The History of London

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8. THE FIRST SAXON SETTLEMENT.9. THE SECOND SAXON SETTLEMENT.10. THE ANGLO-SAXON CITIZEN.11. THE WALL OF LONDON.12. NORMAN LONDON.

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19. THE PILGRIMS.20. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.21. THE TERROR OF LEPROSY.22. THE TERROR OF FAMINE.

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25. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.26. THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.27. MONKS, FRIARS, AND NUNS.28. THE LONDON CHURCHES.29. THE STREETS.

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33. GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.34. THE PALACES AND GREAT HOUSES.35. AMUSEMENTS.36. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.37. THE COURT AT WESTMINSTER.38. JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENTS.39. THE POLITICAL POWER OF LONDON.

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54. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

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63. LONDON. GREATER LONDON.

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51. THE TERROR OF THE PLAGUE. PART II.

Registers: a record of names of persons who have died. Such records are now accurately kept by the registrars of births, deaths, and marriages.

The King: Charles II., who, whatever his faults may have been, was at least good-natured and averse to suffering.

Samuel Pepys (born 1632, died 1703) was Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II. and James II. His famous diary gives a graphic picture of life during these reigns.