A Column of the Hall of Blackfriars’ Priory 357 Crypt of Old Whitefriars’ Priory 361 Flagellants 367 Interior of Old Lambe’s Chapel, Monkwell Street 369 Exterior of the South Side of Old Lambe’s Chapel 371 North-East View of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Leadenhall, in the Parish of St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, London 375 Hall of the Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity 383 Page of the Roll containing the names of the “Brethren and Sisters” of the Guild of Fraternity of Corpus Christi, 1485, 1486, 1488 _Facing_ 384 North-West View of the Chapel and Part of the Great Staircase leading to the Hall of Bridewell Hospital, London 386 PART I THE GOVERNMENT OF LONDON CHAPTER I THE RECORDS Before entering upon the government of London under the Plantagenet Kings, let us first ask what are the documents in which we shall find information at first hand. No city in the world possesses a collection of archives so ancient and so complete as the collection at the Guildhall. Riley, in his Introduction to the _Liber Albus_, begins his list of those who have consulted the archives with John Stow. Surely, however, the compiler of the _Liber Albus_ itself, John Carpenter, also consulted archives even in his day valuable and ancient. Strype, in the preparation of his Edition of Stow, also consulted the City archives:—