The amount of revenue obtained by the King from the City of London in the year 1268 is shown by the following return furnished by the Bailiffs Walter Hervey and William de Durham. £ _s._ _d._ By the amount of Tunnages (king’s weigh-house) and petty strandages 97 13 11½ By the amount of Customs of Foreign Merchandise together with the Issues of divers Passages 75 6 10 By the Metage of Corn and Customs at Billingsgate 5 18 7 By the Customs of Fish, etc., brought to London Bridge Street 7 0 2 By the Issue of the Field and Bars of Smithfield 4 7 6 By Tolls raised at the City Gates and Duties in the River Thames westward of the Bridge 8 13 2 By Stallages, Duties arising from the Markets of Westcheap, Grass Cheap, and Wool Church, Haw and Annual Socage of the Butchers of London 42 0 5 By the Produce of Queenshithe 17 9 2 By Chattels of Foreigners forfeited for trading in the City 10 11 0 By Places and Perquisites within the City 86 5 9 By the Produce of the Waidarii and Ambiani or Corbye and Neele French Merchants of these towns 9 6 8 -------——————- Total £364 13 2½ ============== In the year 1267 there was a serious riot, showing that the craftsmen had not yet learned the lesson of fraternity towards each other. It rose from a quarrel between the goldsmiths and the tailors. Other trades joined in: for instance the tawyers who prepared fine leather: and the parmenters who dealt in broad-cloth. For several days the streets were thronged with companies of these conflicting trades, fighting and murdering. In the end the riot was suppressed and the ringleaders were executed. CHAPTER V EDWARD I [Illustration: EDWARD I. (1239-1307)]