. Memoirs of the city of London and its celebrities. s Affixed Thereon— Tenants and Accidents on It — Suicides under It — Pag-eants across, and Fights on It — Edward the Black Prince —Wat Tyler — Lords Welles and Lindsay — Richard II.—Henry V. — Sigismund — Henry VI. — Jack Cade — Bastardof Falconbridge — Wolsey — Osborne — Wyatt — CharlesII. — Decapitated Persons. Of the ancient structures which have been sweptaway within the memory of living persons, thereis not one which was more replete with histori-cal and romantic associations than old LondonBridge. At the time of its demolition in 1832,
. Memoirs of the city of London and its celebrities. s Affixed Thereon— Tenants and Accidents on It — Suicides under It — Pag-eants across, and Fights on It — Edward the Black Prince —Wat Tyler — Lords Welles and Lindsay — Richard II.—Henry V. — Sigismund — Henry VI. — Jack Cade — Bastardof Falconbridge — Wolsey — Osborne — Wyatt — CharlesII. — Decapitated Persons. Of the ancient structures which have been sweptaway within the memory of living persons, thereis not one which was more replete with histori-cal and romantic associations than old LondonBridge. At the time of its demolition in 1832,it had existed upward of six centuries. From thedays of the Normans till the reign of George theSecond it had been the only thoroughfare whichhad united not only the southern counties ofEngland, but the whole of Europe, with the greatmetropolis of the West. Apart from its connec-tion with ancient manners and customs, we mustremember that, for a long lapse of years, it wasover this famous causeway that the wise, the. LONDON AND ITS CELEBRITIES. 103 noble, and the bcauliful, from all countries and allclimes, — the adventurer in search of gold ; theJesuit employed on his dark mission of mysteryand intrigue; the ambassador followed by hisgorgeous suites; philosophers, statesmen, andpoets, — passed in their journey to the great com-mercial capital of the world. Every princely pro-cession from the continent of Europe, every fairbride who has come over to be wedded to ourearlier sovereigns, every illustrious prisoner, fromthe days of Cressy and Agincourt to those ofBlenheim and Ramillies, has passed in succes-sion over old London Bridge. WestminsterAbbey, the Tower, and the Temple Church, stillremain to us as venerable relics of the past; butold London Bridge, with its host of historicalassociations, has passed away for ever! Stow, on the authority of Bartholomew Linsted,alias Fowle, the last prior of the church of Overys, Southwark, relat
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