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monastery was attached to Greenwich Palace in 1480. Many wealthy Londoners left bequests to these institutions in their wills, and so they came to own large amounts of land in London. By 1530, about a third of all land within the city walls was owned by the Church. London was also home to individuals
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Under Henry VIII, those executed for heresy were just as likely to be Protestant as Catholic. In 1540, six people were executed at Smithfield on the same day without trial or even charges read against them. Three were Protestants and were burned at the stake, and three were Catholic and were hanged.
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Individual physicians and surgeons may have received a medical degree from a university or had been granted a licence after taking an apprenticeship, however many were completely unlicensed. By the end of the period, there was a medical practitioner (a physician, surgeon or apothecary) for every 400
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When the Catholic Mary I came to the throne in 1554, many of the Protestant reforms were reversed, but monastery lands were not returned to the Church. While some Londoners were quick to restore saints' images and rood screens to their churches, others vehemently opposed the restoration of Catholic
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Disasters often necessitated rebuilding work: great fires are recorded in 1485, 1504, 1506, and 1538. In 1506, a great storm blew off tiles on houses and the weathervane on top of St. Paul's Cathedral. In 1544, 1552, 1560 and 1583, stores of gunpowder exploded in London, often killing several people
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at Greenwich when a bullet hit her helmsman. She gave him her scarf and told him to be glad, as he stopped a bullet meant for her. A man called Thomas Appletree confessed to the crime, saying that he had been showing off to some friends by firing randomly and hadn't meant to hit the royal barge. He
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orders, following similar ordinances in Venice and Paris. In London, houses with infected people were quarantined for 40 days, and those infected were ordered to carry a white stick when outside, so that others could avoid them. London lagged behind other European cities in health measures, leading
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based on Biblical stories. However, during the reign of Elizabeth I, these were banned for being too Catholic, and secular plays performed by travelling companies became popular instead. These companies began by performing at galleried coaching inns and upper-class houses before beginning to build
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in 1534 and her head put on a spike at London Bridge. In 1536, Anne herself was imprisoned in the Tower on suspicion of being unfaithful in her marriage. She was beheaded in the grounds of the Tower of London in 1536. Henry's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was also beheaded for adultery in 1541.
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Most Londoners married in their early or mid-twenties. Families who lived around Cheapside had four children on average, but in the poorer area of Clerkenwell, the average was only two and a half. It is estimated that half of all children did not reach the age of 15. The average height for male
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In this period, London Bridge was very different to today, lined on both sides with houses and shops up to four storeys tall. At the south end was a drawbridge which allowed tall ships to pass the bridge and acted as a defensive mechanism for the city. In 1579, the tower holding the drawbridge
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within London, particularly on the north bank between London Bridge and the Tower of London. Most of these small wharfs were dedicated to one particular kind of trade- for example, Beare Quay for the ships coming from Portugal, Gibson's Quay for lead and tin, and Somers Quay for merchants from
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Immigrants arrived in London not just from all over England and Wales, but from abroad as well. In 1563, the total of foreigners in London was estimated at 4,543, by 1568 it was 9,302 and by 1583 there was 5,141. Nearly 25% of foreigners lived in villages outside London, inside the city French
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is the main river in London, and its main trade route to Europe and the wider world. It was both wider and shallower than it is today, and in 1564 it froze over so completely that Elizabeth I and her courtiers held an archery practice on the ice. In this period, there was only one bridge-
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Under the laws such as the Archery Acts of 1542, 1566 and 1571, all boys over the age of 7 were required to be taught archery, and all men aged between 17 and 60 were required to keep a bow and four arrows at home. Archery butts existed around London, including at
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wrote that "London is so full of unprofitable pipers and fiddlers that a man can no sooner enter a tavern than two or three cast of them hang at his heels to give him a dance ere he depart." Important composers who lived in London include
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The area within the medieval walls, known as the City of London, featured timber-framed houses, often with upper storeys jutting out over the pavement. Two such surviving London houses from this period include the King's House inside the
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During the latter half of the 16th century, there was an increase in poverty as the cost of living increased while wages were fixed by the government, this caused crowds of poor people seeking work in the city including beggars.
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authorised men to search people's homes and prosecute those found in possession of "dice, cards, bowls, closhes , tennis balls". However, Henry VII and Henry VIII were both tennis-players, and a tennis court was available at
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in 1553. Many of these were the houses of bishops or abbots at the beginning of the period, but transferred into the hands of secular aristocrats in the 1530s and 1540s. The chancellor Thomas More had a mansion built in
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The Tudor period in London, particularly during the reign of Elizabeth I, is considered a golden age of English literature, especially poetry and plays. The writer Thomas More joined Lincoln's Inn in 1496, where he met
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During the Tudor period, London was rapidly rising in importance amongst Europe's commercial centers, and its many small industries were booming, especially weaving. Trade expanded beyond Western Europe to Russia, the
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Markets were an important system of trade, with many taking place around the City. In 1565, Thomas Gresham founded a new mercantile exchange- a sort of early shopping centre- which was awarded the title the
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Due to the large number of schools, Londoners were more likely to be literate than people in the rest of the country. About 75% of adult men and 25% of adult women were literate by the end of the period.
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and other officers arrived, Essex imprisoned them and took his forced to the City. However, the Lord Mayor's forces drove him back to his house, where he was arrested, and later executed at the Tower.
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At the end of the 15th century, London's population has been estimated at around 50,000. By 1603, that number ballooned to an estimated 200,000, over 13 times that of the next-largest city in England,
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called the clergy "none other than sodomites and whoremongers all the pack". Later in the period, theatres and schools were thought to be particular hot-beds of buggery: in 1541, the headmaster of
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Prior to the Reformation, hospitals were run by monastic institutions. At the beginning of the period, London had five principal hospitals, totalling somewhere between 350 and 400 beds. They were
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foreshore of the Thames at low tide, with the bodies left on the gallows until the tide washed over them three times. Beheadings are generally reserved for the nobility, and often take place on
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in London in this period. Also, there were several large rebellions against Tudor monarchs which either took place in London or ended with the rebels being imprisoned or executed in London.
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a travelogue of a fictional perfect country where all proeprty is held in common and war has been abolished. The period saw a notable increase in female writers and scholars, such as
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Other monastic houses were dissolved in a less bloody fashion, but their considerable lands and buildings were still given or sold off to aristocrats and politicians- for example,
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contests, where a chained bear or bull is set upon by a pack of mastiffs. Even Elizabeth I visited in 1599 to see the spectacle. Other baiting pits existed near Whitehall and in
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In the reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I, many grammar schools were founded to replace educational establishments that had been run by monks and dissolved.
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in 1517, when a xenophobic riot broke out among London apprentices. Young London men stormed the houses and workshops of French and Flemish craftspeople. The
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in his will, which offers free lectures on astronomy, divinity, geometry, law, medicine, music and rhetoric. After his widow died in 1596, their house in
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was severely damaged by fire in 1512, and ceased to be a home for the royal family, being instead used as offices or chambers for the monarch to summon
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and later executed. Mary suspected her sister Elizabeth of involvement, but Wyatt refused to implicate her, and Elizabeth was released from the Tower.
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died within four days. London would continue to suffer epidemics of the sweating sickness throughout the period. There were also repeated outbreaks of
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was passed, making sex acts such as sodomy and bestiality illegal for the first time in England. One of the first to be convicted under this law was
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Soranzo to write that there was "some little plague in England well nigh every year, for which they are not accustomed to make sanitary provisions".
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were placed in St. Paul's Cathedral where anyone could read them or read them aloud to others. Churches were also physically reformed, with jewels,
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At the beginning of the period, London contained 46 monasteries, nunneries, priories, abbeys, and friaries. London's monastic communities included
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On certain days of the weeks and at religious festivals, Londoners were forbidden from eating meat, with only fish allowed. In 1561, a butcher in
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in Southwark; St. Mary-without-Bishopsgate, which specialised in maternity care; St. Elsyng Spital, which specialised in the homeless blind; and
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movement demanded the translation of the Bible into English, a practice considered heretical at the time. Illicit English translations of the
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would attempt to take coins from a purse. Hanging on the wall next to the purse was a bell which would ring if the students performed poorly.
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developed as an aristocratic form of theatre during this period, with the first known performance taking place in Greenwich Palace in 1516.
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in 1510 for 153 boys to study for free. By 1525 it was so popular that applications had to be restricted to London boys only. In 1531, the
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as his successor rather than his Catholic half-sister Mary. After his death, Mary marched on London with an army to meet the forces of the
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There were also annual fairs held at various places in London, involving large markets and entertainments. One of the most well-known was
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in his youth had run among fields, flanked with hedgerows, but had become "a continual building of garden houses and small cottages" and
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Almost all Londoners would have been able to play an instrument or sing, and many pubs would have had live music. In 1587, the satirist
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instead, marching towards London from the west. Once again, the gates of London are held closed against him, and Wyatt is defeated at
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Plague hit so badly in 1563 in London that the local authorities began to compile death statistics for the first time in the
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in the 13th century, there was a small community of 80-90 Portuguese Jews living in London during the reign of Elizabeth I.
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once a year, often to the Palace of Westminster, although Elizabeth I only summoned them ten times over her 45-year reign.
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to his sixth wife Catherine Parr, where she would continue to reside after his death in 1547. In the same year, he had the
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In 1602, one judge declared that there were 30,000 "idle persons and masterless men" (i.e., vagrants) living in London.
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The Moroccan ambassador Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, depicted by an unknown painter in the year of his visit to London
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and Elizabeth I. He brought a retinue of 17 other Muslim men with him, and had a portrait painted during his visit.
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At the beginning of the period, the printing press in London was in its infancy, with London's first press, run by
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had transformed from a rural area to a hive of industry, with tanneries, slaughterhouses, breweries and foundries.
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became one of the first recorded Londoners to be murdered with a handgun. No-one was ever convicted of the crime.
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and statues of saints being removed. Sometimes these were taken down by officials, but in other churches, such as
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The highest-status artists of the period were generally Europeans who have moved to London, such as the sculptor
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The end of the period saw the development of a type of boisterous, semi-criminal working-class woman called the "
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The number of royal palaces in London expanded dramatically in this period, mostly due to building efforts under
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to the west. The most famous playwright of the age is William Shakespeare, who wrote 25 of his plays including
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was sentenced to be hanged close to the scene of his crime, and was given a royal reprieve at the last moment.
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for their coronations, and as a place of imprisonment and execution, notably of high-ranking prisoners such as
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The monarch had much more direct power to pass bills and change laws than today. Most Tudor monarchs summoned
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led an armed militia into the city to disperse the rioters. 278 were arrested, with 15 later being executed.
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Religious persecution occurred under every monarch in this period. Between 1485 and 1553, 102 heretics were
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being finished in 1550, and the next new construction being after the end of the period in 1623 with the
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Public corporal and capital punishment were both used widely in London. Hangings commonly took place at
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The Great Hall of London Charterhouse, a monastery which was dissolved under Henry VIII and acquired by
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At the beginning of the period, the best London schools were run by monastic institutions such as
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monks refused to acknowledge Henry as head of the church, and four of them including their prior,
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as well as damaging buildings. In April 1580 there was some damage to chimneys and walls in the
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The reign of Elizabeth saw Catholics being executed for treason in large numbers. In 1581, the
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The very first year of the period coincided with a serious outbreak of a disease known as the "
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Londoners was 5'7½" (172 cm) and the average height for female Londoners was 5'2¼" (158cm).
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was also rebuilt under Henry VII; and Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I were born there.
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Almost all well-educated people wrote poetry, but notable poets who lived in London include
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was the childhood home of Henry VIII, where he was taught music and languages by his tutor,
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Map of London prior to 1561 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg in "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"
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In 1535, an officially sanctioned English Bible was published. In 1539, six copies of the
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Several Londoners opposed Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, including the prophetess
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into a Dutch church, given special licence to operate outside of the conventions of the
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priest Thomas Campion was imprisoned in a tiny cell in the Tower of London called the
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The period sees London's first portrait of a named black person, the royal trumpeter
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calling it "a friendly kind of fight". In 1582, a man is killed playing football in
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After 1550, the building of new churches in London stopped for over 70 years, with
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The title page of the Great Bible, the first officially-sanctioned Bible in English
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in London, and from 1586 printing presses were only allowed to operate in London,
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around the country, many at Smithfield, the usual London location for burnings.
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when he came to London to marry Mary I, and an African needlemaker who worked on
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was a common punishment for low-level offences, with a pillory being erected at
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of the Great Hall in Eltham Palace, where Henry VIII spent much of his childhood
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called it "the fairest, largest, richest and best inhabited city in the world".
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Thomas More attributed crime to "unlawful games" such as "dice, cards, tables,
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for his part in a plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with her cousin,
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before being hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, and another Jesuit priest,
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St. James's Palace, built for Henry VIII on the site of a former leper hospital
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driving farmers off their land and into cities, and the lack of oversight from
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can be seen halfway along, and the heads of traitors on spikes on the right.
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Hampton Court Palace, built for Thomas Wolsey and enlarged under Henry VIII
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their own permanent theatres in London, the first known example being the
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In the reign of Mary I, 78 were burned in London alone. After her reign,
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at the Tower of London and burned at the stake in Smithfield for heresy.
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along the riverside, and mandated that all imports should be declared at
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to construct a national fleet. The first commission at Woolwich was the
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in 1577. The London merchant Richard Awsiter had a manor house built in
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pub, then known as the Devil's Tavern, was supposedly built in 1520 on
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The Buildings of England: London- The Cities of London and Westminster
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was formed, a company trading with the Low Countries. From the 1550s,
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Westminster Abbey owned a large estate in Hampstead where the mansion
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was a much more violent and lawless game than today, with the writer
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was built 1489–1492, and was frequented by the politician and lawyer
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When Thomas Gresham died in 1579, he provided for the foundation of
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Also at the Palace of Westminster there were four royal courts: the
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Outside the City, there were leper hospitals from at least 1500 at
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marched on London in protest of high taxes. They were defeated at
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and Elizabeth I, were also later buried inside. The gatehouse to
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being burned at the stake in Smithfield in 1555, as depicted in
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built Winchester House on the site of Holy Trinity Aldgate, and
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rings existed in Whitehall Palace, Jewin Street, Shoe Lane and
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Livery companies also founded their own schools, such as the
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The first maps of London were made in this period. One is by
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was founded in 1552, on the grounds of Greyfriars. In 1558,
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The Tudor hall of Queen Elizabeth's School, Chipping Barnet
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was built around 1570 and was frequented by Elizabeth I.
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between 1503 and 1510, and is buried inside with his wife,
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near Barking was constructed 1556–1578 for Clement Sysley.
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was used as a place from which Tudor monarchs processed to
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A serious outbreak of violence in this period occurred on
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The beginning of the Evil May Day riot, as illustrated in
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priory was completed in 1504, and still stands today. The
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Richmond Palace, where Henry VII and Elizabeth I both died
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Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
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As well as advising the monarch on affairs of state, the
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Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life In London, 1580-1616
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The legislative branch of the City leadership was the
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was converted into a French church, and the chapel at
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Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
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gave it to the City of London to be converted into a
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in the Battle of Deptford Bridge, and their leader,
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was founded in 1518 at the house of noted physician
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London in the reign of the Tudor monarchs of England
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From 1562, vessels were increasingly given a " 964:Around 1513, royal dockyards are established at 1923:collected stories of Protestant martyrs in his 1762:In 1553, Edward VI named his Protestant cousin 374:of London developed during this period, due to 1614:The Life and Pranks of Long Meg of Westminster 1148:with their own vows of monasticism, such as a 745:, as it looked before its spire was destroyed. 4836: 1394:London merchants also obtained goods through 1218:, who was also executed for treason in 1572. 856:; whereas Dutch printers based themselves in 421:made maps of the City and Westminster in his 275: 8: 3402:. London: Oneworld Publications. p. 8. 2284:during the Tudor period, but others include 2031:was refounded. In 1560, Elizabeth refounded 1578:was fined £20 for killing three cows during 1406:, who circumnavigated the globe in his ship 1318:Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers of London 298:in 1485 and ended in 1603 with the death of 2558:. London: The Bodley Head. pp. 15–16. 2217:theatre, drawn by Johannes de Witt in 1596. 1900:were smuggled into London from Germany and 1557:before being later appointed headmaster of 1312:, and the Americas. This was the period of 944:- which was frequently congested, so using 4843: 4829: 4821: 4573: 4558: 4534: 4423: 4411: 4382: 4358: 4203: 4186: 3939: 3688: 3673: 3661: 3637: 3600:. London: Random House Books. p. 56. 3245: 3194: 3179: 3128: 3116: 3074: 3059: 3032: 2999: 2950: 2887: 2872: 2812: 2727: 2693: 2681: 2666: 2647: 2035:with 40 free places for boys known as the 1777:In 1554, a rebellion began in Kent led by 906:, seeking an alliance between the King of 282: 268: 141: 43: 3289:. London: Museum of London. p. 108. 953:Flanders. In 1559, a decree outlined the 4800: 4788: 4776: 4764: 4752: 4725: 4713: 4698: 4686: 4674: 4657: 4645: 4633: 4621: 4597: 4498: 4486: 4394: 4346: 4334: 4322: 4310: 4298: 4286: 4256: 4244: 4232: 4038: 3900:. London: B.T. Batsford. pp. 50–52. 3864: 3739: 3727: 3715: 3597:Greater London: The Story of the Suburbs 3525: 3513: 3501: 3489: 3477: 3460: 3422: 3380: 3321: 3309: 3167: 3143: 3011: 2933: 2899: 2824: 2791: 2776: 2764: 2708: 2590: 2578: 1842:The last major revolt of the period was 1589:In 1585, a thieves' school was found in 4215: 4153: 3799: 3763: 3751: 3649: 3086: 2635: 2623: 2602: 2511: 1850:gathered together a group of rebels at 1033:The City of London was governed by the 556:built outside the City walls; in 1553, 231: 155: 144: 4812: 4740: 4609: 4585: 4546: 4522: 4510: 4474: 4462: 4450: 4438: 4370: 4271: 4165: 4133:. New York: Abrams Press. p. 43. 4116: 4101: 4089: 4077: 4062: 4050: 4026: 4014: 4002: 3990: 3978: 3924: 3903: 3876: 3847: 3835: 3823: 3811: 3787: 3775: 3700: 3620: 3581: 3542: 3365: 3272: 3257: 3230: 3218: 3206: 3155: 3101: 3044: 2914: 2742:A Visitor's Companion To Tudor England 2368:existed across the city, including at 1937:. In 1575, two Dutch Anabaptists from 1385:Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors 1276:and the removal of saints' images and 29: 3889: 3887: 3885: 3334: 3332: 3330: 2965: 2963: 2961: 2959: 1356:in 1571. London's main market was on 1188:Supreme Head of the Church in England 979:then the largest ship in the world. 730:, built from scratch under Henry VIII 571:was built some time before 1550. The 7: 5072:Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings 3952:Roche, Thomas William Edgar (1973). 2547: 2545: 2517: 2515: 2347:by a massed chorus of eight choirs. 603:was a series of mansions, including 3894:Addison, William Wilkinson (1953). 1781:in protest of Mary I's marriage to 1663:claimed to be the risen Christ and 1586:for refusing to abide by the rule. 587:, from 1510. In 1514, the manor of 537:built in 1538. In 1543, Henry gave 497:was built by Henry VIII's advisor, 1174:In order to annul his marriage to 929:built in 1514, as depicted in the 632:, in which he lived in the 1520s. 351:while 115,000 in the surrounding " 25: 3958:. New York: Praeger. p. 20. 2337:despite being Catholics. Tallis' 1953:also acted as a law court called 5396: 5395: 5287:Lord Mayor of the City of London 1908:In 1546, the staunch Protestant 1713:. In the same year, a group of 719: 707: 695: 679: 667: 545:built in his hunting grounds at 251: 128: 115: 2501:Timeline of 16th-century London 1756:The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 1512:Old and New London, Illustrated 5032:1908 Franco-British Exhibition 3399:Black Tudors: The Untold Story 2145:and moved from Westminster to 1796:In 1579, Elizabeth was on the 1725:, was beheaded on Tower Hill. 1237:acquired St. Giles' Hospital. 1107:. In the surrounding area was 583:rebuilt his main manor house, 513:and tennis court, and a royal 1: 3910:: CS1 maint: date and year ( 2525:Everyday Life in Tudor London 2213:A performance in progress at 1285:St. Giles-without-Cripplegate 413:, attributed to the surveyor 111: 5264:London Metropolitan Archives 2089:was used as a lecture hall. 1584:St. Katherine's by the Tower 1014:mechanism was replaced with 793:. In 1561, lightning struck 5422:History of London by period 5292:Wards of the City of London 5138:Metropolitan Board of Works 2744:. Ebury Press. p. 12. 2740:Lipscomb, Suzannah (2012). 2006:Nicholas Gibson Free School 1616:. Long Meg ran a tavern in 1488:Royal College of Physicians 1383:in 1598, who described the 1208:hanged, drawn and quartered 579:completed in 1501, and the 101:English Renaissance theatre 5453: 5282:City of London Corporation 5037:The Battle of Cable Street 4929:Norman and Medieval London 2970:Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973). 2487:in Westminster Abbey; and 2047:were both set up in 1561, 2045:St. Olave's Grammar School 1998:St Paul's Cathedral School 1966:Court of the Queen's Bench 1839:, who was hanged in 1594. 1823:1586 saw the execution of 1295:traditions. The parson of 1052: 1006: 904:Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud 648:had Hatton House built in 552:From 1515, Henry VIII had 517:for horses, carriages and 179:Norman and Medieval London 121:Norman and medieval London 5391: 5067:1966 FIFA World Cup final 5052:Abdication of Edward VIII 3897:English Fairs and Markets 2837:Richardson, John (2000). 2281:A Midsummer Night's Dream 2078:on Suffolk Lane in 1561. 1941:are burned at the stake. 1502:Crime and law enforcement 1373:St. Bartholomew-the-Great 1077:St. Bartholomew-the-Great 575:had the gatehouse to his 219:Modern London (from 1945) 124: 114: 106: 42: 37: 5249:Port of London Authority 5239:London Ambulance Service 5158:Greater London Authority 3555:Porter, Stephen (2011). 2522:Porter, Stephen (2016). 2468:Hans Holbein the Younger 2419:in Southwark there were 2189:The Shepheardes Calender 2076:Merchant Taylors' School 2057:Queen Elizabeth's School 1291:near St. James' Palace. 1186:in Rome, making him the 1123:, St. John Clerkenwell, 807:Dover Straits earthquake 607:, Hungerford House, the 573:Archbishop of Canterbury 417:, was made around 1561. 310:to reach as far west as 5107:2012 Summer Paralympics 4129:Ackroyd, Peter (2018). 3339:Pearse, Malpas (1969). 2413:St. Giles in the Fields 2041:Kingston Grammar School 1758:by Paul Delaroche, 1833 1089:St. Helen's Bishopsgate 878:St. Giles-in-the-Fields 795:Old St Paul's Cathedral 743:Old St Paul's Cathedral 644:built around 1576, and 529:hospital to rebuild as 5437:16th century in London 5432:15th century in London 5148:Greater London Council 3594:Barratt, Nick (2012). 2552:Mortimer, Ian (2012). 2471: 2266:to the north; and the 2218: 2029:Enfield Grammar School 2020: 1986:St. Anthony's Hospital 1962:Court of the Exchequer 1882: 1877:Foxe's Book of Martyrs 1768:Duke of Northumberland 1759: 1519: 1433: 1257: 1231:Marquess of Winchester 1171: 1093:St. Saviour Bermondsey 999: 933: 862:St. Anthony's Hospital 840: 746: 209:London in World War II 5312:City of London Police 5143:London County Council 5017:1854 cholera outbreak 3285:Werner, Alex (1998). 2461: 2380:, Artillery Gardens, 2212: 2111:and scholars such as 2018: 2012:by a wealthy grocer. 1970:Court of Common Pleas 1870:The Bible translator 1869: 1754: 1707:Richard, Duke of York 1509: 1427: 1362:St. Paul's Churchyard 1322:joint-stock companies 1255: 1166: 1087:, Westminster Abbey, 985: 924: 838: 773:. His grandchildren, 740: 449:Palace of Westminster 357:St. Martin's-le-Grand 2453:All-Hallows-the-Less 2175:Astrophel and Stella 1994:St. Peter's Cornhill 1833:Lincoln's Inn Fields 1829:Mary, Queen of Scots 1816:, was imprisoned in 1787:Kingston-upon-Thames 1744:, who was acting as 1715:rebels from Cornwall 1566:Member of Parliament 1270:St. Margaret Pattens 783:St. John Clerkenwell 761:. Henry VII had the 634:Eastbury Manor House 495:Hampton Court Palace 439:Palaces and mansions 5383:Scheduled monuments 5343:Palace of Whitehall 5333:St Paul's Cathedral 5254:London sewer system 5244:London Fire Brigade 5234:Metropolitan Police 5213:London independence 5112:Grenfell Tower fire 5042:Festival of Britain 4951:19th-century London 4946:18th-century London 4883:City of Westminster 2286:Christopher Marlowe 2200:William Shakespeare 2151:Stationers' Company 1990:Threadneedle Street 1887:burned at the stake 1420:Health and medicine 1196:London Charterhouse 1176:Catherine of Aragon 1137:St. Giles' Hospital 1081:Holy Trinity Priory 1055:English Reformation 927:Henry Grace a Dieu, 882:banned from England 750:Other building work 539:Chelsea Manor House 424:Speculum Britanniae 224:London in the 1960s 199:19th-century London 194:18th-century London 97:English Reformation 5259:London Underground 5229:Bow Street Runners 5206:London Green Party 4924:Anglo-Saxon London 4803:, p. 334-335. 4779:, p. 330-331. 4728:, p. 326-327. 4677:, p. 351-353. 4636:, p. 346-347. 4477:, p. 127-128. 3312:, p. 279-280. 2472: 2219: 2180:A Defence of Poesy 2121:Desiderius Erasmus 2033:Westminster School 2021: 1926:Acts and Monuments 1883: 1856:Lord Chief Justice 1783:Philip II of Spain 1760: 1559:Westminster School 1520: 1496:Knightrider Street 1452:people in London. 1446:St. Mary Bethlehem 1434: 1428:The title page of 1342:East India Company 1303:Trade and industry 1258: 1227:Blackfriars Priory 1192:Oath of Succession 1172: 1141:St. Mary's Nunnery 1000: 975:Henry Grace à Dieu 934: 893:Philip II of Spain 848:, silk-weavers in 844:hatters stayed in 841: 830:Bills of Mortality 799:Middle Temple Hall 787:Prospect of Whitby 755:Lincoln's Inn Hall 747: 726:Nonsuch Palace in 646:Christopher Hatton 531:St. James's Palace 427:in 1593. In 1598, 308:old medieval walls 174:Anglo-Saxon London 18:Elizabethan London 5409: 5408: 5363:Westminster Abbey 5307:Lord Mayor's Show 5201:Liberal Democrats 5186:Political parties 5117:COVID-19 pandemic 5077:Anti-war protests 4852:History of London 3607:978-1-84794-532-7 3568:978-1-84868-200-9 3435:British Library. 3409:978-1-78607-184-2 3394:Kaufmann, Miranda 3352:978-0-356-02566-7 2850:978-0-520-22795-8 2565:978-1-84792-114-7 2535:978-1-4456-4586-5 2485:Margaret Beaufort 2481:Pietro Torregiano 2343:was performed at 2195:The Faerie Queene 2074:in 1541, and the 2025:Christ's Hospital 2010:Ratcliffe Highway 2000:was refounded by 1974:Court of Chancery 1844:Essex's Rebellion 1825:Anthony Babington 1661:Marshalsea Prison 1468:sweating sickness 1438:St. Bartholomew's 1387:gathering at the 1180:Church in England 1156:, and another on 1035:Court of Aldermen 1009:Old London Bridge 988:Old London Bridge 870:Church in England 771:Elizabeth of York 767:Westminster Abbey 611:, Arundel Place, 461:Westminster Abbey 292: 291: 258:London portal 140: 139: 136: 135: 16:(Redirected from 5444: 5399: 5398: 5348:Westminster Hall 5302:Livery Companies 5027:Great Exhibition 4997:Peasants' Revolt 4893:County of London 4845: 4838: 4831: 4822: 4816: 4810: 4804: 4798: 4792: 4786: 4780: 4774: 4768: 4762: 4756: 4750: 4744: 4738: 4729: 4723: 4717: 4711: 4702: 4696: 4690: 4684: 4678: 4672: 4661: 4655: 4649: 4643: 4637: 4631: 4625: 4619: 4613: 4607: 4601: 4595: 4589: 4583: 4577: 4571: 4562: 4556: 4550: 4544: 4538: 4532: 4526: 4525:, p. 61-62. 4520: 4514: 4508: 4502: 4496: 4490: 4484: 4478: 4472: 4466: 4460: 4454: 4448: 4442: 4436: 4427: 4421: 4415: 4409: 4398: 4392: 4386: 4380: 4374: 4368: 4362: 4356: 4350: 4344: 4338: 4332: 4326: 4320: 4314: 4308: 4302: 4296: 4290: 4284: 4275: 4269: 4260: 4254: 4248: 4242: 4236: 4230: 4219: 4213: 4207: 4201: 4190: 4184: 4169: 4163: 4157: 4151: 4145: 4144: 4126: 4120: 4114: 4105: 4099: 4093: 4087: 4081: 4080:, p. 70-71. 4075: 4066: 4060: 4054: 4048: 4042: 4036: 4030: 4024: 4018: 4012: 4006: 4000: 3994: 3988: 3982: 3981:, p. 64-65. 3976: 3970: 3969: 3949: 3943: 3937: 3928: 3922: 3916: 3915: 3909: 3901: 3891: 3880: 3874: 3868: 3862: 3851: 3845: 3839: 3833: 3827: 3821: 3815: 3809: 3803: 3797: 3791: 3785: 3779: 3773: 3767: 3761: 3755: 3749: 3743: 3742:, p. 32-33. 3737: 3731: 3730:, p. 30-31. 3725: 3719: 3713: 3704: 3698: 3692: 3686: 3677: 3671: 3665: 3659: 3653: 3652:, p. 57-58. 3647: 3641: 3635: 3624: 3623:, p. 83-86. 3618: 3612: 3611: 3591: 3585: 3579: 3573: 3572: 3552: 3546: 3540: 3529: 3523: 3517: 3511: 3505: 3504:, p. 29-30. 3499: 3493: 3487: 3481: 3475: 3464: 3463:, p. 55-56. 3458: 3452: 3451: 3449: 3447: 3432: 3426: 3420: 3414: 3413: 3390: 3384: 3378: 3369: 3363: 3357: 3356: 3336: 3325: 3319: 3313: 3307: 3301: 3300: 3282: 3276: 3270: 3261: 3255: 3249: 3243: 3234: 3228: 3222: 3216: 3210: 3204: 3198: 3192: 3183: 3177: 3171: 3170:, p. 24-26. 3165: 3159: 3153: 3147: 3141: 3132: 3126: 3120: 3114: 3105: 3099: 3090: 3084: 3078: 3072: 3063: 3057: 3048: 3042: 3036: 3030: 3015: 3009: 3003: 2997: 2988: 2987: 2967: 2954: 2948: 2937: 2931: 2918: 2912: 2903: 2902:, p. 54-56. 2897: 2891: 2885: 2876: 2870: 2855: 2854: 2834: 2828: 2827:, p. 51-52. 2822: 2816: 2810: 2795: 2789: 2780: 2774: 2768: 2762: 2756: 2755: 2737: 2731: 2725: 2712: 2706: 2697: 2691: 2685: 2679: 2670: 2664: 2651: 2645: 2639: 2633: 2627: 2621: 2606: 2605:, p. 56-57. 2600: 2594: 2588: 2582: 2576: 2570: 2569: 2549: 2540: 2539: 2519: 2351:Sports and games 2277:Romeo and Juliet 2258:to the south in 2204:Isabella Whitney 2037:Queen's Scholars 1912:was tortured on 1814:Robert Southwell 1730:Elizabeth Barton 1593:, where trainee 1569:Robert Pakington 1516:Walter Thornbury 1400:letter of marque 1369:Bartholomew Fair 1340:(1592), and the 1330:Eastland Company 1297:St. Ethelburga's 1117:Bermondsey Abbey 763:Henry VII Chapel 723: 711: 699: 683: 671: 625:Guildford Dudley 581:Bishop of London 554:Bridewell Palace 489:Greenwich Palace 469:Catherine Howard 433:Survey of London 403:George Hoefnagel 284: 277: 270: 256: 255: 204:London 1900–1939 160: 142: 132: 119: 112: 47: 30: 21: 5452: 5451: 5447: 5446: 5445: 5443: 5442: 5441: 5412: 5411: 5410: 5405: 5387: 5338:Tower of London 5321: 5317:Bank of England 5268: 5217: 5174: 5168:Mayor of London 5163:London Assembly 5121: 5057:Swinging London 4980: 4907: 4854: 4849: 4819: 4811: 4807: 4799: 4795: 4787: 4783: 4775: 4771: 4763: 4759: 4751: 4747: 4739: 4732: 4724: 4720: 4712: 4705: 4697: 4693: 4685: 4681: 4673: 4664: 4656: 4652: 4644: 4640: 4632: 4628: 4620: 4616: 4608: 4604: 4596: 4592: 4584: 4580: 4574:Richardson 2000 4572: 4565: 4559:Richardson 2000 4557: 4553: 4545: 4541: 4535:Richardson 2000 4533: 4529: 4521: 4517: 4509: 4505: 4497: 4493: 4485: 4481: 4473: 4469: 4461: 4457: 4449: 4445: 4437: 4430: 4424:Richardson 2000 4422: 4418: 4412:Richardson 2000 4410: 4401: 4393: 4389: 4383:Richardson 2000 4381: 4377: 4369: 4365: 4359:Richardson 2000 4357: 4353: 4345: 4341: 4333: 4329: 4321: 4317: 4309: 4305: 4297: 4293: 4285: 4278: 4270: 4263: 4255: 4251: 4243: 4239: 4231: 4222: 4214: 4210: 4204:Richardson 2000 4202: 4193: 4187:Richardson 2000 4185: 4172: 4164: 4160: 4152: 4148: 4141: 4128: 4127: 4123: 4115: 4108: 4100: 4096: 4088: 4084: 4076: 4069: 4061: 4057: 4049: 4045: 4037: 4033: 4025: 4021: 4013: 4009: 4001: 3997: 3989: 3985: 3977: 3973: 3966: 3955:The Golden Hind 3951: 3950: 3946: 3940:Richardson 2000 3938: 3931: 3923: 3919: 3902: 3893: 3892: 3883: 3875: 3871: 3863: 3854: 3846: 3842: 3834: 3830: 3822: 3818: 3810: 3806: 3798: 3794: 3786: 3782: 3774: 3770: 3762: 3758: 3750: 3746: 3738: 3734: 3726: 3722: 3714: 3707: 3699: 3695: 3689:Richardson 2000 3687: 3680: 3674:Richardson 2000 3672: 3668: 3662:Richardson 2000 3660: 3656: 3648: 3644: 3638:Richardson 2000 3636: 3627: 3619: 3615: 3608: 3593: 3592: 3588: 3580: 3576: 3569: 3554: 3553: 3549: 3541: 3532: 3524: 3520: 3512: 3508: 3500: 3496: 3488: 3484: 3476: 3467: 3459: 3455: 3445: 3443: 3434: 3433: 3429: 3421: 3417: 3410: 3392: 3391: 3387: 3379: 3372: 3364: 3360: 3353: 3338: 3337: 3328: 3320: 3316: 3308: 3304: 3297: 3284: 3283: 3279: 3271: 3264: 3256: 3252: 3246:Richardson 2000 3244: 3237: 3229: 3225: 3217: 3213: 3205: 3201: 3195:Richardson 2000 3193: 3186: 3180:Richardson 2000 3178: 3174: 3166: 3162: 3154: 3150: 3142: 3135: 3129:Richardson 2000 3127: 3123: 3117:Richardson 2000 3115: 3108: 3100: 3093: 3085: 3081: 3075:Richardson 2000 3073: 3066: 3060:Richardson 2000 3058: 3051: 3043: 3039: 3033:Richardson 2000 3031: 3018: 3010: 3006: 3000:Richardson 2000 2998: 2991: 2984: 2969: 2968: 2957: 2951:Richardson 2000 2949: 2940: 2932: 2921: 2913: 2906: 2898: 2894: 2888:Richardson 2000 2886: 2879: 2873:Richardson 2000 2871: 2858: 2851: 2836: 2835: 2831: 2823: 2819: 2813:Richardson 2000 2811: 2798: 2790: 2783: 2775: 2771: 2763: 2759: 2752: 2739: 2738: 2734: 2728:Richardson 2000 2726: 2715: 2707: 2700: 2694:Richardson 2000 2692: 2688: 2682:Richardson 2000 2680: 2673: 2667:Richardson 2000 2665: 2654: 2648:Richardson 2000 2646: 2642: 2634: 2630: 2622: 2609: 2601: 2597: 2589: 2585: 2577: 2573: 2566: 2551: 2550: 2543: 2536: 2521: 2520: 2513: 2509: 2497: 2477: 2390:Finsbury Fields 2353: 2314: 2242:to the east in 2143:Wynkyn de Worde 2104: 2099: 2083:Gresham College 2068:Mercers' School 2061:Chipping Barnet 2049:Highgate School 2008:was founded on 1982: 1947: 1929:, published in 1864: 1848:Robert Devereux 1846:in 1601, where 1692: 1680:debtors' prison 1626: 1528:Duke of Norfolk 1504: 1440:in Smithfield; 1430:Euricius Cordus 1422: 1389:Hand and Shears 1354:Queen Elizabeth 1326:Muscovy Company 1316:. In 1486, the 1305: 1274:chantry chapels 1243:Earl of Bedford 1184:Catholic Church 1158:St. John Street 1133:Holywell Priory 1105:St. Mary Graces 1057: 1051: 1024: 1011: 1005: 919: 815: 752: 735: 734: 733: 732: 731: 724: 716: 715: 712: 704: 703: 700: 692: 691: 688:hammerbeam roof 684: 676: 675: 672: 593:William Compton 519:hunting falcons 485:Richmond Palace 457:Tower of London 441: 407:Frans Hogenberg 380:London's guilds 329:Tower of London 324: 288: 250: 158: 151: 110: 50: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 5450: 5448: 5440: 5439: 5434: 5429: 5424: 5414: 5413: 5407: 5406: 5404: 5403: 5392: 5389: 5388: 5386: 5385: 5380: 5378:Fortifications 5375: 5370: 5365: 5360: 5355: 5350: 5345: 5340: 5335: 5329: 5327: 5323: 5322: 5320: 5319: 5314: 5309: 5304: 5299: 5294: 5289: 5284: 5278: 5276: 5274:City of London 5270: 5269: 5267: 5266: 5261: 5256: 5251: 5246: 5241: 5236: 5231: 5225: 5223: 5219: 5218: 5216: 5215: 5210: 5209: 5208: 5203: 5198: 5193: 5182: 5180: 5176: 5175: 5173: 5172: 5171: 5170: 5165: 5160: 5152: 5151: 5150: 5145: 5140: 5131: 5129: 5123: 5122: 5120: 5119: 5114: 5109: 5104: 5103: 5102: 5097: 5092: 5086:Olympic Games 5084: 5079: 5074: 5069: 5064: 5059: 5054: 5049: 5044: 5039: 5034: 5029: 5024: 5019: 5014: 5009: 5004: 4999: 4994: 4988: 4986: 4982: 4981: 4979: 4978: 4973: 4968: 4958: 4953: 4948: 4942: 4941: 4936: 4931: 4926: 4921: 4915: 4913: 4909: 4908: 4906: 4905: 4900: 4898:Greater London 4895: 4890: 4885: 4880: 4878:City of London 4875: 4870: 4864: 4862: 4856: 4855: 4850: 4848: 4847: 4840: 4833: 4825: 4818: 4817: 4805: 4793: 4791:, p. 333. 4781: 4769: 4767:, p. 330. 4757: 4755:, p. 329. 4745: 4730: 4718: 4716:, p. 339. 4703: 4701:, p. 336. 4691: 4689:, p. 354. 4679: 4662: 4660:, p. 351. 4650: 4638: 4626: 4624:, p. 104. 4614: 4602: 4590: 4588:, p. 162. 4578: 4576:, p. 100. 4563: 4551: 4549:, p. 114. 4539: 4527: 4515: 4503: 4501:, p. 301. 4491: 4489:, p. 294. 4479: 4467: 4455: 4443: 4441:, p. 126. 4428: 4426:, p. 109. 4416: 4414:, p. 107. 4399: 4397:, p. 293. 4387: 4375: 4373:, p. 125. 4363: 4351: 4349:, p. 306. 4339: 4337:, p. 311. 4327: 4325:, p. 308. 4315: 4313:, p. 307. 4303: 4301:, p. 310. 4291: 4289:, p. 292. 4276: 4261: 4259:, p. 305. 4249: 4247:, p. 303. 4237: 4235:, p. 302. 4220: 4208: 4206:, p. 104. 4191: 4170: 4158: 4146: 4139: 4121: 4106: 4094: 4082: 4067: 4055: 4043: 4041:, p. 287. 4031: 4029:, p. 288. 4019: 4017:, p. 113. 4007: 4005:, p. 111. 3995: 3983: 3971: 3964: 3944: 3942:, p. 103. 3929: 3927:, p. 146. 3917: 3881: 3869: 3852: 3850:, p. 144. 3840: 3828: 3826:, p. 124. 3816: 3814:, p. 122. 3804: 3792: 3790:, p. 103. 3780: 3778:, p. 102. 3768: 3756: 3744: 3732: 3720: 3705: 3693: 3678: 3666: 3654: 3642: 3625: 3613: 3606: 3586: 3574: 3567: 3547: 3530: 3518: 3506: 3494: 3492:, p. 204. 3482: 3465: 3453: 3427: 3415: 3408: 3385: 3370: 3368:, p. 110. 3358: 3351: 3326: 3324:, p. 116. 3314: 3302: 3295: 3277: 3275:, p. 157. 3262: 3250: 3248:, p. 102. 3235: 3233:, p. 162. 3223: 3211: 3199: 3184: 3172: 3160: 3148: 3133: 3131:, p. 105. 3121: 3119:, p. 101. 3106: 3104:, p. 121. 3091: 3079: 3064: 3049: 3047:, p. 112. 3037: 3016: 3014:, p. 222. 3004: 2989: 2982: 2955: 2938: 2919: 2917:, p. 108. 2904: 2892: 2877: 2856: 2849: 2829: 2817: 2796: 2781: 2769: 2757: 2750: 2732: 2713: 2698: 2696:, p. 108. 2686: 2684:, p. 106. 2671: 2652: 2640: 2628: 2607: 2595: 2583: 2571: 2564: 2541: 2534: 2510: 2508: 2505: 2504: 2503: 2496: 2493: 2476: 2473: 2398:Philip Stubbes 2352: 2349: 2345:Nonsuch Palace 2318:Stephen Gosson 2313: 2310: 2184:Edmund Spenser 2139:William Caxton 2117:Thomas Linacre 2103: 2100: 2098: 2095: 1981: 1978: 1946: 1943: 1863: 1860: 1837:Roderigo Lopes 1764:Lady Jane Grey 1746:Lord Protector 1742:Edward Seymour 1703:Perkin Warbeck 1691: 1688: 1625: 1622: 1551:Nicholas Udall 1503: 1500: 1492:Thomas Linacre 1421: 1418: 1350:Royal Exchange 1338:Levant Company 1334:Venice Company 1304: 1301: 1289:Queen's Chapel 1129:Kilburn Priory 1097:Crossed Friars 1085:St. Mary Overy 1050: 1047: 1043:Common Council 1023: 1020: 1007:Main article: 1004: 1001: 990:, c.1600. The 918: 915: 814: 811: 751: 748: 725: 718: 717: 713: 706: 705: 701: 694: 693: 685: 678: 677: 673: 666: 665: 664: 663: 662: 638:Thomas Gresham 621:Lady Jane Grey 605:Somerset House 595:, who rebuilt 591:was bought by 577:Lambeth Palace 543:Great Standing 535:Nonsuch Palace 507:Catherine Parr 473:Lady Jane Grey 440: 437: 431:published his 388:Petticoat Lane 386:recalled that 349:City of London 323: 320: 290: 289: 287: 286: 279: 272: 264: 261: 260: 247: 246: 245: 244: 234: 233: 229: 228: 227: 226: 221: 216: 206: 201: 196: 191: 186: 181: 176: 171: 163: 162: 153: 152: 145: 138: 137: 134: 133: 123: 104: 103: 94: 90: 89: 79:Lady Jane Grey 64: 60: 59: 56: 52: 51: 48: 40: 39: 35: 34: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5449: 5438: 5435: 5433: 5430: 5428: 5427:Tudor England 5425: 5423: 5420: 5419: 5417: 5402: 5394: 5393: 5390: 5384: 5381: 5379: 5376: 5374: 5371: 5369: 5366: 5364: 5361: 5359: 5356: 5354: 5353:London Bridge 5351: 5349: 5346: 5344: 5341: 5339: 5336: 5334: 5331: 5330: 5328: 5324: 5318: 5315: 5313: 5310: 5308: 5305: 5303: 5300: 5298: 5295: 5293: 5290: 5288: 5285: 5283: 5280: 5279: 5277: 5275: 5271: 5265: 5262: 5260: 5257: 5255: 5252: 5250: 5247: 5245: 5242: 5240: 5237: 5235: 5232: 5230: 5227: 5226: 5224: 5220: 5214: 5211: 5207: 5204: 5202: 5199: 5197: 5196:Conservatives 5194: 5192: 5189: 5188: 5187: 5184: 5183: 5181: 5177: 5169: 5166: 5164: 5161: 5159: 5156: 5155: 5153: 5149: 5146: 5144: 5141: 5139: 5136: 5135: 5133: 5132: 5130: 5128: 5124: 5118: 5115: 5113: 5110: 5108: 5105: 5101: 5098: 5096: 5093: 5091: 5088: 5087: 5085: 5083: 5080: 5078: 5075: 5073: 5070: 5068: 5065: 5063: 5060: 5058: 5055: 5053: 5050: 5048: 5045: 5043: 5040: 5038: 5035: 5033: 5030: 5028: 5025: 5023: 5020: 5018: 5015: 5013: 5010: 5008: 5005: 5003: 5000: 4998: 4995: 4993: 4990: 4989: 4987: 4983: 4977: 4974: 4972: 4969: 4966: 4962: 4959: 4957: 4954: 4952: 4949: 4947: 4944: 4943: 4940: 4939:Stuart London 4937: 4935: 4932: 4930: 4927: 4925: 4922: 4920: 4917: 4916: 4914: 4910: 4904: 4901: 4899: 4896: 4894: 4891: 4889: 4886: 4884: 4881: 4879: 4876: 4874: 4871: 4869: 4866: 4865: 4863: 4861: 4857: 4853: 4846: 4841: 4839: 4834: 4832: 4827: 4826: 4823: 4815:, p. 58. 4814: 4809: 4806: 4802: 4801:Mortimer 2012 4797: 4794: 4790: 4789:Mortimer 2012 4785: 4782: 4778: 4777:Mortimer 2012 4773: 4770: 4766: 4765:Mortimer 2012 4761: 4758: 4754: 4753:Mortimer 2012 4749: 4746: 4743:, p. 77. 4742: 4737: 4735: 4731: 4727: 4726:Mortimer 2012 4722: 4719: 4715: 4714:Mortimer 2012 4710: 4708: 4704: 4700: 4699:Mortimer 2012 4695: 4692: 4688: 4687:Mortimer 2012 4683: 4680: 4676: 4675:Mortimer 2012 4671: 4669: 4667: 4663: 4659: 4658:Mortimer 2012 4654: 4651: 4648:, p. 69. 4647: 4646:Mortimer 2012 4642: 4639: 4635: 4634:Mortimer 2012 4630: 4627: 4623: 4622:Mortimer 2012 4618: 4615: 4612:, p. 51. 4611: 4606: 4603: 4600:, p. 68. 4599: 4598:Mortimer 2012 4594: 4591: 4587: 4582: 4579: 4575: 4570: 4568: 4564: 4561:, p. 98. 4560: 4555: 4552: 4548: 4543: 4540: 4537:, p. 83. 4536: 4531: 4528: 4524: 4519: 4516: 4513:, p. 61. 4512: 4507: 4504: 4500: 4499:Mortimer 2012 4495: 4492: 4488: 4487:Mortimer 2012 4483: 4480: 4476: 4471: 4468: 4465:, p. 94. 4464: 4459: 4456: 4453:, p. 96. 4452: 4447: 4444: 4440: 4435: 4433: 4429: 4425: 4420: 4417: 4413: 4408: 4406: 4404: 4400: 4396: 4395:Mortimer 2012 4391: 4388: 4385:, p. 93. 4384: 4379: 4376: 4372: 4367: 4364: 4361:, p. 89. 4360: 4355: 4352: 4348: 4347:Mortimer 2012 4343: 4340: 4336: 4335:Mortimer 2012 4331: 4328: 4324: 4323:Mortimer 2012 4319: 4316: 4312: 4311:Mortimer 2012 4307: 4304: 4300: 4299:Mortimer 2012 4295: 4292: 4288: 4287:Mortimer 2012 4283: 4281: 4277: 4274:, p. 76. 4273: 4268: 4266: 4262: 4258: 4257:Mortimer 2012 4253: 4250: 4246: 4245:Mortimer 2012 4241: 4238: 4234: 4233:Mortimer 2012 4229: 4227: 4225: 4221: 4218:, p. 71. 4217: 4212: 4209: 4205: 4200: 4198: 4196: 4192: 4189:, p. 97. 4188: 4183: 4181: 4179: 4177: 4175: 4171: 4168:, p. 98. 4167: 4162: 4159: 4156:, p. 54. 4155: 4150: 4147: 4142: 4140:9781419730993 4136: 4132: 4125: 4122: 4119:, p. 54. 4118: 4113: 4111: 4107: 4104:, p. 63. 4103: 4098: 4095: 4092:, p. 73. 4091: 4086: 4083: 4079: 4074: 4072: 4068: 4065:, p. 72. 4064: 4059: 4056: 4053:, p. 69. 4052: 4047: 4044: 4040: 4039:Mortimer 2012 4035: 4032: 4028: 4023: 4020: 4016: 4011: 4008: 4004: 3999: 3996: 3993:, p. 68. 3992: 3987: 3984: 3980: 3975: 3972: 3967: 3965:9780213164386 3961: 3957: 3956: 3948: 3945: 3941: 3936: 3934: 3930: 3926: 3921: 3918: 3913: 3907: 3899: 3898: 3890: 3888: 3886: 3882: 3879:, p. 42. 3878: 3873: 3870: 3867:, p. 34. 3866: 3865:Mortimer 2012 3861: 3859: 3857: 3853: 3849: 3844: 3841: 3838:, p. 49. 3837: 3832: 3829: 3825: 3820: 3817: 3813: 3808: 3805: 3802:, p. 57. 3801: 3796: 3793: 3789: 3784: 3781: 3777: 3772: 3769: 3766:, p. 58. 3765: 3760: 3757: 3754:, p. 66. 3753: 3748: 3745: 3741: 3740:Lipscomb 2012 3736: 3733: 3729: 3728:Lipscomb 2012 3724: 3721: 3718:, p. 30. 3717: 3716:Lipscomb 2012 3712: 3710: 3706: 3703:, p. 89. 3702: 3697: 3694: 3691:, p. 85. 3690: 3685: 3683: 3679: 3676:, p. 81. 3675: 3670: 3667: 3664:, p. 77. 3663: 3658: 3655: 3651: 3646: 3643: 3640:, p. 86. 3639: 3634: 3632: 3630: 3626: 3622: 3617: 3614: 3609: 3603: 3599: 3598: 3590: 3587: 3584:, p. 23. 3583: 3578: 3575: 3570: 3564: 3560: 3559: 3551: 3548: 3545:, p. 13. 3544: 3539: 3537: 3535: 3531: 3528:, p. 44. 3527: 3526:Mortimer 2012 3522: 3519: 3516:, p. 31. 3515: 3514:Mortimer 2012 3510: 3507: 3503: 3502:Mortimer 2012 3498: 3495: 3491: 3490:Mortimer 2012 3486: 3483: 3480:, p. 30. 3479: 3478:Mortimer 2012 3474: 3472: 3470: 3466: 3462: 3461:Mortimer 2012 3457: 3454: 3442: 3438: 3431: 3428: 3425:, p. 11. 3424: 3423:Kaufmann 2017 3419: 3416: 3411: 3405: 3401: 3400: 3395: 3389: 3386: 3383:, p. 92. 3382: 3381:Mortimer 2012 3377: 3375: 3371: 3367: 3362: 3359: 3354: 3348: 3344: 3343: 3342:Stuart London 3335: 3333: 3331: 3327: 3323: 3322:Mortimer 2012 3318: 3315: 3311: 3310:Mortimer 2012 3306: 3303: 3298: 3292: 3288: 3287:London Bodies 3281: 3278: 3274: 3269: 3267: 3263: 3260:, p. 11. 3259: 3254: 3251: 3247: 3242: 3240: 3236: 3232: 3227: 3224: 3221:, p. 67. 3220: 3215: 3212: 3209:, p. 66. 3208: 3203: 3200: 3197:, p. 99. 3196: 3191: 3189: 3185: 3182:, p. 80. 3181: 3176: 3173: 3169: 3168:Lipscomb 2012 3164: 3161: 3158:, p. 24. 3157: 3152: 3149: 3146:, p. 35. 3145: 3144:Lipscomb 2012 3140: 3138: 3134: 3130: 3125: 3122: 3118: 3113: 3111: 3107: 3103: 3098: 3096: 3092: 3089:, p. 53. 3088: 3083: 3080: 3077:, p. 76. 3076: 3071: 3069: 3065: 3062:, p. 92. 3061: 3056: 3054: 3050: 3046: 3041: 3038: 3035:, p. 87. 3034: 3029: 3027: 3025: 3023: 3021: 3017: 3013: 3012:Mortimer 2012 3008: 3005: 3002:, p. 82. 3001: 2996: 2994: 2990: 2985: 2979: 2975: 2974: 2966: 2964: 2962: 2960: 2956: 2953:, p. 88. 2952: 2947: 2945: 2943: 2939: 2936:, p. 29. 2935: 2934:Mortimer 2012 2930: 2928: 2926: 2924: 2920: 2916: 2911: 2909: 2905: 2901: 2900:Lipscomb 2012 2896: 2893: 2890:, p. 84. 2889: 2884: 2882: 2878: 2875:, p. 79. 2874: 2869: 2867: 2865: 2863: 2861: 2857: 2852: 2846: 2842: 2841: 2833: 2830: 2826: 2825:Lipscomb 2012 2821: 2818: 2815:, p. 75. 2814: 2809: 2807: 2805: 2803: 2801: 2797: 2794:, p. 36. 2793: 2792:Lipscomb 2012 2788: 2786: 2782: 2779:, p. 45. 2778: 2777:Lipscomb 2012 2773: 2770: 2767:, p. 14. 2766: 2765:Lipscomb 2012 2761: 2758: 2753: 2751:9780091944841 2747: 2743: 2736: 2733: 2730:, p. 78. 2729: 2724: 2722: 2720: 2718: 2714: 2711:, p. 28. 2710: 2709:Mortimer 2012 2705: 2703: 2699: 2695: 2690: 2687: 2683: 2678: 2676: 2672: 2669:, p. 96. 2668: 2663: 2661: 2659: 2657: 2653: 2650:, p. 90. 2649: 2644: 2641: 2638:, p. 60. 2637: 2632: 2629: 2626:, p. 52. 2625: 2620: 2618: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2608: 2604: 2599: 2596: 2593:, p. 25. 2592: 2591:Mortimer 2012 2587: 2584: 2581:, p. 27. 2580: 2579:Mortimer 2012 2575: 2572: 2567: 2561: 2557: 2556: 2548: 2546: 2542: 2537: 2531: 2527: 2526: 2518: 2516: 2512: 2506: 2502: 2499: 2498: 2494: 2492: 2490: 2486: 2482: 2474: 2470:, c.1536–1537 2469: 2465: 2460: 2456: 2454: 2449: 2448:Thomas Wolsey 2445: 2441: 2437: 2432: 2430: 2426: 2422: 2418: 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A map of London from Westminster to the Tower, with four figures in 16th-century dress standing on the south bank of the river
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Edward VI
Lady Jane Grey
Mary I
Elizabeth I
English Reformation
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History of London
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