Pageants, processions and tournaments, 136-153. Paul's (St.) Cathedral, 331-335; tombs, 341; choir, 342, 344; nave, 341, 342; reredos, 343; altars, 343; dean and chapter, 345, 346. ---- dimensions of the old cathedral, 332, 333. Paul's (St.) Cathedral Close, buildings in, 335-338; gates, 336, 337; folkmoot held in the precincts, 10. Paul's Cross, 337. Paul's (St.) School, 337. Peasants' rising under Wat Tyler, 47-63. Penthouses in the streets, 39. _Piers Plowman_, references to London in, 71, 72. ---- Professor Skeat's edition of, 73 (note). Pile dwellings in London, 2. Pindar's (Sir Paul) mansion, 398. Pirates in the Thames, 280-282. Pui, brotherhood of the, musical society of French merchants, 153-157. ---- regulations, 154-157. Plagues in London, 197-209; (black death, 1349), 197-200; 1361, 200; 1368-1369, 200; 1430-1440, 200; regulations, 200-205; statistics of deaths, 207. Population of London, various estimates, 46. ---- of certain great towns, 47. Port-reeve, derivation of, 219. Poulterers of London, 311-312. Prisons of London, 45, 379; Borough Compter, 379; Clink, 379; King's Bench, 379; Marshalsea, 379; burnt by mob, 54; White Lion, 379. Privy Council, Mayor's summons to, on accession of sovereign, 245, 246. Punishments and fines in London, 42. Pursers or glovers of London, 318. Q Queenhithe, early history, 93, 94. ---- and Billingsgate, the chief wharfs, 30. R Rahere, founder of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 180-183. Recorder of London, 270. Religious houses, dissolution of, 368. Remembrancer or State Amanuensis of London, 272. River, the, and the bridge, 90-107. Roman villa, foundations of, discovered on north side of Upper Thames Street in 1847, 30. Round (J. Horace) on the early governors of London, 220; views as to the justiciar, 221; on the character of the Commune, 225. S Sanctuary in London, 370-372. Sanitation of London, 211-217. Schools of London, 372-374. Seals: London Common Seal, 261-262; Mayoralty seals, 262-263; Henry Fitz Ailwin, 231; Robert Fitz-Walter, 269; St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 180. Selds or warehouses in London, 39. Serfdom, abolition of, 50. Sheriffs of London, 219-221, 257-259; elected by mayor, aldermen and commonalty of city, 258. Shakespeare in London, 387, 395, 396. Skeat (Professor), his edition of _Piers Plowman_, 73 (note). Skinners' Company, London, 316. Skivins, assistants to the mayor, 227. Smithfield, tournaments held at, 25. Southwark, chief thoroughfare from London to the South of England, 376; St. Mary Overy, 376; inns, 379; prisons, 379. Sports and pastimes in London, 131-136. Staple, merchants of, 286; ordinance of, 287; staple towns, 287. Staple inn, 396. Statute merchant of London, 328, 329 Steelyard, merchants of, 278, 279. Streets, narrowness of, 383. Suburbs of London, 385, 386. Suffolk (William de la Pole, Duke of), 64.