CHAPTER XII

_London from Mediæval to Modern Times_ 375

_Index_ 405

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_

_Heading to Chapter I_ 1

_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, 1616_ " 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 Fletcher_ 108

_St. John's Chapel in the Tower, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball_ 122

_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 Railton_ 129

_Cheapside Cross, from a Painting of the sixteenth century_ 138

_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 Fletcher_ 184

_St. Giles' in the Fields, from Plan in the British Museum_ 193

_'London Stone,' Cannon Street, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey_ 230

_Seal of Fitz-Ailwin, first Mayor of London_ 231

_Seal of Robert Fitz-Walter_ 269

_The Crypt of the Guildhall, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey_ 273

_Cloth Fair, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball_ 283

_Sir William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Temple Church, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher_ 330

_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 authorities_ 339

_Doorway, St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher_ 346

_St Helen's, Bishopsgate, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey_ 347

_Bow Church Crypt, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey_ 349

_Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher_ 350

_Hall of the Charterhouse, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 353

_The Temple Church--The Round, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher_ 357

_St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 361

_The Crypt, St. John's, Clerkenwell, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey_ 369

_Charing Cross, from the Crace Collection, British Museum_ _facing_ 375

_Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 377

_The Gate House and Church Tower, Lambeth Palace, from a Drawing by J. A. Symington_ 379

_Norden's Plan of Westminster, 1593_ _facing_ 385

_Butcher Row and Temple Bar, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 390

_Lincoln's Inn Gateway, Chancery Lane, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher_ 393

_Gray's Inn Hall, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball_ 395

_Staple Inn, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 397

_Sir Paul Pindar's House, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton_ 399

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