Not one of these names can be found in the list just quoted. By the time of Carpenter, the wards were clearly defined. Up to the reign of Edward the First their boundaries were unsettled. The Ward Mote has been held from time immemorial, according to Stow. That is to say, whenever a manor became settled and populated, it was the interest of the Alderman to have a court of Assistants who could act as his Police, his Constables, his Detectives. At what period the Aldermen ceased to be hereditary and were elected by the citizens, I know not. The election of Aldermen is not contemplated in the Charters of Henry the First, Henry the Second, Richard the First, or John. In the second Charter of Henry the Third, the Barons (_i.e._ Aldermen) of the City are appointed to elect the Mayor. In the Charter of Edward the Second it is provided that the Aldermen shall be “removable yearly and be removed on the day of St. Gregory (the 12th of March) and in the year following shall not be re-elected, but others shall be elected in their stead.” (_Liber Albus._) In the year 1354 the old order was restored, and the Aldermen remained in office for life. The following is a list of the twenty-four wards into which London was divided before the end of the thirteenth century, with the names of the respective Aldermen:— Warda Fori Alderman. Stephen Aswy. „ Ludgate and Newgate „ William de Farndon. „ Castle Baynard „ Richard Aswy. „ Aldersgate „ William le Mazener. „ Bredstrete „ Ducan de Botevile. „ Quenehythe „ Simon de Hadestucke. „ Vintry „ John de Gisors. „ Dougate „ Gregory de Rockesley. „ Walbrook „ Thomas Box. „ Coleman Street „ John Fitz Peter. „ Bassishaw „ Radulpus le Blound. „ Cripplegate „ Henry Frowick. „ Candlewyk Street „ Robert de Basing. „ Langeford „ Nicholas de Winton. „ Cordewene Street „ Henry le Waleys. „ Cornhill „ Martin Box. „ Lime Street „ Robert de Rockesley. „ Bishopsgate „ Philip le Taylour. „ Alegate „ John de Northampton. „ Tower „ William de Hadestock. „ Billingsgate „ Wolman de Essex. „ Bridge „ Joseph de Achatur. „ Lodyngebery „ Robert de Arras. „ Portsoken „ Trinity.