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EAST-CHEAP. 239
lord of this city, and here, sitting upon London Stone, I
charge and command that of the city's cost the priory
conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our
reign, and now henceforward it shall he treason for any
one that calls me other than Lord Mortimer." Upon im-
portant occasions it was usual for the conduits to flow
with red wine at the expense of the city, and it is evident
that, abolitionist as he was, Jack Cade had no desire to
put down this relic of costly conviviality. This stone lias
been, and continues to be,, preserved with great care. It
is placed in the south wall of St. Swithin's church, being
cased with another stone cut hollow, so that the ancient
one may he open to inspection without being exposed to
injury. Originally it stood on the other side of the
street, but in 1742 it was placed on the edge of the curb
on the north side. In 1798, when St. Swithin's Church
was repaired, it was condemned as a nuisance, and nar-
rowly escaped destruction; but this act of Vandalism
was prevented by Mr. Maiden, a printer in Sherborn-
lane, at whose instance the parochial authorities inserted
it in the church, wall, where it is now seen. In 1598 the
mansion of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, stood in Saint
Stvitkin's-lane, and was called Oxford-place. Contiguous
to the garden of this edifice were the houses of Empson
and Dudley, the favourites of Henry VII., and whose
oppressions and cruel exactions weighed heavily upon the
people. When Henry VIII. ascended the throne, with an
affected hatred of tyranny, which ic is to be regretted his
subsequent career did not confirm, he caused these men
to be tried for their rapacious and unjust actions during
the reign of his predecessor. They were condemned to
be hanged, drawn, and quartered, a sentence which was
carried into effect on Tower Hill. In Saint Swithin's-
'ane is New-court, of monetary celebrity, as containing
the offices of that merchant and Israclitish millionaire,
Baron Rothschild. Cannon-street is continued by East-
cheap, the only existing portion of which is now on the
east side of King William-street. Though modern Last-
lord of this city, and here, sitting upon London Stone, I
charge and command that of the city's cost the priory
conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our
reign, and now henceforward it shall he treason for any
one that calls me other than Lord Mortimer." Upon im-
portant occasions it was usual for the conduits to flow
with red wine at the expense of the city, and it is evident
that, abolitionist as he was, Jack Cade had no desire to
put down this relic of costly conviviality. This stone lias
been, and continues to be,, preserved with great care. It
is placed in the south wall of St. Swithin's church, being
cased with another stone cut hollow, so that the ancient
one may he open to inspection without being exposed to
injury. Originally it stood on the other side of the
street, but in 1742 it was placed on the edge of the curb
on the north side. In 1798, when St. Swithin's Church
was repaired, it was condemned as a nuisance, and nar-
rowly escaped destruction; but this act of Vandalism
was prevented by Mr. Maiden, a printer in Sherborn-
lane, at whose instance the parochial authorities inserted
it in the church, wall, where it is now seen. In 1598 the
mansion of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, stood in Saint
Stvitkin's-lane, and was called Oxford-place. Contiguous
to the garden of this edifice were the houses of Empson
and Dudley, the favourites of Henry VII., and whose
oppressions and cruel exactions weighed heavily upon the
people. When Henry VIII. ascended the throne, with an
affected hatred of tyranny, which ic is to be regretted his
subsequent career did not confirm, he caused these men
to be tried for their rapacious and unjust actions during
the reign of his predecessor. They were condemned to
be hanged, drawn, and quartered, a sentence which was
carried into effect on Tower Hill. In Saint Swithin's-
'ane is New-court, of monetary celebrity, as containing
the offices of that merchant and Israclitish millionaire,
Baron Rothschild. Cannon-street is continued by East-
cheap, the only existing portion of which is now on the
east side of King William-street. Though modern Last-