. The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time. r, he was fconafter exchanged for King Stephen. Some Time after, King Stephen marched with H. confiderable Army (confilling chiefly of London- y^^^-^^-^-ers) againft the Caftle of Farrindon in Berkjhire, , by the Bravery of the Citizens, was foontaken by Storm. Our Hiflorians obferve, that ^j^about this Time an Ox was fold for three Shil- The Summer of the Year 1150 proving very Mat. Corn received fo much Huit thereby, that i 50a very great Dearth enfued. And on t
. The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time. r, he was fconafter exchanged for King Stephen. Some Time after, King Stephen marched with H. confiderable Army (confilling chiefly of London- y^^^-^^-^-ers) againft the Caftle of Farrindon in Berkjhire, , by the Bravery of the Citizens, was foontaken by Storm. Our Hiflorians obferve, that ^j^about this Time an Ox was fold for three Shil- The Summer of the Year 1150 proving very Mat. Corn received fo much Huit thereby, that i 50a very great Dearth enfued. And on the Ninthof December following a great Froft began, andcontinued till the Month of March; during whichTime, Horfes and Carriages of all Sorts crofTedthe River Thames upon the Ice, as fafely as onfirm Ground. In the fourth Year of Henry the Second, the of London paid the King, for their Domim, g • .the Sum of one thouland and forty-three Pounds. 158This I take to have been a Gift from the City,to prevent its being tallaged. At the fame Time there 43. Book I. The HISTORY of LONDON. 43 there was fbch a Defeft of Water in the RiverThames, that many Perfons crofled it on Foot, Hid. I the Year following, the Citizens of London,Exch. -^vith Cervafe de Cornbill, (I fuppofe one of the^^ SherifiS at that Time) paid the King the Sum ofone thoufand Marks, being the Doninn of City: And, in the lixteenth of the fame Reign,the Citizens paid the King a Donum of fix hun-dred and fixty-fix Pounds, thirteen Shillings andfour Pence, towards his Expedition to 1172, And, in the eighteenth and nineteenth Years of73- the faid Prince, the Citizens paid a Donum of fixhundred and fixty-fix Pounds, thirteen Shillingsand four Pence, for each of the faid Years. Thefe Donums feem to corroborate the Opinionabove delivered, that they v/ere fo many free Giftsof the Citizens, in lieu of lUen- Some Time after, by the male Adminifl:rationlcr
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