When the Bishop ceased to preside over a ward I know not. It is certain, however, that it was of incalculable advantage at that time for the City of London to be partly governed in its temporal affairs by one who was a great churchman, a great lord, a person often with the King, a scholar and a statesman, one who had nothing to gain by encroaching on the liberties of the people, and, therefore, one who might be trusted. In certain cases it is known that he acted not by his Provost, but personally. It was no doubt the Bishop who persuaded the citizens into admitting William into the City as King on conditions which involved no dishonour, but quite the contrary—namely, that nothing was to be changed, but that all the rights and liberties which the citizens had enjoyed under Edward the Confessor, or Alfred himself, should be continued. It must be borne in mind that parish boundaries and ward boundaries are by no means the same. One instance there is where a parish and a ward are conterminous, it is that of St. Michael Bassishaw. Maitland gives the list of the wards in 1393 with their rateable value at one fifteenth. Thus:— “The Wards in the West of Wallbrook. The Ward of Cheap, taxed in London at £72: 16s. and in the Exchequer accounted for £72. The Ward of the Vintry, in London at £36 and in the Exchequer accounted for £35: 5s. The Ward of Queenhithe, in London taxed at £20 and in the Exchequer accounted for £20. The Ward of Baynard-Castle, taxed in London at £12 and in the Exchequer accounted for £12. The Ward of Cordwainers-Street, in London at £72: 16s. and in the Exchequer accounted for £72. The Ward of Bread-Street, taxed in London at £37 and in the Exchequer accounted for £36: 10s. The Ward of Faringdon Without, in London taxed at £35 and in the Exchequer accounted for £34: 10s. The Ward of Faringdon Within, in London taxed at £54 and in the Exchequer accounted for £53: 6: 8. The Ward of Aldrychgate, taxed in London at £7 and in the Exchequer accounted for £7. The Ward of Cripplegate, taxed in London at £40 and in the Exchequer accounted for £39: 10s. The Ward of Cripplegate Without, in London taxed at £10 and in the Exchequer accounted for £10. _N.B._—This was not a separate ward, but only a liberty, or part of the former, under one Alderman, as at present. The Ward of Bassyngshawe, taxed in London at £7 and in the Exchequer accounted for £7. The Ward of Coleman-Street, taxed in London at £19 and in the Exchequer accounted for £19. The Wards on the east side of Wallbrook. The Ward of Wallbrook, taxed in London at £40 and in the Exchequer accounted for £39. The Ward of Dowgate, taxed in London at £36 and in the Exchequer accounted for £34: 10s. The Ward of Brydge, taxed in London at £50 and in the Exchequer accounted for £49: 10s. The Ward of Byllingsgate, taxed in London at £32 and in the Exchequer accounted for £31: 10s.