Steps are now being taken to build another cross on the site of Paul's Cross, a legacy of five thousand pounds having been left for that purpose by the late H. C. Richards, M.P. [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [71] See introduction to the _Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition_, 1887. [72] See Coote's _The Romans of Britain_ and Gomme's _The Governance of London_. THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE BY THE EDITOR A study of contemporary documents enables us to picture to ourselves the appearance of Old London in mediaeval times, and to catch a glimpse of the manners and customs of the people and the lives they led. The regulations of the city authorities, the letter-books, journals, and repertories preserved in the Record Room at Guildhall, which show an unbroken record of all events and transactions--social, political, ecclesiastical, legal, military, naval, local, and municipal--extending over a period of six centuries; the invaluable _Liber Albus_ of the city of London; the history and regulations of the Guilds; the descriptions of Stow, Fitzstephen, and others--all help to enable us to make a sketch of the London of the Middle Ages, which differs very widely from the city so well known to us to-day. The dangers of sieges and wars were not yet over, and the walls of Old London were carefully preserved and guarded. The barons in John's time adopted a ready means for repairing them. They broke into the Jews' houses, ransacked their coffers, and then repaired the walls and gates with stones taken from their broken houses. This repair was afterwards done in more seemly wise at the common charges of the city. Some monarchs made grants of a toll upon all wares sold by land or by water for the repair of the wall. Edward IV. paid much attention to the walls, and ordered Moorfields to be searched for clay in order to make bricks, and chalk to be brought from Kent for this purpose. The executors of Sir John Crosby, the wealthy merchant and founder of Crosby Place, also did good service, and placed the knight's arms on the parts that they repaired. The City Companies also came to the rescue, and kept the walls in good order. [Illustration: SOUTH VIEW OF OLD ST. PAUL'S WHEN THE SPIRE WAS STANDING. _From an old print._]