The obligations of the author to several valued correspondents have been great, and call for his warmest gratitude, to whom he begs leave to return his sincere thanks for the unremitting interest with which they have regarded the progress of the work.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAPTER I.

History of London and its environs, from the earliest period of

authentic record to the defeat of the Britons by Suetonius

CHAPTER II.

Historical account of Roman London, with notices of remains dis-

covered . .

CHAPTER III.

History of London from the departure of the Romans till the time of

the Conquest

CHAPTER IV.

History of London from the Conquest to the reign of Henry the

Third

CHAPTER V.

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History of London from the reign of Henry the Third to the reign of

Edward the Second .

CHAPTER VI.

History of London from the reign of Edward the Second to the

reign of Richard the Second

CHAPTER VII.

History of London from the reign of Henry the Fourth to the reign

of Edward the Fourth

CHAPTER VIII.

History of London from the reign of Edward the Fourth to the reign

of Henry the Eighth

CHAPTER IX.

History of London during the reign of Henry the Eighth

CHAPTER X.

History of London from the reign of Edward the Sixth to the acces-

sion of Elizabeth.

History of London during the reign of James the First

CHAPTER XIII.

History of London during the reign of Charles the First.

CHAPTER XIV.

History of London during the Commonwealth and the reign of Charles

the Second

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CHAPTER XV.

History of London during the reign of James the Second

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