Thomas Legge, citizen and skinner of London, was twice Mayor thereof; he married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, which shows that even in those times the first nobility thought it no dishonour to intermarry with merchants. This Thomas Legge was direct ancestor of the Earl of Dartmouth. Sir Richard Rich, ancestor of the Rich family, Earls of Warwick and Holland. Sir Josiah Child, ancestor of the Duke of Bedford, Earl Russell, and the Duke of Beaufort. Alderman Sir John Barnard, ancestor of Lord Palmerston. Sir John Coventry, Mayor 1425, ancestor of the Earl of Coventry. Sir Thomas Leigh, Mayor 1558, ancestor of Lord Leigh, the Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, and Viscount Millman. Alderman Bond, ancestor of the Dukes of Marlborough, Leeds, and Berwick. Sir Michael Dormer, Mayor 1541, ancestor of Lord Dormer. Alderman Sir Rowland Hill, ancestor of Lord Chancellor Cowper and William Cowper the poet. Sir Ralph Warren, Mayor 1536, ancestor of Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden. Sir William Capell, Mayor 1503, ancestor of the Earl of Essex. Alderman Thompson, ancestor of the Marquis of Bradford. Alderman Heathcote, ancestor of Lord Abeland. Alderman Coke, Alderman FitzWilliam, ancestors of the Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Chancellor Bacon, and the Marquess of Worcester. Lionel Cranfield, created Earl of Middlesex. Alderman Bathurst, ancestor of Lord Chancellor Bathurst. Alderman Herne, ancestor of the Earl of Clarendon. Alderman Rythis, ancestor of General Lord Coke. Alderman Bardham, ancestor of Sir Robert Walpole and Horace Walpole. Alderman Beckford, ancestor of the Dukes of Hamilton and Newcastle. Alderman Wall, ancestor of the Duke of Somerset. Alderman Shorter, ancestor of the Marquis of Hertford. John Coventry, Mayor 1425, ancestor of the Earl of Coventry. E. de Bouverie, ancestor of Pleydell Bouverie. Sir Robert Ducie, Mayor 1631, ancestor of Lord Ducie. Paul Banning, Sheriff 1593, ancestor of Lord Banning. Hugh Irwin, ancestor of Viscount Irwin. Sir William Craven, Mayor 1610, ancestor of Earl Craven. William Ward, goldsmith, ancestor of Lord Dudley and Ward. CHAPTER IV THE STREETS The mediæval regulations as to the cleanliness and order of the town leave nothing to desire, for they were minute, precise, and continually repeated. If they were passed by the London County Council of to-day they could not be clearer or more satisfactory.