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The men were raised in the following numbers from each ward:—

Farringdon Ward Within 807 Bassishaw 177 Bread Street 386 Dowgate 384 Lime Street 99 Farringdon Without 1264 Aldgate Ward 347 Billingsgate 365 Aldersgate 232 Cornhill 191 Cheap 358 Cordwainer 301 Langbourne 349 Coleman Street Ward 229 Broad Street 373 Bridge Ward Within 383 Castle Baynard 551 Queenhithe 404 Tower Street 444 Walbrook 290 Vintry 364 Portsoken 243 Candlewick 215 Cripplegate 925 Bishopsgate 326 ——— Total 10,007

We may apply this total in order to make a guess at the population of London in 1587. Thus supposing x to be the percentage of the population taken from each ward to fill the ranks, since the population of each ward = the number taken, multiplied by 100, and divided by x,

Therefore the whole population of the City

= whole number taken, multiplied by 100, and divided by x = 1,000,700 ÷ x

If 10 per cent of the population were taken we should have a total of 100,070 or roughly 100,000.

W. A. Mansell & Co.