The City and the Court 1603-1643

272 Pages·1979·6.742 MB·English

by  Robert Ashton

The City and thè Court
1603-1643

The City and
the Court
1603-1643
ROBERT ASHTON
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH HISTORY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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© Robert Ashton 1979
First published 1979
Printed in Great Britain by The Anchor Press Ltd,
and bound by William Brendon & Son Ltd,
both of Tiptree, Essex
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Ashton, Robert.
The city and the court, 1603-1643.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Business and politics - England - London — History.
2. Big business - England - London - History. 3. London -
Commerce - History. 4. Elite (Social sciences) — Case
studies. 5. England - Politics and government.
6. London - Politics and government. 1. Title.
HD2356.G72L663 301.18'32 78-67296
isbn o 521 22419 5
TO JACK FISHER
with gratitude
For I consider the most part of rich Subjects, that have
made themselves so by Craft and Trade, as Men that never
look upon any thing but their present Profit, and who to
every thing not lying in that Way, are in a manner blind . . .
If they had understood what Virtue there would have been
in preserving their Wealth in obedience to their lawful
Sovereign, they would never have sided with the Parliament
against him.
Thomas Hobbes, Behemoth, in
F. Maseres (ed.), Select Tracts Relating
to the Civil Wars in England . . .
(1815), 11, 592.