London Bridge: Selected Accounts and Rentals, 1381-1538

by Laura Wright and Laura Wright

Book Overview

The rulers of London in the late middle ages sought to safeguard the future of their important river crossing by placing its administration in the hands of a specially created institution. By the mid-fourteenth century the "BridgeHouse", as it became known, had been endowed with a large portfolio of properties which provided the bulk of the revenue needed for the frequent, and often urgent, repairs to London Bridge's structure: as many as 130 shops...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0900952318
• ISBN13: 9780900952319
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Lincoln Record Society
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.7"