. Mediæval London . ischampion. In 1380 came the Wat Tyler rebellion, and the death of the leaderfrom the dagger-stroke of Sir William Walworth. Hence the long-exploded but hard-dying theory of the dagger in the City charge in question is the sword of St. Paul, Londons patron saint,,and it was borne on the City shield before the deed of , where the event took place, was then a great plain field,without the gates, where on every Friday was a great market forhorses, whither earls, barons, knights, and citizens repair, to see andto purchase. Our quaint illustration dep
. Mediæval London . ischampion. In 1380 came the Wat Tyler rebellion, and the death of the leaderfrom the dagger-stroke of Sir William Walworth. Hence the long-exploded but hard-dying theory of the dagger in the City charge in question is the sword of St. Paul, Londons patron saint,,and it was borne on the City shield before the deed of , where the event took place, was then a great plain field,without the gates, where on every Friday was a great market forhorses, whither earls, barons, knights, and citizens repair, to see andto purchase. Our quaint illustration depicts King Richard II. goingforth on his ill-fated expedition against Ireland. Lancaster and York.—The first recorded illumination of theCity was at the Coronation of Henry IV. Ten years later, the Mayor,Sir Henry Barton, ordered that the streets should be lit with lanternsevery night. Jack Cades rebellion in 1450 seemed at first successful, so far asthe city was concerned. He took possession of it, and for a while. Richard II. riding out of London to the War in a MS. of Froissarfs Chronicles. British Micsaim, Harl. 4380. A COMPREHENSIVE SURVET 19 maintained order among his followers. But they broke out into out-rages, slew Lord-Treasurer Saye, and other persons of consequence^and the citizens, with the assistance of the Governor of the Tower, roseup and expelled him. Soon afterwards he was killed. As a rule thecitizens inclined to the House of York, and in consequence Edward favoured the Londoners. The setting up of Caxtons printing-press in his reign was a great epoch in the history of the world. Tudor Period.—Two Lord Mayors and six Aldermen died ofthe sweating sickness in the first year of Henry the Sevenths citizens, as we have already noted, had been adcustomed to practisearchery north of the city. A regular field was enclosed for them in1498 in Finsbury, which was the origin of the present Artillery river Fleet was made n
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