london riots reign of King Henry VIII, Londoners resented foreigners, wealthy foreign merchants bankers of Lombard Street. Acco
london riots reign of King Henry VIII, Londoners resented foreigners, wealthy foreign merchants bankers of Lombard Street. According to the chronicler Edward Hall (c. 1498–1547), a fortnight before the riot an inflammatory xenophobic speech was made on Easter Tuesday by a Dr. Bell at St. Paul's Cross at the instigation of John Lincoln, a broker. Bell called on all "Englishmen to cherish and defend themselves, and to hurt and grieve aliens for the common weal". Over the proceeding two weeks there were sporadic attacks on foreigners and rumours abounded "that on May Day next the city would rebel and slay all aliens".The mayor and aldermen, afraid of any possible disturbances, announced on 30 April that there would be a curfew that night. John Mundy, a local alderman, travelling through Cheapside on his way home that night, saw a group of young men after the curfew. Mundy ordered the men to remove themselves from the streets to which one replied: "Why?" Mundy replied: "Thou shalt know" and grabbed his arm to arrest him. The man's friends defended him and Mundy fled "in great danger
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