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[Transcriber's Notes:
_About this book._ Although the title indicates that the Chronicle
begins in 1089, it actually begins in 1189 with the reign of Richard
I, and ends in 1483 with the death of Edward IV. It is based on two
manuscripts, now in the British Library, written by anonymous scribes
in the 15th Century. It recounts events not only in the City of
London--such as the elections of Mayors and Sheriffs--but also in the
British Isles and France, covering battles, coronations, births and
deaths of prominent people, tempests, earthquakes, plagues, and other
noteworthy occurrences.
The Chronicle was first published in 1827, in a limited edition of 250
copies, with copious notes and an extensive section of illustrative
documents. Although the editors of the 1827 edition are not named, the
British Library catalogue identifies them as Sir Nicholas Harris
Nicolas, G.C.M.G., and Edward Tyrrell (whose signature appears at the
end of the dedication).
This e-book was prepared from a 1995 reprint of the 1827 edition,
published by Llanerch Publishers, and from images of the 1827 edition
at the Internet Archive, www.archive.org.
_Orthography._ The Chronicle section is written in 15th-Century
English. The original spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
hyphenation have been preserved in this e-book.
Numbers and dates in lowercase Roman numerals often end in a "j,"
signifying "i."
Superscripted letters are represented in curly brackets preceded by a
carat, e.g., A^{o}.
A crossed double-L is represented as [-ll-], and a tailed Z as [z/].
Blank spaces in the text are represented by long dashes (----).
_Formatting._ The Chronicle section of the original utilizes unique
page headers indicating the name of the monarch and the years covered
on that page, e.g., REX HENRICUS T'CIUS [1238-1242]. These have been
retained in this e-book and inserted in the appropriate chronological
place.
The original contains numerous sidenotes. In the Chronicle section,
sidenotes marked with an asterisk were added by the editors and are
here treated as footnotes. Otherwise, sidenotes are marked as such and
have been moved above the paragraph to which they refer. Where a
paragraph is very long, as in the documents at the end of the Notes
section, the sidenotes have been placed above the lines to which they
refer.]
A
Chronicle of London,
FROM 1089 TO 1483;