curtains with figures worked on them.

~mead~: a fermented drink made of honey: metheglin is another form of
the word.

~wattle~: flexible twigs, withies, or osier rods: ~daub~, mud.

~turbulent~: disorderly, riotous.

~Thames Street~: a very narrow street running along the bank of the
Thames between Blackfriars and the Tower.

~ward~: a division of the City. The ~ward mote~ or ward meeting still
exists, and elects the alderman or representative of the ward on the
City Council.

11. THE WALL OF LONDON.

The ~White Tower~ is the 'keep' or central part of the Tower of London,
begun by William the Conqueror and finished by the Red King. It is 92
feet high and the walls are 17 feet thick.

~Dowgate~: the site of one of the gates of Old London Wall is near where
Cannon Street Railway Station now stands: here the Walbrook fell into
the Thames.

~Queen Hithe~: 'The Queen's Landing Place.' Merchants were compelled to
land their goods here so that the dues paid should go to the Queen.

~confluence~: a flowing together, the place where two rivers meet. The
Fleet fell into the Thames at Blackfriars. (Latin _cum_, with, together;
_fluo_, to flow. Compare, _fluid_, _fluent_.)

~Montfichet's Tower~ was near Baynard's Castle, at the south-west corner
of the old walls in Blackfriars. Both were named after the Norman
tenants who occupied them.

~Houndsditch~ is now a cross street joining Bishopgate Street and
Aldgate, with a Church of St. Botolph at each end of it. It adjoined the
moat or ditch round the City wall.

~Allhallows~: the same as All Saints--all the saints to whom churches
were often dedicated, and whose memory is celebrated on November 1,
which is All Saints' Day.

~St. Giles, Cripplegate~, contains in its churchyard part of London
Wall. Milton was buried here in 1674.

12. NORMAN LONDON.

~Bishop and Portreeve~: the two chief officers of the City, one ruling
for the Church, the other a civil ruler.

~charter~: a writing confirming or granting privileges.

~burghers~ or burgesses: citizens of a borough.

~Guildhall~ contains the necessary offices and accommodation for the
guild or corporation, town clerk, &c., the City library, museum and law
courts, and a great hall that will hold 7,000 persons.

~feudal claims~: demands made on their tenants by owners under the
feudal system. Such demands were usually for military service or
something equivalent.

~Matilda~, daughter of Henry I., and mothe