The City of London’s oldest document is currently on public display

Post by quxkgpdy » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 11:37 PM UTC

Lio wrote: post #4

For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…

Post by handelaar » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:01 AM UTC

jsmith99 wrote: post #11

Lio wrote: post #4

For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…

It's not that different. There are 43 police forces in the country, with different specialities, and the City of London force leads (not very well) on financial crime. Businesses do have a vote in local elections, but that was standard across the UK until the Representation of the People Act 1969. The Corporation of London is basically just a local council like any other, albeit with a load of money and a load of mea…

Post by Theodores » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:13 AM UTC

Lio wrote: post #4

For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…

Post by duxup » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:36 AM UTC

matthewmorgan wrote: post #8

zeristor wrote: post #2

From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North Although I guess they didn’t agree. Also I’ve never heard of a Portreeve before, I’m guessing they’re a Shirereeve for a port.

Not the last time we were sold out by London.

Post by pyuser583 » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 2:50 AM UTC

Theodores wrote: post #16

Lio wrote: post #4

For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…

For those that don't know, "William the Conqueror" is also known as "William the Bastard". This was not the name used by my school teachers and I just wonder how different history lessons would have been had this name been used. The Normans were Vikings that 'co-opted' the women in Normandy to become 'Normans'. Not the first empire to expand with rape and pillage, but it is interesting how British history accommodate…