London and the Kingdom - Volume 3: A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
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London and the Kingdom - Volume 3: A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.
Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
London (England) -- History
No. 25. Agreement touching the surrender of the Tower by the
Earl of Kendal, Lord Scales and others. Dated 16 July, 38
Hen. VI [1460].
No. 26. Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council upon
the return of the Earl of Warwick to England and the flight
of King Edward IV. October, 1470.
No. 27. Letter from Thomas Fauconberge (commonly known as the
"bastard Falconbridge,") to the City, declaring his
peaceable intentions towards the City. Dated Sittingbourne,
8 May [1471].
No. 28. Reply to the above. Dated 9 May [1471].
No. 29. Account of the invasion of the City by the Kentish
rebels. 12 May, 1471.
No. 30. Letter from King Henry VII to the City, announcing the
betrothal of his daughter, the Princess Mary, to Charles of
Castile. Dated Richmond, 28 Dec. [1507].
No. 31. Petition of Dean Colet to the Common Council that he
might be allowed to purchase certain lands and tenements
for the purpose of enlarging his school; 15th Jan., 3 Henry
VIII [1511-12].
No. 32. Letter from Henry VIII to the City, desiring 300 men
for the navy against a threatened invasion by the King of
France. Dated Greenwich, 30 Jan. [1512-13].
No. 33. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the City, touching a
loan of 4,000 marks. Dated 3 Sept. [1522].
No. 34. Letter from Henry VIII to the City requesting a
benevolence. Dated Greenwich, 25 April [1525].
No. 35. Order of obsequies to be celebrated in the City on the
death of the Lady Jane Seymour, 10 Nov., 1537.
No. 36. Extract from letter from Sir Richard Gresham to Thomas
Cromwell, lord Privy Seal, touching the purchase of certain
houses in Lombard Street belonging to Alderman Monoux, for
the purpose of a site for an Exchange. Dated 25 July [1538].
No. 37. Letter from Henry VIII to Alderman Monoux, desiring
him to part with the property above-mentioned. Dated
Chichester, 13 Aug. [1538].
No. 38. Another letter from the same to the same, on the same
subject. No date.
No. 39. Letter of thanks from Henry VIII to Alderman Monoux for
acceeding to the King's former request. Dated Westminster,
25 Nov. [1538].
No. 40. Proclamation of Henry VIII, forbidding public hunting
and hawking in the suburbs of London. Dated Westminster, 7
July, 37 Hen. VIII [1545].
No. 41. Letter from King Edward VI and the Protector Somerset
to the City, asking for a force of 1,000 men as a
protection against conspirators. Dated Hampton Court, 6
Oct. [1549].
No. 42. Letter from Lords of the Council to the City, touching
the conduct of the Duke of Somerset. Dated 6 Oct. [1549].
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