Chapter 2

The City and the Plantation of Virginia. Public Lotteries in aid of the Plantation. Copland’s Sermon at Bow Church. The King’s pecuniary difficulties. The Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth. The King entertained by the City. The Addled Parliament. Peter Proby, Sheriff and Ex-Barber. A general muster of City trained bands. A Commission of Lieutenancy granted to the City. The Company of Merchant Adventurers suppressed. Knights of the Bath at Drapers’ Hall. Request for a loan of £100,000. Sebastian Hervey and his daughter. The Thirty Years’ War. Loan of £100,000 to the Elector Palatine. The Spanish Ambassador ill-treated. The City and the Spanish Match. Concealed Lands. The City and Mansfield’s Expedition.