Aldermen of London, 249-257; distinct rank accorded to, 255; to reside in the city, 255; use of the title, 250; connection with the Wards, 252-255. Aldgate, Chaucer tenant of, 34, 81, 82; Stow's etymology, 25; earliest form of name, 28. Arderne (John), an early surgeon of mark, 172, 173. Arms of London, 261-263. Austin Friars in London, 364. B Bachelors, class of unmarried members of Livery Companies, 321. Bachelors' Alley, near Goldsmiths' Hall, 321. Bakers of London, 305-307. Bankrupt, etymology of, 327. Bankside, 380. Barbican, or watch tower, 26. Bartholomew's (St.) Hospital, 179-191; founded by Rahere, 180; repaired by Whittington, 185; Wat Tyler died there, 185; law officers, 188; Thomas Vicary, first governor, 189; Dr Roderigo Lopus first physician, 191. Baynard Castle, 31; privileges associated with its possession, 264. Bedford House, Bloomsbury 401; gardens, 401. Bell Tower of St. Paul's, 337. Benedictine Monastery of Black Monks, Westminster, 352. ---- Reforms of the Benedictines, 352-356. Bishop of London, his prominent position, 19. Bishopsgate, site marked by tablets, 27. Black Death, the first great plague, 197. Black Friars in London, 360. Boot (The), in Cromer Street, immortalised by Dickens, 401. Bow Church, Cheapside, 348, 349. Brembre (Nicholas), feud with John of Northampton, 236. Brewers of London, 313-315. Building, Assize of, 36, 37. Butchers of London, 307-309. Butchers' Row, Temple Bar, 391, 392. C Canons regular, Order of St. Austin, 351. Canons secular, 350-351; Barking College, 351; Holmes's College, 351; Collegiate Church of St. Martin-le-Grand, 350; College of St. Michael, Crooked Lane, 351; Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster, 351. Caorsins, company of Italian financiers banished from London, 324. Capper's Farm, Tottenham Court Road, 401. _Carta Mercatoria_, 1303, 289. Carthusian Order in London, 355. Castellan and Bannerer of London, 264. Chamberlain or Comptroller of the King's Chamber, 271, 272 Charing Cross, 138, 375, 376. Charterhouse, remains of, 369. Chaucer (Geoffrey) a representative Londoner, 80-89. ---- tenant of Aldgate, 34, 81, 82. ---- his portrait of the "doctor of physick," 166, 167. ---- and poets of his time, round the town with, 71-89. Cheapside, the market-place, 25, 286; the cross, 138. ---- streets running out of, appropriated to sale of different commodities, 25. Christ Church, Newgate Street, 24. ---- town ditch ran through grounds, 24. Christ's Hospital, deaths from plague, 209 (note). Church and education, 330-374. Churches, 347-351. ---- St. Bartholomew, 348; St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, 348; St. Martin's-le-Grand, Collegiate Church of, 348; St. Mary le Bow, 348; St. Michael le Querne, 348; St. Peter's, Cornhill, 348. Cistercian Order in London, 355. Clergy forbidden to practise surgery, 168. Clerkenwell, crypt of St. John's, 369.