Mediæval London, Volume 2 Ecclesiastical
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By Walter Besant 22 Sep, 2020
Before entering upon the government of London under the Plantagenet Kings, let us first ask what are the documents in which we shall find information at first hand. No city in the world possesses a collection of archives so ancient and so complete ... Read more
Before entering upon the government of London under the Plantagenet Kings, let us first ask what are the documents in which we shall find information at first hand. No city in the world possesses a collection of archives so ancient and so complete as the collection at the Guildhall. Riley, in his Introduction to the Liber Albus, begins his list of those who have consulted the archives with John Stow. Surely, however, the compiler of the Liber Albus itself, John Carpenter, also consulted archives even in his day valuable and ancient. Strype, in the preparation of his Edition of Stow, also consulted the City archives:— Less
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Sir Walter Besant (14 August 1836 – 9 June 1901) was an English novelist and historian. William Henry Besant was his brother, and another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. The son ...
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