CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

THE OLD PALACE OF WHITEHALL.

By whom Originally built.-The Residence of Cardinal Wolsey,

Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Elizabeth, and

James the First.-Banqueting House.-Whitehall the Resi-

dence of Charles the First, Cromwell, James the Second, and

Queen Mary

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THE THAMES AT LONDON.

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The Thames in Ancient Times.-Old Palace of Whitehall.-

Northumberland, York, Durham, Salisbury, Worcester, and

Somerset Houses.-Temple Garden.-Alsatia.-Bridewell.-

Baynard's Castle. Queenhithe.- Bankside.-Water Proces-

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THE TOWER.

Description of the Fortress.-Its Principal Bulwarks.---Tower

Chapel. Traitors' Gate. - Kings who built, enlarged, and

lived in it.-Distinguished Prisoners whose Misfortunes or

Crimes have thrown a deep Interest over its Dungeons

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TOWER HILL, ALLHALLOWS BARKING, CRUTCHED

FRIARS, EAST SMITHFIELD, WAPPING.

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Illustrious Personages executed on Tower Hill. - Melancholy

Death of Otway.-Anecdote of Rochester.-Peter the Great.-

Church of Allhallows Barking. - Seething Lane. - The

Minories.-Miserable Death of Lord Cobham.-Goodman's

Fields Theatre.-St. Katherine's Church.-Ratcliffe Highway.

-Murders of the Marrs and Williamsons.-Execution Dock.

-Judge Jefferys.--Stepney

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BILLINGSGATE, COLE HARBOUR, STEELYARD,

THE VINTRY, &c.

Etymology of Billingsgate.-Principal Ports of London.-Fish-

mongers' Company.-Sir William Walworth.--Seminary for

Pickpockets. Great Fire of London.-Hubert's Confession. -

Remarkable Edifices in and near Thames Street

QUEENHITHE, BAYNARD'S CASTLE, HOUSES OF

THE NOBILITY, BLACKFRIARS, &c.

Derivation of the name of Queenhithe.-Celebrated Residents in

Baynard's Castle.-Mansions near Paul's Wharf.-Monastery

of the Black Friars.-Repudiation of Queen Catherine.-Queen

Elizabeth at Cobham House.-The Fatal Vespers.-Blackfriars

Bridge. Fleet Ditch. - Strongholds of Thieves. - Palace of

Bridewell.-Alsatia.-Execution of Lord Sanquhar

LONDON BRIDGE.

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Antiquity of Old London Bridge.-Legend of the Erection of the

First Bridge.-Canute's Expedition.-The First Stone Bridge.

-Its Appearance.-Traitors' Heads affixed thereon.-Tenants

and Accidents on it.-Suicides under it.-Pageants across, and

Fights on it.-Edward the Black Prince.-Wat Tyler.-Lords

Welles and Lindsay.-Richard II.-Henry V.-Sigismund.-

Henry VI.-Jack Cade. - Bastard of Falconbridge.-Wolsey.

-Osborne.-Wyatt.-Charles II.-Decapitated Persons

THE FIRE OF LONDON.

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Where the Fire originated.-Charles II.'s Noble Conduct.-

Pepys's Account of the Fire.-Evelyn's "Diary.”—Farryner's

Account of the Origin of the Fire.-Attributed to the Roman

Catholics. The Monument.-Original Inscription.-Damage

caused by the Fire.-Description of the Monument

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FISH STREET HILL, EASTCHEAP, GRACECHURCH

STREET, ST. OLAVE'S, HART STREET.

King's Head Tavern." - St. Magnus the Martyr. -- Pudding

Lane.-Boar's Head Tavern.-Sir John Falstaff.-Lombard

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Merchants. - Earl of Suffolk. - Fenchurch Street.

Elizabeth.-St. Olave's Church.-Sir John Mennis.-Monu-

ment to Pepys's Wife.-Dr. Mills.-Whittington's Residence.--

Lady Fanshawe

ALDGATE, ST. BOTOLPH'S CHURCH, LEADENHALL

STREET, ST. CATHERINE CREE, &c.

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Derivation of the name Aldgate. Stow the Antiquary.— His

Labours ill-requited.-Cruel Execution of the Bailiff of Rom-

ford. His Speech.-Church of St. Botolph.-Monuments in

the Church.-Defoe's Account of the Burial-pits in the Church-

yard during the Plague. - Whitechapel. - Duke's Place. -

Priory of the Holy Trinity.-Leadenhall Street.--Church of

St. Catherine Cree.-Persons Buried there.-Consecration of

the Church by Archbishop Laud.--Church of St. Andrew

Undershaft.-Monuments.-St. Mary-Axe.-Lime Street

CORNHILL, SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH,

ROYAL EXCHANGE, &c.

Cornhill frequented by Old Clothes Sellers.-" Pope's Head."

-First London Coffee-House.-Tea-Drinking.-St. Michael's

Church. The Standard in Cornhill.-The Royal Exchange.

-The Pawn. - Royal Exchange Bazaar. - Change Alley. -

Threadneedle Street. Gordon Riots. Merchant Taylors'

Company. Southsea House.-Drapers' Company.-Plague in

Lothbury

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OLD JEWRY, ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH, MANSION

HOUSE, LONDON STONE, &c.

Old Jewry, the Original Burial Place of the Jews.-Expulsion

of the Jews.-Dr. Lambe and the Duke of Buckingham.-

St. Olave's Church.-St. Lawrence, Jewry.-St. Thomas of

Acon.-Gilbert à Becket.-Mercers' Company.-The Poultry.

- Mansion House.-Stocks Market.-Sir John Cutler.-Buck-

lersbury.-Indian Houses.-St. Stephen's, Walbrook.-London

Stone.-Prior of Tortington's "Inne"

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BISHOPSGATE STREET, CROSBY HALL.

Derivation of the word Bishopsgate.-Crosby Place.-Its Pre-

sent Condition.-When built.-Character of its Founder. --

Its Tenants: Richard the Third,-Read,-Emperor Maximi-

lian, Rest, Sir Thomas More,-Bond,-Spencer,-First Earl

of Northampton,- Countess of Pembroke, Duc de Sully,

Second Earl of Northampton,-Sir Stephen Langham.-Gres-

ham House.-Sir Paul Pindar

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CHURCH OF ST. HELEN'S THE GREAT.

Antiquity of St. Helen's Church.-Priory of Benedictine Nuns

founded there.-Exterior and Interior of the Church.-Its

Striking Monuments: Sir Julius Cæsar's,-Martin Bond's,-

Sir John Crosby's, - Sir William Pickering's, -Sir Thomas

Gresham's. St. Botolph's Church.-Persian's Tomb.-Curtain

Theatre.-Shoreditch.-Hoxton.-Spitalfields.-Bethnal Green.

-Old Artillery Ground

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LONDON WALL, AUSTIN FRIARS, &c.

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Original Extent of London Wall.-Its Gates.-The City Ditch.

-Broad Street.-Austin Friars.-Monuments there.-Win-

chester House.-Finsbury and Moorfields.-Bedlam.-Moor-

gate Street.

Milton.

New Artillery Ground.

Bunhill

Row.-Bunhill Fields' Burial Ground. - Celebrated Persons

buried there.-Grub Street.-Hoole and Dr. Johnson ... ... 425

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