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

116 points by zeristor 4y ago

zeristor 4y ago
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 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.
- zeristor 4y ago
  Portreeve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve
- lmm 4y ago
  > From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… Your own link points out that he tried paying the northerners off first.
- matthewmorgan 4y ago
  Not the last time we were sold out by London.
  - duxup 4y ago
    I wonder how much of a concept or identity England/English was to any given local compared to their local loyalties, regional lords and etc.
    - mistrial9 4y ago
      land, language, culture -- bonds that apply from local to city-state .. once it scales up then law, economic roles .. offhand
Lio 4y ago
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 run by the City of London Corporation. It’s a city state within a city run as a corporation. It’s ancient science fiction and weird as fuck. :P https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
- Tomte 4y ago
  Video by CGP Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
  - pchristensen 4y ago
    Can't recommend this enough. It captures how truly historically unique this place is.
    - rubito 4y ago
      I watched the Video but besides the "king entering the city ceremony" it didn't show what it makes it unique compared to other city states around the world.
      - easytiger 4y ago
        well, arguably there are fewer than 5 city states in the world.
      - lozenge 4y ago
        It's a city state without the state as it isn't internationally recognised.
        4y ago
adastra22 4y ago
Wait, doesn't this mean that residents of the City of London ought to be exempt from inheritance taxes?
codeulike 4y ago
Bread rolls are quite fancy though
jimjambw 4y ago
I wonder if Jacob Rees-Mogg remembers this?

116 points by zeristor 4y ago

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 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.

zeristor 4y ago
Portreeve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve
lmm 4y ago
> From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… Your own link points out that he tried paying the northerners off first.
matthewmorgan 4y ago
Not the last time we were sold out by London.
- duxup 4y ago
  I wonder how much of a concept or identity England/English was to any given local compared to their local loyalties, regional lords and etc.
  - mistrial9 4y ago
    land, language, culture -- bonds that apply from local to city-state .. once it scales up then law, economic roles .. offhand

Lio 4y ago

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 run by the City of London Corporation. It’s a city state within a city run as a corporation. It’s ancient science fiction and weird as fuck. :P https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London

Tomte 4y ago
Video by CGP Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
- pchristensen 4y ago
  Can't recommend this enough. It captures how truly historically unique this place is.
  - rubito 4y ago
    I watched the Video but besides the "king entering the city ceremony" it didn't show what it makes it unique compared to other city states around the world.
    - easytiger 4y ago
      well, arguably there are fewer than 5 city states in the world.
    - lozenge 4y ago
      It's a city state without the state as it isn't internationally recognised.
      - 4y ago

adastra22 4y ago

Wait, doesn't this mean that residents of the City of London ought to be exempt from inheritance taxes?

codeulike 4y ago

Bread rolls are quite fancy though

jimjambw 4y ago

I wonder if Jacob Rees-Mogg remembers this?