Entertainment of Christian IV., King of Denmark

Christian's visit to the Queen, Anne of Denmark..His

entry into London, and particulars of the Banquets

given for his amusement..Sad disaster of the Queen

of Sheba.

Lord Mayors

Exemptions from serving the office of Lord Mayor..

Impressing for Choristers

Ordinance in the time of Henry VI. for pressing Min-

strels..Complaint of Thomas Tusser.

Page

1-5

5-7

7-9

9

Some account of Gower.. Editions of his Poem " De

Confessione Amantis".. Description of his Monument

in St. Saviour's, Southwark

Queen Elizabeth

9-11

11-18

Character and Disposition of the Maiden Queen, by Sir

John Harington.. Her Subtlety, Fondness for Dress,

and Tyranny to her Ladies.

b

Printing

16-16

Foreign Compositors in the reign of Elizabeth.
Westminster Abbey.-Monument of Lady Nightingale 17-19
Lady Nightingale's Monument the work of Roubiliac.
.. The Subject described.. Critical Remarks.

19-32

Sheriff's of London .
Particulars of the Sheriffdon, by Richard Hoare, Esq.
.. Three Lord Mayors in one Year..Transportation
of Felons.. Custom of collecting Charity for the City
Prisoners..Origin of the Easter Entertainments..
Court Baron, and Court Leet..Court of Conservancy
..Exemption from serving the office of Sheriff..
Mode of Proclaiming St. Bartholomew Fair in 1741.

Whitehall, anciently called York Place

17*-56*

Hubert de Burgh erects a mansion on this site..Be-
queathed to the Black Friars..Sold to Walter
Gray, Archbishop of York, and made the Archiepis-
copal Palace of that see.. Splendid establishment
and pompous living of Cardinal Wolsey at York Place.
..Wolsey's disgrace and retirement to Asher..York
Place occupied by King Henry VIII., who erects
additional buildings there, and annexes the whole,
together with St. James's Park, to his ancient Pa-
lace of Westminster.... Marriage of that Sovereign
with Anne Boleyn, at York Place..Early occurrence
of the appellation Whitehall..Henry reviews a
grand muster of armed Citizens from the Gate-house.
..His death..Splendour of Whitehall in Queen
Elizabeth's reign..Erection of a Banquetting House
for the Entertainment of a French Embassy in 1581
Gorgeous Triumph in the Tilt-yard..Hentzner's
Account of Whitehall in 1598.. Anecdotes and De-
cease of Queen Elizabeth., Diversions at Whitehall
in the reigns of James I. and Charles I..Masque of
"Blacknesse."..Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth
..Designs for a new Palace by Inigo Jones.. Ban-
quetting-house..Ordinances for selling the Pictures

..State of Whitehall in the reign of Charles II..

Curious Dials.. Entertainment of the Morocco Am-
bassador.. Death of Charles II.. Popish Chapel of
James II..Destruction of Whitehall by fire..Cock-
pit Gate.. Busts.

Speakers of the House of Commons

32-33

Custom of the Speaker to disparage his own abilities
..Speech of Sir Christopher Yelverton.

Extraordinary Escape from Death

Remarkable Recovery after Suspension, of William

Duell..Extraordinary Recovery of Anne Greene, at

Oxford..Epigram on the subject.

33-37

37-38

38-39

Instance of skilful workmanship in chaining up a Flea.

Ingenious Mechanism

.39-40

Army Surgeons in the time of Henry VIII,. Ignorance
of, and committal of many of them to the Marshalsea.

Lady Jane Grey.

Account of her early years, by her tutor, Ascham..

Lines written by that Lady in the Tower.

Royal Society

Dr. Wallis's account of the origin of that Society..
Charter of Incorporation granted by Charles II...
Curious Letter from Sir Isaac Newton.

Character of a Gull.

Epigrams by Christopher Marlow and Sir John Davis

of a Gull-Meditations of a Gull.

40-43

43-45

Admiral Vernon, and the Duchess of Marlborough . 45-46

Vernon stigmatized by Lord Byron as "the Butcher."

Analysis and Extracts from the satirical ballad of

"Robin Conscience, or Conscionable Robin," illus-
trating the habits of the Londoners.

Abode of Dame Quickly.." London licke Penny," a

satirical song..Geoffrey Crayon.. The Boar's Head

the Chief Tavern in London'..Goldsmith's "Re-

verie".. Anecdote of the Princes Thomas and John,

sons of Henry IV..Epitaph on Kobert Preston, the

Boar's Head Drawer

Westminster Abbey.-Monument of the Great Earl of

Chatham.

Designed by Bacon..Description of the Monument,

and critical remarks.. Anecdote of George III.

Fire of London,-Conduits destroyed

62-64

64-65

Quaint account of the "Spoiling of the City Conduits."

Parish Churches erected in London, by Sir Christopher

Wren, after the Great Fire

66-70

Sir Christopher Wren appointed Assistant Surveyor-

General to Sir John Denham.. Succeeds him in

office. ,Enumeration of Parish Churches erected by

Sir Christopher.. Cost of Building each..Other Pub-

lic Works erected by the same Architect.. Repairs

of Westminster Abbey.

70-74

St. Paul's Cathedral.-Walkers in Paul's.

Disorderly Conduct in St. Paul's.. Ancient Inscription

on the doors..St. Paul's, a thoroughfare for Porters.

..Lines for Donations.. Irreverent practices in the

time of Elizabeth..Houses built against the walls.

Great Plugue of London.-Story of the Blind Piper.

Anecdote of the Blind Piper, as related by De Foe.

Merchant Taylors' Company and Hall

74-76

76-84

Origin of the Company.. Confirmation from Edward I.

,.The Pilgrim.. Incorporated by Edward IV.. Rein-

corporated by Henry VII..Members of the Company

..Splendid Entertainment given to James I... History

and Description of the Hall..Extracts from the

Company's books, relating to the above Entertuin-

ment.