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A Dictionary of London
… has always been of considerable importance as a centre of trade and industry. In 1368 it was, with Cordwainer, the …
Old and New London
… anent Cheapside by Mr. PepysA Saxon RienziAnti-Free-Trade Riots in CheapsideArrest of the RiotersA Royal … the horrible fumes of that necessary but most offensive trade soon excited the ire of the rich citizens, who at last … were creeping into and alloying the special haunts of the trade, Goldsmiths' Row and Lombard Street; and that 183 …
Old and New London
… I.) many spurious goldsmiths were arrested for frauds in trade, three Englishmen were hung, and more than a dozen … in the City and liberties, as to their particular trade, are under the Goldsmiths' Company's control, whether … ancient, famous, and worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. "Trade pageant. On a very large pageant is a very rich seat of …
Old and New London
… "the depression of such mercerie." In late times the silk trade formed the main feature of their business; the greater … after the Fire of London he himself carried on the same trade in a shop which was built on the same site. Before the …
Old and New London
… 700 to 1,000 apiece. The bars of gold are stamped with a trade-mark, and pieces are cut off each ingot to be sent to … of success in their enterprise; Venner, a winecooper by trade, and their head, affirming, he was assured that no … sums of 50 or 100 to struggling young men of their own trade. INTERIOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S, WOOD STREET ( see page …
Old and New London
… was accidentally consumed by fire. But the armourer's trade had taught him chivalry. At his own expense, although …
Old and New London
… Crown, and that the Goldsmiths had left off their proper trade and turned exchangers of plate and foreign coins for … tradesmen, who dealt in spices and drugs. Two of this trade were divers times mayors in the reign of Henry III., … interest, as most of the aldermen did, laying aside their trade after knighthood.'" The parish church of St. Syth, or …