The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 Four centuries since...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829

Four centuries since the Merchants of London could not boast of a public Exchange. They then assembled to transact business in Lombard-street, among the Lombard Jews, from whom the street derives its name, and who were then the bankers of all Europe. Here too they probably kept their benches or banks, as they were wont to do in the market-places of the continent, for transacting pecuniary matters; and thus drew around them all those of whose various pursuits money is the common medium. At length, in 1534, Sir R. Gresham, who was agent for Henry the Eighth at Antwerp, and had been struck with the advantages attending the Bourse, or Exchange, of that city, prevailed upon his Royal Master to send a letter to the Mayor and Commonalty of London, recommending them to erect a similar building on their manor of Leadenhall. The Court of Common Council, however, were of opinion that such a removal of the seat of business would be impracticable, and the scheme was therefore dropped; but in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas Gresham, who succeeded to the Antwerp agency, happily accomplished what had been denied to the hopes of his father. In 1564 Sir Thomas proposed to the Corporation"That if the City would give him a piece of ground, in a commodious spot, he would erect an Exchange at his own expense, with large and covered walks, wherein the merchants might assemble and transact business at all seasons, without interruption from the weather, or impediments of any kind." The Corporation met the proposal with a spirit of equal liberality; and in 1566 various buildings, houses, tenements, &c. in Cornhill, were purchased for rather more than 3,530, and the materials re-sold for 478, on condition of pulling them down and carrying them away.The ground plot was then levelled at the charge of the City, and possession given to Sir Thomas, who in the deed is styled, "Agent to the Queen's Highness," and who laid the foundation of the new Exchange on the 7th of June following; and the whole was covered in before November 1567. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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