The History of London

here can be no doubt that the Charter was the price demanded by the citizens and willingly paid by the Conqueror in return for

osfrith Portreeve and all the burghers wi

Edward's day, and I will that every child be his father's heir after hi

keep

all. Many copies of it and translations of it wer

worthy, for instance. That the children should inherit their father's property was, as much as the preceding clause, great security to the freedom of the City, for it protected the people from any feudal claims that might arise. Next, observe that there was never any Earl of Lo

by means of which he could not only keep the enemy out of London but could keep his own strong hand upon the burghers. He took down a piece of the wall and enclosed twelve acres of g

is, that form of trial in which the accused and the accuser fought it out, and from certain tolls. He also gave the citizens the county of Middlesex to farm on payment to the Crown of 300l. a year-a payment still made: they were to appoin

IER STYLE. CHURCH

ments are m

m Rufus was killed on Thursday-Henry was in London on Saturday. He must therefore have ridden hard to get over the hundred an

assumed the title of Mayor-not Lord Mayor: the title came later, a habit or style, never a rank conferred. With him were two Sheriffs, the Sheriff of the C

of of the strength and importance of the City is shown in the fact that when Matilda took revenge on London b