A Survey of London: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 15th & 16th Centuries)

Edited by C. L. Kingsford John Stow
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 7/2/2015
EAN 9781108082440, ISBN10: 1108082440

Paperback, 488 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
Language: English

'Stow's Survey' is a historical work readily identified by this familiar name alone. John Stow (c.1524–1605) was a Londoner, a member of the Merchant Taylors' Company, but spent most of his life accumulating manuscripts and other historical records. His great work, A Survey of London, was published in 1603, and is reissued here in the two-volume version edited by C. L. Kingsford (1862–1926) and published in 1908. Kingsford, a government education official, was also a writer for the Dictionary of National Biography, to which he contributed over 300 entries. His Chronicles of London (also reissued in this series) was published in 1905. Volume 2 continues the ward-by-ward account, and goes on to describe Westminster, the city's churches and hospitals, its government, mayor and sheriffs, and the guilds. Kingsford provides notes, a glossary and comprehensive indexes, offering an accessible and accurate version of this vital source for the city's history.

Part II. The Text
Text of 1603 (cont.)
The variation
Notes
Supplement to notes
Glossary
Indexes.