Obverse and Original Reverse of the Seal of the City of London, showing Figure of St. Thomas à Becket 13 Old Mayoralty Seal, Thirteenth Century 15 King John signing Magna Charta _Facing_ 20 Aldgate House, Bethnal Green 25 Parts of the South and West Walls of a Convent 30 The Tower of London about 1480 39 The Crown offered to Richard III. at Baynard’s Castle _Facing_ 56 King Richard holding a Council of Nobles and Prelates 61 Henry of Bolingbroke challenges the Crown 62 Richard II. consulting with his Friends in Conway Castle 63 Richard II. and his Patron Saints 69 Whittington and his Cat 73 Death of Whittington 74 Crossbowman 77 The Morning of Agincourt 81 Facsimile of Heading of Account, 1575-1576, showing Cooper at Work 85 South-East View of the Old House lately standing in Sweedon’s Passage, Grub Street 91 South-West View of Gerrard’s Hall _Facing_ 100 Facsimile of Surgeons’ Arms, 1492, with St. Cosmo and St. Damian supporting 101 Interior of the Guildhall 103 A Tally for 6s. 8d. issued by Edward I.’s Treasurer to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire 105 Election Garland given by Robert and Cicely Chamberlayn, 1463 105 A Bagpipe-Player 110 Illustration from Zeller’s _La France Anglaise et Charles VII._ 111 The Seal of the Vintners’ Company, 1437 112 Tombstone of William Warrington, Master Mason, at Croyland Abbey, 1427 113 Coopers’ Marks, A.D. 1420 114 Part of Facsimile of the Original Charter granted by King Richard III. to the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers of the City of London (16th February, 1 Richard III.) 116 Liverymen of London 117 Frontispiece to the Grangerised Edition of Brayley’s _London and Middlesex_ _Facing_ 118 William Smallwood, Master of the Pewterers’ Company 121 St. Ethelburga’s Church, Bishopsgate Street 129 The Prioress 131