It has an Alderman, his Deputy, and seven other Common Council men, fourteen wardmote inquest men, five scavengers, eight constables and a beadle. The jurymen returned by the wardmote inquest serve in the several courts of Guildhall in the month of October. _Maitland._ DOWGATE _wharf_, Thames street. DOWNING _street_, King’s street, Westminster.† DOWN’S _street_, Hyde Park road.† DOWSE _key_, near Dice Key, Billingsgate. DRAKE _street_, Red Lion square.† DRAPERS, one of the twelve principal companies, was incorporated by letters patent granted by Henry VI. in the year 1439, by the title of _The Master, Wardens, Brethren and Sisters of the guild or fraternity of the blessed Mary the Virgin, of the mystery of Drapers of the city of London_. This company is governed by a Master, four Wardens, and thirty Assistants, with a livery of 140 persons, who upon their admission pay a fine of 25_l._ They apply to charitable uses about 4000_l._ a year. DRAPER’S _alley_, Woodroffe street, Tower hill. DRAPER’S _court_, Prince’s street, Lothbury.† DRAPERS HALL, situated on the south side of Throgmorton street, is built upon the ruins of a noble palace erected on that spot, in the reign of King Henry VIII. by Thomas Lord Cromwell, Earl of Essex, which upon his attainder and execution for high treason devolving to the Crown, was purchased by the Company of Drapers, for the use to which it is now applied: but was burnt in the fire of London in 1666, and has been since rebuilt in a very handsome manner. This is a spacious and noble edifice, which composes the four sides of a quadrangle, each of which is elevated on columns and adorned with arches, forming a piazza round a square court, and between each arch is a shield, mantling, and other fretwork. The room called the hall is adorned with a stately screen, and fine wainscot; the pictures of King William III. King George I. King George II. at full length; and an ancient picture, a three quarter length of Henry Fitz-Alwine, a draper, and the first Lord Mayor of London.