curiosity with any very severe censure; or to blame him too violently for having compiled his volume of such very singular materials. The first extract from these Account-rolls is for 1482, and is as follows:-- “‘The Yerely stint of the Lyuelod belonging to London Brydge. Fyrst, for all maner ressaitis in y^e yere vii. C. _li._ or therabout;’ namely £700. ‘The Chargis goyng out. _Li._ _s._ _d._ ‘For wagis and fees of the Officers lxix. vj. viij. Item, for rewardis of the Officers xxiij. vj. viij. Item, paid out for quyt rentis xxx. xiiij. vj. Item, for quyt rentis dekayed ix. iij. viij. Item, for vacacions xxx. -- -- Item, for costis of the Chapell xxxiiij. v. iij. Item, the expencis vpon the Auditors -- xl. -- ------------------------- Somme of this parte C.lxxxxviij. xvj. ix. £198. 16_s._ 9_d._ Rest cler v.C.i. iij. iij. £501. 3_s._ 3_d._’ “As there is not in this account any mention of the particular salaries actually received by the Bridge Keepers, I must refer you for information to a modern copy of some ancient documents, entitled ‘_An Account of the Fees or Salaries and Rewards of the Wardens or Keepers of London Bridge, from the 20th year of the reign of King Edward IV. Ann. Dom. 1482, to the present year, 1786, stating the times when their salaries were augmented, and also the Rental, or yearly income of the Bridge-House estate at each particular period._’ Single folio sheet.--‘A. D. 1482. William Galle and Henry Bumsted, Wardens, to the said Wardens because of their office, to either of them, £10. Also for their Clothing, or Livery, to each, £1. Also allowed to the said Wardens, in reward for their attendance and good provision done in their office this year, to either of them as hath been allowed in years past, £10. Total to each of them, £21. Total Income, or Rental of the Bridge-House Estate this Year, £650. 13_s._ 7-1/2_d._’ “I regret, Mr. Barbican, and I am very sure that _you_ do, that our Bridge Annals must, for some few years, be carried on principally by these documents; for I do not, in my limited reading, find any more interesting matter to record in them. Thus much, however, may be said in their defence, that we may certainly learn from them the increasing prosperity of the Bridge, and discover, in the items of their charges, many a curious fragment of the ancient value of money, and the articles contained in them. Having thus then, Mr. Geoffrey, deprecated your wrath against these matters, which certainly are somewhat dull in the recital, I proceed to the accounts of London Bridge for the years 1483-85, as they are given in ‘_Arnold’s Chronicle_.’