. A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483 : written in the fifteenth century, and for the first time printed from mss. in the British Museum : to which are added numerous contemporary illustrations, consisting of royal letters, poems, and other articles descriptive of public events, or of the manners and customs of the metropolis. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,Aldermen, and Common Council of the Cityof London. THIS Volume presents to your notice an early Chronicle ofthe great Metropolis over which you preside. The rising taste for literature, and particularly that part ofit relating
. A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483 : written in the fifteenth century, and for the first time printed from mss. in the British Museum : to which are added numerous contemporary illustrations, consisting of royal letters, poems, and other articles descriptive of public events, or of the manners and customs of the metropolis. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,Aldermen, and Common Council of the Cityof London. THIS Volume presents to your notice an early Chronicle ofthe great Metropolis over which you preside. The rising taste for literature, and particularly that part ofit relating to the History of your ancient City, which haslately been evinced by you in the formation of a Library, aswell as in the private Collections made by several of yourmembers on the same subject, renders it probable that thepublication of this Chronicle, which has never before beenprinted, may not be deemed unacceptable. Amongst the Illustrations will be found some interestingand important documents taken from the Archives of your a 2 IV Corporation;—they give a faint idea of the valuable historicalinformation contained in your Records ; and it may be hopedthat these specimens will induce you to follow the exampleset by the Great Council of the Nation in printing the Par-liamentary Records, and that at no very distant periodchronicleoflondo00nico
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