London (England) -- History -- 17th century; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
4. PLACES OF RESORT 311
5. THEATRE AND ART 318
6. SPORT AND AMUSEMENTS 328
7. COACHES 338
8. PUNISHMENT AND CRIME 345
9. PUBLIC MORALITY 355
10. GENERAL NOTES 359
APPENDICES
1. THE COURT 365
2. LIST OF LONDON CLERGY EJECTED 371
3. ALMSHOUSES 374
4. COMPOSITION OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS 376
5. ENLARGEMENT OF THE STREETS 377
6. THE NEW BUILDINGS OF LONDON 380
7. GARDENS 383
INDEX 387
KEY TO OGILBY AND MORGAN’S MAP OF LONDON, 1677 397
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Charles I. _Frontispiece_
James I. 3
Triumphal Arch erected at the time of the Coronation of James I. 4
The Gunpowder Conspirators 7
Gunpowder Treason 8
King James I. Entertaining the Spanish Ambassador at Whitehall 10
Henry, Prince of Wales 11
A Facsimile of the Order for the Burning of the Book of Sports 14
The Destruction of Cheapside Cross and the Burning of the Book
of Sports 16
Charles I. 22
Cheapside—Queen Henrietta Maria’s Entry into London 23
Henrietta Maria 26
George Villiers, First Duke (Second Creation) of Buckingham 30
King Charles I. Thrown Overboard 36
“England’s Miraculous Preservation Emblematically Described” 38
“The True Maner of the Execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford” 39
Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford 40
A Plan of London and Westminster after the Fire 41
A Soldier of the Time of King James the First armed with a
Caliver 45
The Trial of King Charles I. _Facing page_ 46
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