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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Title page titlepage
Chapter 2: [Letter to the] LORD MAIOR: [...] [1], [2]
Chapter 3: The preface i, ij, iij, iv, v, vi, vij, viij
Chapter 4: STOW'S Epistle Dedicatory ix, x, xi, xij
Chapter 5: THE LIFE OF JOHN STOW j, ij, iij, iv, v, vj, vij, viij, ix, x, xj, xij, xiij, xiv, xv, xvj, xvij, xviij, xix, xx, xxj, xxij, xxiij, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvij
Chapter 6: A Catalogue of Authors, Records and Manuscripts xxviij, xxix, xxx
Chapter 7: CHAPTERS and CONTENTS xxxi, xxxij, xxxiij, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvij, xxviij, xxxix, xl, xli, xlij
Chapter 8: A LIST of the Subscribers Names. [1], [2]
Book 1
Chapter 1: The Division of the CITY into four Parts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Chapter 2: The Antiquity of the Wall built about the City. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Chapter 3: Of the Old Town-Ditch without the Wall of the City. 11, 12, 13, 14
Chapter 4: The Gates made through the Walls of the City. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Chapter 5: Of the Ancient and present Rivers, Brooks... 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Chapter 6: Of the Ancient and Famous River of THAMES 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Chapter 7: A Survey of the River of Thames... 32, 33, 34
Chapter 8: A further Testimony concerning the River of Thames... 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Chapter 9: A more particular Account of the Locks, the Wears, and Mills on the Thames . 39, 40, 41
Chapter 10: A further Account of this famous River of Thames 42, 43, 44, 45
Chapter 11: Two Acts ... for the Preservation of this River 45, 46, 47
Chapter 12: The River LEE or LEY 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Chapter 13: London Bridge. The Antiquity of it . 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
Chapter 14: Of such antient Towers and Castles. 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
Chapter 15: Of the TOWER of London 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
Chapter 16: The Antiquity and first Foundation of the Tower. 77, 78, 79, 80, 81
Chapter 17: The various Accidents, Occurrences ... that have happened in or concerning the Tower. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Chapter 18: Of the MINT in the Tower . 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Chapter 19: Of the Office of the Ordnance kept within the Tower . 104, 105, 106, 107, 108
Chapter 20: Of the Offices of keeping the RECORDS in the Tower; 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119
Chapter 21: Of the Houses for Students in the Law, called, The Inns of Court and Chancery. 120, 121, 122, 123
Chapter 22: Of Schools, and other Houses of Learning, as are, or have been in the City. 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
Chapter 23: The College of Physicians. 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146
Chapter 24: SION College. 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162
Chapter 25: The Publick SCHOOLS. 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173
Chapter 26: Colleges and Hospitals. 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203
Chapter 27: St. Katharines. 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
Chapter 28: An Account of the dreadful Fire of London, Ann. 1666. 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240
Chapter 29: Ancient Customs for Trade and Merchandise. 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260
Chapter 30: A Rehearsal of many Honourable Acts of the City and Citizens. 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280
Chapter 31: The Worth of Citizens. Supply their Princes Occasions for present Money. 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308
Book 2
Chapter 1: The Division of the CITY into four Parts: And into Twenty Six Wards, 1, 2, 3
Chapter 2: PORTSOKEN WARD; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Chapter 3: TOWER STREET WARD. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Chapter 4: EALDGATE WARD. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83
Chapter 5: LIMESTREET WARD. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
Chapter 6: BISHOPSGATE WARD. 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109
Chapter 7: BROADSTREET WARD. 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
Chapter 8: CORNHIL WARD. 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Chapter 9: LANGBORNE WARD. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164
Chapter 10: BILLINGSGATE WARD. 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173
Chapter 11: BRIDGE WARD 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
Chapter 12: CANDLEWICKE STREET WARD. 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190
Chapter 13: WALBROOK WARD. 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
Chapter 14: DOWNEGATE WARD. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208
Book 3
Chapter 1: WARDS on the West Side of WALBROOKE. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Chapter 2: CORDWAINERS STREET WARD. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Chapter 3: CHEAPE WARD. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Chapter 4: COLEMAN STREET WARD. 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
Chapter 5: BASSINGS HALL WARD. 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
Chapter 6: CRIPPLEGATE WARD. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
Chapter 7: ALDERSGATE WARD. 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123
Chapter 8: FARINGDON WARD INFRA, or WITHIN. 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Chapter 9: BRREADSTREET WARD. 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207
Chapter 10: QUEEN HITH WARD. 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219
Chapter 11: CASTLE BAYNARD WARD. 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230
Chapter 12: The WARD of FARINGDON EXTRA, or WITHOUT. 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285
Book 4
Chapter 1: BRIDGE WARD WITHOUT. titlepage, [1], 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Chapter 2: The SUBURBS without the Walls, briefly 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
Chapter 3: Suburb without Aldersgate... 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
Chapter 4: The Parish of St. Giles in the Fields. 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85
Chapter 5: Stepney, and Hackney, Suburbs North East in the County of Middlesex. 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
Chapter 6: ...the Manour of Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex. 101, 102, 103
Chapter 7: LIBERTIES of the Dutchy of Lancaster. 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
Book 5
Chapter 1: The State of the Parish Priests and Parishioners of London anciently. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Chapter 2: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Chapter 3: The Endeavours used in the City for the restraining of Vice... 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Chapter 4: ...the Gifts and Charities committed to the Trust of the Twelve Companies... 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
Chapter 5: Of the Temporal Government of this City. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Chapter 6: The Ancient Government of the City. 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155
Chapter 7: Government by MAIORS; How ancient: 153, 154, 155
Chapter 8: The ALDERMEN of London 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172
Chapter 9: Freemen of the City, called BARONS. 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189
Chapter 10: The MERCHANT-TAYLORS Company. 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
Chapter 11: The other Companies following the Twelve. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208
Chapter 12: BARBER-CHIRURGEONS: Formerly two distinct Companies. 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
Chapter 13: INHOLDERS... 216, 217, 218, 219, 220
Chapter 14: STATIONERS. The ancientest Printers. 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235
Chapter 15: GLOVERS... 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249
Chapter 16: Many Lands and Tenements of the Companies 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
Chapter 17: Trade 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272
Chapter 18: Tonnage and Poundage 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290
Chapter 19: Remarks concerning the Merchants of London. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298
Chapter 21: Some further Account of the Strangers that settled in London. 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305
Chapter 22: Laws, Customs and Usages, ancient and modern. 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313
Chapter 23: Laws and Customs of the Wardmote Inquest. 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322
Chapter 24: The Laws and Ordinances for Orphans and Children of Freemen. 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335
Chapter 25: Antient Assize and Weight of Bread 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346
Chapter 26: The Royal Charters of the City... 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358
Chapter 27: The Citizens upon all Occasions insist upon their Charters. 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368
Chapter 28: The Courts of London. 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388
Chapter 29: Laws and Customs of the City. 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408
Chapter 30: Divers of the most important Acts of Common Council. 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430
Chapter 31: A Collection of divers Orders and Appointments made for the City. 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450
Chapter 32: The Military Government of the City of London. 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459
Book 6
Chapter 1: The Description of WESTMINSTER, proceeding from Temple-Bar. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Chapter 2: The EPITAPHS and INSCRIPTIONS upon the Persons interred in St. PETERs. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Chapter 3: St. Margaret's Church. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
Chapter 4: The Government of this City. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Chapter 5: The present State of this City. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
Chapter 6: The Boundaries, Streets, Lanes, Passages, and new Buildings, of St. James's... 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
Appendix 1
Chapter 1: A Discourse commendatory of the City of London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Chapter 2: The ancient Tract of Fitz-Stephen 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Chapter 3: A Writing of a Learned Lawyer and Antiquarian... 16, 17, 18, 19
Chapter 4: Of the CHARITIES and Charitable Foundations belonging to the City. 20, 21
Chapter 5: Of divers Roman and other Antique Curiosities found in LONDON 21, 22, 23, 24
Chapter 6: LUDGATE, What it is; not what it was. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Chapter 7: The Order of the Hospitals of King Henry. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
Chapter 8: An Act of Common Council: 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Chapter 9: 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
Chapter 10: A brief DISCOURSE 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68
Chapter 11: A VISITATION 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
Chapter 12: The Circuit-Walk on the South East and East Parts. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Chapter 13: The Circuit Walk on the East and North East Parts bordering upon LONDON 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
Chapter 14: The Circuit Walk on the North and North West Parts bordering upon LONDON 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
Chapter 16: 141, 142, 143
Appendix 2
Chapter 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

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