Oldal 156 [156]
134 COMMERCE
Tower. From the Nore westward the Con¬
servancy extends to Staines. We see some¬
what similar jurisdictions on the Elbe, the
Scheldt, and other large rivers leading to great
cities. The port of London was defined in 665
to extend from London Bridge eastward to the
Naze in Essex and the North Foreland in
Kent. The passage by the Wantsum and the
Stour to the open channel at Sandwich was for
centuries of great importance to London. In
some very ancient Kentish laws, generally attri¬
buted to Hlothzre and Eadric, who lived
toward the close of the seventh century,
mention is made of Lundenwic. I have, in
agi former volumes on London history, assumed
with some hesitation that this means London. But though the name
undoubtedly points
to London as a great
commercial centre, it
is probable that it
was actually borne
by a quay or harbour
on the Stour im¬
mediately opposite
Sandwich, a_ place
where the Kentish
men came over to
buy chattels from
the London mer¬
chants who were on