-- house, the, 286 -- pageants, 304 Elsing's Spital, founded in 1329, 144 Elsing, William, 197, 238 England, Conquest of, completed, 10 Epping Forest, 233 Erber House, history of, 169 Ermyn Street, 23 Estfield, Sir William, 197 Ethelbald, King, grant of, to Bishop of Rochester, 47 Etheling, Edmund, 85 Ethelwerd, 1 Falcon Tavern, Bank Side, 362 Famines in London, 240 Fire, Great, of London, 394 -- -- John Dryden on, 404 -- -- destruction caused by, 397 Fires, great, of London, 394 Fitz-Stephen, William, 48, 51 Fleet weddings, 483, 498 Flemings, the, 44 Fletchers' Company, 454 Flogging in the army and navy, 484 Food in the time of George II., 475 -- of the citizens, 236 Fortune Theatre, Whitecross Street, 308 Foxe's _Book of Martyrs_, written at Waltham Abbey, 139 Franciscans, the, 113 Franklin, Benjamin, on beer-drinking in a London printing-house, 420 Fraternities, the, 147 _Fratres de Saccâ_, 139 Froissart on the Londoners, 205 Fuller, Thomas, wrote his _Church History_ at Waltham Abbey, 139 Funerals, 484 Furniture in mediæval times, 181 Fustarers' Company, 453 Gaming _temp._ Elizabeth, 310 Gambling in the time of Charles II., 415 Gardens in Saxon and Norman times, 89 Garraway's Coffee-house, 477 Gascony wine, ingredients of, 473 Gates of the City closed at sunset until 1760, 433 Gay's _Trivia_, description of London in, 436 Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1 Gerrard's Hall in Basing Lane, 179 Gildas, 1-3, 25, 43 Gin-shops, number of, in 1736, 476 Girls, education of, thorough, in time of Elizabeth, 314 Gisors, John, 179 Glasse, Mrs., and her book on cookery, 475 Globe Theatre, Bank Side, 307, 356 Glovers' Company, laws and regulations of, 209 Government situations bought in time of George II., 482 Greenstead Church, Essex, 71 Greenwich Fair, 457 Gresham College, 301 -- House, 288 -- Sir Thomas, account of, 290, 301; builds the Royal Exchange, 294; crest of, 294 Grey Friars, foundation of, 113 -- -- Church, celebrated persons buried here, 267 Guildhall, remains of Roman London in, 48 Guilds, 50, 208 Guthrun's Lane, goldsmiths in, 217 Haberdashers' Company, 452 Hainault Forest, 233 Hampton Court, 288 Hanseatic League, 182 Harding, Stephen, founder of the Cistercian Order, 123 Harold at Waltham Abbey, 138 Hengist and Horsa, 9 Henry VI. erects new grammar-schools, 240, 303 Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 129 Heralds' College, 162, 174 Herbalist, 474 Holy Trinity, Aldgate, founded by Queen Matilda, 64, 111 -- -- Church, Minories, 132 Holywell Nunnery, 132 Horsa, Hengist and, 9 Household accounts of a family, 1677-79, 416 -- in time of George II., 465 -- furniture, inventory of, of newly-married pair, _temp._ 14th century, 253 Hudson's Bay Company, 375 "Huffs," 415 Hutchinson, Lucy, 314 Ironmongers' Lane, ironmongers in, 217 Jamaica Coffee-house, 477 Jerusalem Coffee-house, 478 Jesus Commons, foundation of, 144 Jonathan's Coffee-house, 478