ILLUSTRATIONS

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Map of London in 1588, from William Smith’s MS. of the ‘Description of England’ (Reproduced in Colours by Lithography)Frontispiece

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Norden’s Plan of London, 1593 facing 21

Aldgate and Priory of the Holy Trinity, from Newton’s Map of London facing 28

Chaucer’s Pilgrims issuing from the Tabard, from Pennant’s ‘London’71

Old St. Paul’s, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey, reconstructed from information obtained from leading authorities facing 86

Visscher’s View of London, 1616facing 90

Old London Bridge from St. Olave’s Church, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton facing 102

The Tower of London, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher108

St. John’s Chapel in the Tower, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball122

Duke of Orleans in the Tower, from a copy of MS. in British Museum facing 126

North or Inside View of Traitor’s Gate, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton129

Cheapside Cross, from a Painting of the sixteenth century138

Seal of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Obverse of the Common Seal of the City of London, cir. 1225 facing 180

Rahere’s Tomb in St. Bartholomew’s Church, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher184

St. Giles’ in the Fields, from Plan in the British Museum193

‘London Stone,’ Cannon Street, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey230

Seal of Fitz-Ailwin, first Mayor of London231

Seal of Robert Fitz-Walter269

The Crypt of the Guildhall, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey273

Cloth Fair, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball283

Sir William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Temple Church, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher330

Paul’s Cross, from an Original Drawing in the Pepysian Library, Cambridge facing 336

Interior of Old St. Paul’s, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey, reconstructed from information obtained from leading authorities339

Doorway, St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher346

St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey347

Bow Church Crypt, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey349

Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher350

Hall of the Charterhouse, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton353

The Temple Church—The Round, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher357

St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton361

The Crypt, St. John’s, Clerkenwell, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey369

Charing Cross, from the Crace Collection, British Museum facing 375

Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton377

The Gate House and Church Tower, Lambeth Palace, from a Drawing by J. A. Symington379

Norden’s Plan of Westminster, 1593 facing 385

Butcher Row and Temple Bar, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton390

Lincoln’s Inn Gateway, Chancery Lane, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher393

Gray’s Inn Hall, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball395

Staple Inn, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton397

Sir Paul Pindar’s House, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton399

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