• The Chronicler's Robin Hood: Introduction

A Chronicle At Large and meere History of the affayres of England; and Kings of the Same. London: Tottle and Toye, 1568-69. Rpt. London: J. Johnson, 1809. Major, John. A History of Greater Britain As Well England and Scotland. Trans.

• Poems Against Simony and the Abuse of Money: London Lickpenny

fourteenth-century London on p. 14 of Chaucer's London designates the "London Stone" as landmark no. 29. 82 Canywike strete, or Candlewick Street, one of the wards of the city (near Walbrook), which contained "chandlers, weavers, and drapers" (Robertson, Chaucer's London,

• Poems Against Simony and the Abuse of Money: Introduction

-- "In London There I Was Bent," or London Lickpenny (Index § 3759) -- offers both a venality satire against the legal system and a lively social picture, including street cries of various sections in and around London. The story

• Robyn and Gandelyn: Introduction

eds. Rymes of Robin Hood. London: Heinemann, 1976. Pp. 255-57. Gutch, J. M., ed. A Lytelle Gest of Robin Hood with other Auncient and Modern Ballads and Songs Relating to the Celebrated Yeoman. 2 vols. London: Longman, 1847. Vol. II,

• Lydgate, Mumming for the Goldsmiths of London

for the Mercers of London Lydgate, Mumming for the Goldsmiths of London JOHN LYDGATE, MUMMING FOR THE GOLDSMITHS OF LONDON: FOOTNOTE 1 Intentionally delivered this ark into your keeping JOHN LYDGATE, MUMMING FOR THE GOLDSMITHS OF LONDON: EXPLANATORY NOTES ABBREVIATIONS:

• TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Crew of Souldiers. London: Davis, 1661. Commentary and Criticism Coke, Edward, Sir. The Third Part of the Institute of the Laws of England. London: Hesler, 1634. Dobson, R. B., and J. Taylor, eds. Rymes of Robin Hood. London: Heineman, 1976.

• Literature of Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Introduction

124. London: Kegan Paul, 1904. ["Treuth, reste and pes" on pp. 9-14.] RHR, pp. 39-44. Historical Sources and Studies Bird, Ruth. The Turbulent London of Richard II. London: Longmans, 1949. [Valuable history of Richard's reign from the perspective of London.

• Shorter Poems: Introduction

Bannatyne Manuscript. National Library of Scotland Advocates' MS 1.1.6. With an Introduction by Denton Fox and William A. Ringler. London: Scolar Press in Association with the National Library of Scotland, 1980. [Includes both draft MS and main MS.] Articles Fox,

• Items 9-11, Latin Epigrams and the Rules for Purchasing Land: Introduction

[Prints the text from the commonplace book of the London merchant Richard Hill.] McFarlane, K. B. England in the Fifteenth Century. London: Hambledon, 1981. P. 193. [Prints the text of London, British Library MS Royal 17.B.47 in discussion of Sir

• Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley: Introduction

Robin Hood. London: Heinemann, 1976. Pp. 258-73. Thomas Percy's folio manuscript, Add. MSS 27879, British Library. Percy, Thomas, ed. Reliques of English Poetry. 3 vols. London: J. Dodsley, 1765. I, 129-60. Ritson, Joseph. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry. London: C.

• Item 3, How the Wise Man Taught His Son: Introduction

for the Young Now First Done into Modern English from the Texts of Dr. F. J. Furnivall. London: Ballantyne Press, 1908. Rpt. London: Chatto and Windus, 1923. Pp. 43–46. Reference Works NIMEV 1985; see also numbers 1877 and 1891. MWME

• Richard Maidstone, Concordia: Appendix 1

of England, EETS o.s. 131 and 136 (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co., Ltd., 1906-08), 2.347-48. And an e King with-ynne ij daye3 aftir, com to London; and e Maire of London, schereue3, aldremen, and alle e worthi cite

• Lydgate, Mumming for the Mercers of London

Desgysing made to Estfelde thane / mayre of London made by Lidgate / desgysinge to the mayre. headnote See McLaren (London Chronicles, pp. 57–58), for the use of the term ryallych in London chronicles to emphasize majesty and to appropriate

• Introduction to the Munday Plays

London: William Leake, 1601. 4o. [Fourteen copies of this printing are known to have survived.] Modern Editions Collier, John Payne, ed. Five Old Plays, Forming a Supplement to the Collections of Dodsley and Others. Illustrated with notes by Collier.

• In a Valley of This Restless Mind: Introduction

Pp. 9-12. Also: The Faber Book of Religious Verse. London: Faber and Faber, 1972. Pp. 56-60. [Based on Cambridge, follows Sisam and Sisam edition.] Segar, Mary G., trans. A MediFval Anthology. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. Pp. 23-26. [12 stanzas, based

• Hudson, Four Middle English Romances: Introduction to Sir Eglamour of Artois

Inc. 5.J.1.2. London: Wynkyn de Worde, c. 1530 (STC 7541). [A fragment.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Library. Syn 7.52.12. London: Richard Bankes, c. 1530. [Three fragments.] Oxford, Bodleian Library S. Selden d. 45(5). London: William Copland, 1548–69 (STC 7543). London, British

• The Siege of Milan: Introduction

EETS e.s. 35. London: N. Trubner for the Early English Text Society, 1880. The Sege of Melayne. In Six Middle English Romances. Ed. Maldwyn Mills. London: Dent, 1973. Criticism Barron, W. R. J. English Medieval Romance. London: Longman, 1987. Pp.

• Lydgate, Henry VI’s Triumphal Entry into London

for the significance of the comparison of Henry to the biblical King David and of London to Jerusalem. Andrew Horn, city chamberlain of London, described London as the “new Jerusalem” in writing of the reception of Edward II and Isabella

• Richard Maidstone, Concordia: Introduction

Caroline M. Barron. London: Athlone Press, 1971. Pp. 173-201. Bennett, J. A. W. Chaucer at Oxford and at Cambridge. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Bird, Ruth. The Turbulent London of Richard II. Intro. James Tait. London: Longmans, Green and

• Herward the Wake: Introduction

91, London (1888-89), I, 339-404. Select Bibliography The Chronicle of Hugh Candidus. Ed. W. T. Mellows. London: Oxford University Press, 1949. Chronicon Angli Petriburgense. Ed. J. A. Giles. London: David Nutt, 1845. Chronicon ex Chronicis. Ed. Benjamin Thorpe. London: English