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Editorial Committee Editor PATRICIA CROOT Victoria County History of Middlesex, Institute of Historical Research J. L. BOLTON NEGLEY HARTE Senior Lecturer in History, Senior Lecturer in Economic History, Queen Mary & Westfield College University College London DEREK KEENE, PETER EARLE Director, Reader in Economic History Centre for Metropolitan History, London School of Economics Institute of Historical Research M. H. PORT DAVID R. GREEN Professor of Modern History, Lecturer in Geography, Queen Mary & Westfield College King's College London ISOBEL WATSON VANESSA A. HARDING Director, Lecturer in London History, Roland House Research, Birkbeck College Stepney Review Editor PAUL JOHNSON Lecturer in Social History, London School of Economics Editorial Advisers T. C. BARKER, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics; CAROLINE BARRON, Senior Lecturer in History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College; FRANCOIS BEDARIDA, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris; c. N. L. BROOKE, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge; PENELOPE J. CORFIELD, Reader in History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College; CELINA FOX, Curator of Paintings, The Museum of London; PETER HALL, Professor of Geography, University of Reading; MAX HEBDITCH, Director, The Museum of London; RALPH HYDE, Keeper of Prints & Maps, Guildhall Library; D. J. OLSEN,