Trial of John Lilburne at the Guildhall.
Retrenchment of City's expenditure.
A City Post started.
The Borough of Southwark desires Incorporation.
The City asserts its title to Irish Estate.
The victory at Dunbar.
Act touching Elections in Common Hall.
Removal of Royal Emblems.
Matters in dispute between Court of Aldermen and Common Council.
Charges against John Fowke, Mayor.
The Scottish Army in England.
The Battle of Worcester.
CHAPTER XXVII.
The War with Holland.
Barebone's Parliament.
The Lord Protector entertained at Grocer's Hall.
Alderman Sir Christopher Pack and his Remonstrance.
Cromwell's City Peers.
The Restoration of the Rump.
Re-election of John Ireton, Mayor.
Parliament closed by Lambert.
Monk prepares to Act.
A demand for a Free Parliament.
Negotiations between Fleetwood and the City.
Revival of the City's Militia.
The Rump again restored.
The Common Council dissolved by order of Parliament.
Monk enters London.
Takes up his quarters in the City.
Mediates between the City and Parliament.
Declines to leave the City for Whitehall.
The Common Council restored.
The Long Parliament dissolved.
The Restoration discussed.
The City publishes a Vindication of its doings.
Letter from Charles II to the City.
The Declaration of Breda.
City Commissioners sent to the Hague.
The King restored.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Richmond Park restored to the King.
Restoration of Royalist Aldermen.
The King and Parliament entertained at Guildhall.
Fanatics in the City.
More City loans.
Coronation of Charles II.
The Cavalier Parliament.
The City an example to the Country.
The Corporation Act.
Proposals for renewal of City's Charter.
The Hearth Tax.
The Act of Uniformity.
Sir John Robinson, Mayor.
The Russian Ambassador in the City.
The French Ambassador insulted at Lord Mayor's Banquet.
War with the Dutch.
The "Loyal London."
The Plague.
The City decimated.
The Great Fire.
Sir Thomas Bludworth, Mayor.
The Monument.
Sympathy displayed towards the City.
Preparations for re-building the City.
The City and Fire Insurances.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The re-building of the City.
Fire Decrees.
Statute 19 Chas. II, c. 3.
Four City Surveyors appointed.
Allotment of Market Sites.
The Dutch War.
The Treaty of Breda.
The
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