ILLUSTRATIONS
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Charles I. Frontispiece
James I. 3
Triumphal Arch erected at the time of the Coronation of James I. 4
The Gunpowder Conspirators 7
Gunpowder Treason 8
King James I. Entertaining the Spanish Ambassador at Whitehall 10
Henry, Prince of Wales 11
A Facsimile of the Order for the Burning of the Book of Sports 14
The Destruction of Cheapside Cross and the Burning of the Book of Sports 16
Charles I. 22
Cheapside—Queen Henrietta Maria’s Entry into London 23
Henrietta Maria 26
George Villiers, First Duke (Second Creation) of Buckingham 30
King Charles I. Thrown Overboard 36
“England’s Miraculous Preservation Emblematically Described” 38
“The True Maner of the Execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford” 39
Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford 40
A Plan of London and Westminster after the Fire 41
A Soldier of the Time of King James the First armed with a Caliver 45
The Trial of King Charles I. Facing page 46
Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Wife 48
Trial of King Charles I. 49
Execution of Charles I. 51
Prince Rupert 60
Cromwell Dissolving Parliament 65
Hackney Coachman 66
Oliver Cromwell 67
General Monk, First Duke of Albemarle 69
View of General Monk’s House in Grub Street 70
Letter from General Monk to the Speaker of Parliament (facsimile) 71
Mob at Temple Bar 74
The Coronation of Charles II. in Westminster Abbey Facing page 76
Charles II. 77
Incidents in the Rebellion of the Fifth Monarchy Men under Thomas Venner, and the Execution of their Leaders 79
Hungerford Market, near York Buildings, Strand Facing page 88
“The Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope, Cardinalls, Jesuits, Fryers, etc., through ye City of London” 90
Lord Mayor and Aldermen 93
Nell Gwynne 101
The Coronation of James II. in Westminster Abbey Facing page 102
Titus Oates Flogged at the Cart Tail 103
Titus Oates in the Pillory 104
Duke of Monmouth 105
The Execution of Monmouth 106
James II. 109
The Seven Bishops on the Way to the Tower 111
Parliament in the reign of James II. 112
Judge Jeffreys 113
The Arrest of Jeffreys 115
Entry of the Prince of Orange into London Facing page 116
William III. 119
Mary II. 120
London Street Cries 123
Queen Anne 127
Thanksgiving Service in St. Paul’s 129
Henry Sacheverell, D.D. 132
St. Paul’s Cross 138
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 140
A Trimmer 142
Execution of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 143
John Bunyan’s Meeting-house, Zoar-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark 154
Touching for King’s Evil 165
St. Bartholomew’s 170
Warwick House, Cloth Fair 173
Craven House, Drury Lane 174
Arundel House 175
Cornhill, London 180
Watchman—Bellman 181
The Apprentices’ Enforced Toilet Facing page 188
Custom House 191
“The Soveraigne of the Seas” 192
The First Royal Exchange—Exterior and Interior Facing page 196
Coins of the Period Facing page 200
Old Grocers’ Hall used for Bank of England 201
A Perspective View of the Bank of England 203
Paul Pindar’s House Facing page 211
Lord Craven 219
Rescued from the Plague Facing page 220
Samuel Pepys 221
Daniel Defoe 224
Part of Cheapside with the Cross, etc., as they Appeared in 1660 241
The Great Fire of London 245
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul as it was before ye Fire of London 247
A View of the Monument of London, in Remembrance of the Dreadful Fire in 1666 249
A Plan of the City and Liberties of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666 Between pages 252 and 253
Sir Christopher Wren 254
Sir John Evelyn’s Plan for Rebuilding the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666 255
Sir Christopher Wren’s Plan for Rebuilding the City of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in 1666 255
John Evelyn 259
The Great Fire of London Facing page 260
Temple Bar, the West side 263
London after the Fire Between pages 268 and 269
Somerset Palace, 1650 270
Durham House, Salisbury House, and Worcester House 271
The Charter House Hospital 273
Newgate, 1650 277
Remains of Prince Rupert’s Palace, Beech Street 279
St. Ethelburga within Bishopsgate 281
Specimen of Armorial Architecture 282
House in Great St. Helen’s formerly the Residence of Sir Jno. Lawrance, Lord Mayor of London A.D. 1665 288
Tavern Scene 292
Two Costume Portraits 298
An English Lady of Quality—Lady of the Court of England 300
Citizen’s Wife—Citizen’s Daughter 301
English Gentlewoman—Noble Gentlewoman of England 303
Maypole Dance in the Time of Charles I. 305
Merchant’s Daughter—Merchant’s Wife of London 306
Procession in the City 306
“Corpe Bearer” 309
St. James’s Park 313
Interior of St. Paul’s 316
Inside of the Duke’s Theatre, Lincoln’s Inn Fields 320
Inside of the Red Bull Playhouse 322
Musical Instruments of the Period Facing page 326
Sports of the Period Facing page 328
Dress of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London in 1640 333
Coaches in St. James’s Park 339