THE CITY PREPARES TO DEFEND ITSELF. THE BATTLE OF SLUYS. CHAPTER VIII. THE KING’S UNEXPECTED RETURN, 30 NOV., 1340. THE CITY’S RIGHT TO VARY CUSTOMS. EDWARD AGAIN SETS SAIL FOR FRANCE. SURRENDER OF CALAIS. THE BLACK DEATH. THE BATTLE OF POITIERS. THE PEACE OF BRETIGNY. RENEWAL OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE. ASSESSMENT ON CITY PARISHES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOOD PARLIAMENT. THE COMMON COUNCIL CHOSEN FROM THE GUILDS. THE CITY AND THE DUKE OF LANCASTER. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN REMOVED. CHAPTER IX. RICHARD THE "LONDONERS’ KING." JOHN PHILIPOT. A CITY LOAN OF £5,000. THE POLL-TAX AND PEASANTS’ REVOLT. REFORMS UNDER JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON. NICHOLAS EXTON, ALDERMAN, DEPOSED. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JOHN DE NORTHAMPTON. NORTHAMPTON CONFINED IN TINTAGEL CASTLE. THE BOOK CALLED "JUBILEE." EFFORTS TO OBTAIN NORTHAMPTON’S RELEASE. DISAFFECTION TOWARDS THE KING. THE LORDS APPELLANT IN THE CITY. RE-APPEARANCE OF NORTHAMPTON. THE CITY REFUSES A LOAN TO RICHARD. FARRINGDON WARD—WITHIN AND WITHOUT. CHAPTER X. DOUBTFUL REPORTS AS TO THE LATE KING’S DEATH. THE STATUTE OF HERESY. RICHARD WHITTINGTON, MAYOR. THE MAYOR’S PRECEDENCE IN THE CITY. BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. MORE CITY LOANS. HENRY’S CONQUEST OF NORMANDY. THE TREATY OF TROVES. DEATH OF KING HENRY V. CHAPTER XI. RIVAL CLAIMS OF BEDFORD AND GLOUCESTER. RELIEF OF ORLEANS. CORONATION OF HENRY VI. THE KING’S RETURN FROM FRANCE. CALAIS APPEALS TO LONDON. THE PENANCE OF ELEANOR COBHAM. CAPTURE AND DEATH OF CADE. RIVALRY BETWEEN YORK ANS SOMERSET. THE DUKE OF YORK NOMINATED PROTECTOR. A GENERAL RECONCILIATION AT ST. PAUL’S. COMMISSIONS OF ARRAY. THE CITY AND THE YORKISTS. THE DUKE OF YORK CLAIMS THE CROWN. LONDON FORSAKEN BY HENRY. CHAPTER XII. CHARTERS OF EDWARD IV TO THE CITY. RENEWAL OF THE CIVIL WAR. HENRY VI RESTORED TO THE CROWN. THE "BASTARD" FAUCONBERG. RESTORATION OF EDWARD IV. ACCESSION OF EDWARD V. THE CITY AND THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. CORONATION OF RICHARD III. BOLD SPEECH OF THE CITIZENS. VISIT OF HENRY VII TO THE CITY. THE PERKIN WARBECK CONSPIRACY. DEFEAT AND CAPTURE OF WARBECK. THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE ARTHUR. THE CITY’S CONTROL OVER THE COMPANIES. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS MARY. LAST DAYS OF HENRY VII. CHAPTER XIII. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST EMPSON AND DUDLEY. CORONATION OF HENRY VIII. SOLDIERS FURNISHED BY THE CITY. EDUCATION IN THE CITY. DEAN COLLET AND ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS FOUNDED BY CITIZENS. THE CITY BEFORE THE STAR CHAMBER. EVIL—MAY-DAY. THE CITY OBTAINS THE KING’S PARDON. AN EPIDEMIC IN THE CITY. RECEPTION OF CARDINAL CAMPEGGIO. THE EMPEROR CHARLES VISITS THE CITY. TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF BUCKINGHAM. LIVERY COMPANIES TO SURRENDER THEIR PLATE. PARLIAMENT THREATENED BY WOLSEY. LONDON AND THE KINGDOM. DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUE. THE AMICABLE LOAN.