The survay of London: containing, the originall, antiquitie, encrease, and more moderne estate of the sayd famous citie ... / Written in the yeere 1598 ... Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged with many ... notes ... [to] 1618 [by Anthony Munday].

John Stow

Date:: 1618

Credit: The survay of London: containing, the originall, antiquitie, encrease, and more moderne estate of the sayd famous citie ... / Written in the yeere 1598 ... Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged with many ... notes ... [to] 1618 [by Anthony Munday]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$* Towers and Cartels. . 85 tpe lyings commooity mo?e, tpen tbe toealtp of tpe fopole l&ealmc anb common people (fait!) mine Autpour) Caufed a new coyne, called a Groat and halfe a Groat to be coyned and E**® 8roat* & ftampeel, theGroat to be taken for tip. D. and the halfe Groat ,a^ecoinc®' for p. 0. not conteyning in weight according to the pence cal¬ led Eafterlings, but muchjelTe, to wit,byb.S-in tbe pound: by reafon whereof, victuals and merchandizes became the dearer through the whole Rcalme. About the fame time alfo,tpe olb coyne of goto teas epangeb into a neto; but tpe olb iFlojen 0? |5oble, tpen fo calico, teas too?tp rnucp abouetpe tajeeo rateoftpencto. Anotperefo?e tpe SJ&ercpantsingroffeobptpeolo, ano conuaieo tpem out of tpe r . . , l&ealme, to tpe great Ioffe of tpe&ingoome. Mperefojeare- clSJccd mebic toas p?ouioeo,by changing of tpe ffampe. Bln tpe yeere 1411. iting Henry tpe fourth caufeo a neto coyne of jliob’es tobeemaoe, ofleffe balue tpen tpe otoe, bp iip. b. in tpeipoble, fo tpat fifty Robles fljoutobeeapouno, Troy tocigpt. Bln tpe yeere 1421. teas grantcb to Henry tpe 5. a fifteene to •be payo at Canolemaffe,ano at sparttnmaHe, of fucp money as toas tpen currant goto, 0? filuer, not ouermucp clippeo 0? toa- fpeO;to toit,2Cpat if tpe j]5oble toere too?tp b.s. bip.D. tpen the filing ttjoulo tafeeitfo? afull^oble, ofbi s*bip.o. Ano if it toere leffe of balue, tpen b.s.bip.b.tpen tpe perfon paying tpat goto, to make it gob to tpe balue of flue (pillings biij 0. tpe l&ing altuay receiuing it fo? an topole jpoble of firelpillings tip. 0. Anb if tpe jpoble fo payeo toere better tpen b. s. bip.o. tpe fctng to pay againe tpe furplufage, tpat it teas better tpen Morc plent fine Iptllings eigpt pence. Alfo tpis yeere toas fucp fcarcitie of coyne m ofU)pttemoney,tpattpougpa $oblc foaerefo goob ofgolb,aub gold them* tocigpt, as fire IpilUngs eigpt pence; men coulb get no topite lilucr- money fo? tpem. Bn tpe yeere 1465.Biting Ed ward tpcfonrtp caufeba neto Coins of . totme, botpofgoto anb filuer to be maoe, toperebypeegaineb an,yed, & a mucp, fo?pe mabe ofan olb #oble, a tSoyaU: topicp pee com- railed m vaiif manbeb to go fo? y.s« ilieuertpeleffe to tpe fame Moial toas put Roic Noble# bip.o. of alatymb fo boeyeb tpe mo?e,being fmitten toitp a neto \$