The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 2)

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My talk at the famous ‘Quit Rents’ ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice on 9 October 2013 presented a ‘personal account’ of ‘Quit rents, freeholds and the Fire of London.’

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Alphabets or indexes to names of plaintiffs in court registers 1773-4, 1781-2, 1787-8 – CLA/038/03/036-038 When you’re visiting Witley Court, don’t miss Great Witley Church. Although it’s attached to the house it’s actually owned by the local parish and is still a working church. Small from the outside, it hides some very grand Baroque interiors. The church was was built by the second Lord Foley (aka Thomas #4) and in a clever bit of recycling, he reused the interiors from the Duke of Chando’s chapel in Middlesex which was being demolished. The London Property “Market” before and after the Great Fire’, London Topographical Society Newsletter, 56 (2003)The City of London Court was formed when all Sheriff's Courts were united in 1867. The court handled actions of debt and other personal actions arising within the City. The court was amalgamated with the Mayor's Court in 1921 to form the Mayor's and City of London Court.

Witley Court, Worcestershire Lost glamour: Visiting ruined Witley Court, Worcestershire

Book 1, Ch. 15: From the Fire to the death of Charles II', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 230–55. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46732. Date accessed: 7 March 2007. The Effects of the Plague on a Provincial Town in the 16th and 17th Centuries’, Medical History, 19 (1975)

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Andrew Taylor (born 14 October 1951) is a British author best known for his crime and historical novels, which include the Lydmouth series, the Roth Trilogy and historical novels such as the number-one best-selling The American Boy and The Ashes of London. His accolades include the Diamond Dagger, Britain's top crime-writing award. Subsequent work on the City has included The Mercers’ Company 1579-1959, published by the Company in 1994, and The City of London and its Livery Companies: a history of survival, second edition published by the Guildhall Library in 2010. My lecture on the occasion of the latter publication entitled ‘“The Great Refusal”. Why does the City of London only govern the Square Mile?’ was published by The London Journal.