The records in the Tower, among other things, contain, the foundation of abbies, and other religious houses; the ancient tenures of all the lands in England, with a survey of the manors; the original of our laws and statutes; proceedings of the courts of common law and equity; the rights of England to the dominion of the British seas; leagues and treaties with foreign Princes; the achievements of England in foreign wars; the settlement of Ireland, as to law and dominion; the forms of submission of the Scottish Kings; ancient grants of our Kings to their subjects; privileges and immunities granted to cities and corporations during the period abovementioned; enrollments of charters and deeds made before the conquest; the bounds of all the forests in England, with the several respective rights of the inhabitants to common of pasture, and many other important records, all regularly disposed, and referred to in near a thousand folio indexes. _Chamberlain’s Present State._ _Strype’s Stowe._ This office is kept open, and attendance constantly given, from seven o’clock till one, except in the months of December, January, and February, when it is open only from eight to one, except on Sundays and holidays. A search here is half a guinea, for which you may peruse any one subject a year. RECORDER _of London_. This officer ought always to be a learned Lawyer, well versed in the customs of the city. He is not only the chief Assistant to the Lord Mayor in matters of law and justice; but takes place in councils and in courts before any man that hath not been Lord Mayor: he speaks in the name of the City upon extraordinary occasions; usually reads and presents their addresses to the King; and when seated upon the bench delivers the sentence of the court. _Maitland._ RED BULL _alley_, 1. Kent street, Southwark.* 2. St. Olave’s street, Southwark.* 3. Thames street.* RED BULL _court_, 1. Fore street, Cripplegate.* 2. Red Bull alley.* RED BULL _yard_, 1. Ailesbury street, St. John’s street, Clerkenwell.* 2. Islington.* RED COW _alley_, 1. Church lane, Rag Fair.* 2. Old street.* RED COW _court_, 1. Church lane, Caple street.* 2. Rotherhithe Wall.* RED COW _lane_, Mile-end turnpike.* REDCROSS _alley_, 1. Jewin street, Redcross street. 2. By London Bridge. 3. Long Ditch, Westminster. 4. St. Margaret’s hill, Southwark. 5. Old street. 6. Redcross street, in the Mint. REDCROSS _court_, 1. Cow lane. 2. In the Minories. 3. Old Bailey. 4. Tower street. REDCROSS STREET LIBRARY. See _Dr._ WILLIAMS’S LIBRARY. REDCROSS _square_, Jewin street. REDCROSS _street_, 1. Extends from Cripplegate to Barbican: at the upper end of this street, opposite the west end of Beach lane, stood a red cross, which gave name to this street. _Maitland._ 2. Nightingale lane, East Smithfield. 3. In the Park, Southwark.