List ofTables, Figures, and Map
1.1Prosecutions at the Old Bailey for offences against property in the
City of London, 1670‒1750 17
1.2Defendants from the City of London and Middlesex in trials for
offences against property at the Old Bailey 18
1.3Values of goods stolen in City of London property offences tried at the
Old Bailey, 1663‒1713 31
1.4Male and female defendants in property offences:
City of London cases at the Old Bailey 65
2.1Magisterial business conducted by Lord Mayor Ashhurst,
January–June 1694 96
2.2Magisterial business conducted by Lord Mayor Brocas,
November 1729 –October 1730 104
3.1Distribution of constables by wards in the City of London, 1663 116
3.2Tax assessments of constables in three wards: Cornhill,
Farringdon Within, and Farringdon Without 138
3.3Percentage of deputies among serving constables, 1728‒1731 148
3.4Multiple years of service by deputy constables in
four selected wards, 1721‒1737 151
4.1Numbers of watchmen, City of London, 1663 and 1705 175
4.2Numbers of watchmen, City of London, 1737 195
6.1Jury verdicts at the Old Bailey in property offences in the
City of London, 1663‒1689 285
6.2Selected parliamentary bills and statutes, 1663‒1689 292
6.3Sentences in non-clergyable property offences:
City of London cases at the Old Bailey, 1663‒1689 296
6.4Property offences for which offenders were hanged:
City of London cases at the Old Bailey, 1663‒1689 299
6.5Sentences of defendants convicted of clergyable property offences and
petty larceny: City of London cases at the Old Bailey, 1663‒1689 302
6.6Jury verdicts at the Old Bailey in property offences in the City of London,
1663‒1689, by value of the goods stolen 305
7.1Selected parliamentary bills and statutes, 1690‒1713 316
7.2Jury verdicts at the Old Bailey in property offences in the
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