice, iii, 53.

  William I, claims the crown, i, 30;
    his victory at Hastings, _id._;
    marches to London, 31;
    sets fire to Southwark, 32;
    negotiates with the City, _id._;
    the City submits, 33;
    his charters to London, 33-36;
    his strong government, 37;
    his death, 38.

  William I, Prince of Orange, the citizens of London render assistance
      to, i, 505;
    assassinated, 529.

  William II (Rufus), his accession, i, 38;
    his death, 39.

  William, Prince of Orange, afterwards William III, entertained by the
      City, ii, 443;
    invited to England, 529;
    lands, 533;
    declaration in favour of, drawn up by the lords at the Guildhall, 535;
    City address to, 536;
    enters London, _id._;
    summons a representative assembly, 537;
    asks the City for a loan, 538;
    proclaimed king, 539;
    coronation of, 540;
    entertained at Guildhall, 551;
    picture of, at Guildhall, defaced, 552;
    goes to Ireland, 558;
    returns, 561;
    goes to Holland, 562, 567;
    attends the lord mayor's banquet, 570;
    sets out for the continent, 571;
    returns, 573;
    City address to, on death of Queen, 587;
    City address to, on discovery of the Assassination plot, 599;
    reception of, by the City on return from Flanders, 604-606;
    City address to, on death of James II, 607;
    his death, 609.

  William IV, accession of, iii, 328;
    his visit to the City postponed for fear of riot, 329-330.

  Williams, Sir Richard, portion of suppressed priory of St. Helen,
      Bishopsgate, granted to, i, 401.

  Willimot, Robert, alderman, knighted, iii, 50.

  Wills, Edward, sheriff, knighted, ii., 598.

  Wilson, Rowland, alderman, placed on the commission for the king's
      trial, ii, 301;
    member of council of state, 303.

  Winchester, its early rivalry with London, i, 10;
    the same weights and measures used in, as in London, _id._;
    the mint at, 16;
    Henry I elected king at, 39;
    supports Stephen, 46;
    becomes the head-quarters of the Empress Matilda, _id._;
    Synod held at, 48;
    reduced by Queen Matilda, 52;
    destroyed by fire, 55;
    Richard I crowned at, 69.

  ---- Bishop of, question of his precedency at the Guildhall, i, 257.

  ---- Bishops of. _See_ Beaufort; Blois; Gardiner; Stratford; Wykeham.

  ---- William Paulet, Marquis of, his mansion house on the site of the
      Augustinian Friars, i, 399.

  Windsor, Sir William de, husband of Alice Perers, i, 208.

  Wine, charter of Edward IV granting office of gauger of, i, 307-308;
    abolition of coal and wine dues, iii, 349.

  Winnington, Sir Francis, solicitor-general, his opinion on the
      question of the aldermanic veto, ii, 454.

  Wiseman, Thomas, ii, 151.

  Withers, Sir William, M.P. for the City, ii, 607, 622n, 628, 638;
    candidate for aldermanry, 640, 642, 644.

  Wollaston, Sir John, a candidate for the mayoralty, ii, 169;
    accused of making a disturbance in the Common Hall, 316.

  Wolman, Benedict, engaged in the Trumpington conspiracy, i, 248.

  Wolsey, Cardinal, brings about marriage of Mary, sister of Henry
      VIII, with the King of France, i, 347;
    charges against the City by, 354;
    advises the City touching payment of subsidy, 355;
    mediates between the king and City, 358, 359;
    calls upon the livery companies to surrender their plate towards a
      loan to the king, 368;
    letter of thanks to the City from, 369;
    applies for another loan, 369, 370;
    his dispute with the Speaker, 371;
    his assistance again invited by the City, _id._.;
    his disappointment at not being elected pope, 373;
    an "amicable loan" suggested by, 374-376;
    consulted by Court of Aldermen touching discharge of Wythypol,
      elected alderman, 377;
    presides at proceedings in the divorce case of Catherine of Aragon,
      380;
    the fall of, 380, 381-382.

  Wood, Matthew, mayor, endeavours to rid the streets of foreign
      seamen, iii, 297-299;
    his report to the Court of Aldermen of the riot in Spa Fields, 299-305;
    elected M.P. for the City, 309;
    attends Queen Caroline at Brandenburgh House, 318, 319.

  Woodstock, Thomas of. _See_ Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of.

  Woodville, Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Grey, welcomed by the
      citizens, i, 307;
    married to Edward IV, 309;
    takes sanctuary at Westminster, 312, 320.

  Wool, a new tax on, i, 172, 173;
    the king's monopoly of, 181.

  Wooldridge, John Thomas, admitted alderman of Bridge Ward, iii, 149.

  Woolfe, Sir Joseph, alderman of Broad Street Ward, ii, 640.

  Worcester, battle of, ii, 341.

  ---- Bishop of. _See_ Latimer.

  ---- John, Earl of, sent to the City to raise a loan, i, 308;
    beheaded, 312.

  Wotton, Nicholas, elected mayor, i, 259.

  Wren, Sir Christopher, appointed to make a survey of the City after
      the Fire, ii, 428;
    to prepare Westminster hall for trial of Sacheverell, 634.

  Wright, Edmund, mayor, ii, 130, 145.

  Wriothesley, Thomas, Lord, appointed chancellor, i, 408;
    City gift to, 409.

  Wyatt, Sir Thomas, his rebellion, i, 461, 462, 464;
    lodged in the Tower and executed, 465;
    report of an attempt to extort confession from, 466.

  Wycliffe, John, i, 221, 248.

  Wykeham, William de, Bishop of Winchester, restored to his
      temporalities, i, 210.

  Wythypol, Paul, merchant-taylor, his election as Alderman, i, 377-379;
    particulars of, 377n.;
    refuses to accept aldermanry and is committed to Newgate, 378;
    M.P. for the City, 381.

  Yelverton, Sir Henry, attorney general, ii, 88.

  Yong, Thomas, saddler, convicted of perjury, i, 343.

  Yonge, Sir George, secretary at war, his correspondence with the lord
      mayor touching removal of the Bank guard, iii, 217, 218.

  York, City of, letter of sympathy from, after the Great Fire, ii, 420.

  York, Archbishop of. _See_ Nevill; Neville.

  ---- Edward, Duke of, his precedence at the Guildhall, i, 257, 258.

  ---- Frederick, Duke of, thanks the City for gift of clothing, &c.,
      to the troops in Flanders, iii, 222-223;
    resigns his command, 223;
    accused of scandalous conduct, 270.

  ---- Sir John, sheriff, Earl of Warwick takes up his residence in
      house of, i, 435;
    meetings of the lords at his house, 436, 440;
    entertains Edward VI, 439.

  York, Richard, Duke of, his rivalry with Duke of Somerset, i, 286, 287;
    denied entrance to the City, 287;
    swears allegiance to Henry VI in St. Paul's, 288;
    takes up quarters in the City, 290;
    nominated Protector, 291;
    the mayor and aldermen wait upon, _id._;
    wins the battle of St. Alban's, _id._;
    again nominated Protector on the king's relapse, _id._;
    seeks refuge in Ireland, 296;
    attainted, _id._;
    raises money in the City, 302;
    claims the crown, 303;
    killed at Wakefield, 304.

  ---- ---- Duke of, son of Edward IV, lodged in the Tower, i. 320;
    impersonated by Perkin Warbeck, 331.

  Ypre, John de, i., 209.

  Zouche, Lord, his efforts to obtain Northampton's release, i, 230, 231.

ERRATA.

VOL. I.

  Page 48, last line, for _them_ read _him_.

  ---- 107, line 4, for _Fitz-Thomas_ read _Fitz-Thedmar_.

  ---- 170, line 12, for _1339_ read _1330_.

  ---- 183, line 4, for _Winchester_ read _Winchelsea_.

  ---- 223, lines 9 and 22, for _Aldermancy_ read _Aldermanry_.

  ---- 228, line 10, for _Roby_ read _Raby_.

  ---- 249, line 12, for _1401_ read _1414_.

  ---- 264, line 13, for _25,000_ read _2,500_.

  ---- ---- line 20, for _Pointoise_ read _Pontoise_.

  ---- ---- note 3, for _fo. 1,222_ read _fo. 122_.

  ---- 293, note 3, for _fo. 288b_ read _fo. 292_.

  ---- 310, note 3, for _fo. 128_ read _fo. 182_.

  ---- 323, marginal note, for _1433_ read _1483_.

  ---- 339, line 13, for _25 Dec._ read _28 Dec._

  ---- 365, lines 15, 16, for _of Euphues fame_, read _the Grammarian_.

  ---- 391, note 2, for _1825_ read _1525_.

  ---- 443, line 18, for _1850_ read _1550_.

  ---- 487, line 15, for _followed_ read _preceded_.

  ---- ---- note 3, for _Repertory 4_ read _Repertory 14_.

VOL. II.

  Page 220, marginal note, for _arms_ read _army_.

  ---- 312, line 9, for _resolved_ read _was moved_.

  ---- 398, line 21, for _begining_ read _beginning_.

  ---- 401, line 25, for _latter_ read _later_.

  ---- 485, note 1, for _27_ read _87_.

  ---- 528 and 532, marginal notes, for _Charles_ read _James_.

    Transcriber's Notes:

    Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors in the prose
    were corrected.

    Egregious errors were corrected in the poetry.

    Italics markup is enclosed in _underscores_.

    P. 432 The total of men was actually 2190.