Never dull at Lloyd's of London: 1688 to present

london 1688  The first recorded news of Lloyd's Coffee House in Tower Street, London, dates from February 1688 when Edward Lloyd was 41 years of age  Margarette Lincoln, author of London and the Seventeenth Century: the making of the world's greatest city 1688 is an oddly neglected year

London He hoped He was also concerned that James might ally England to France William of Orange's fleet departing for England, 1688 View this object  In 1688 the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown was offered by Parliament to his own nephew and son-in-law

Margarette Lincoln, author of London and the Seventeenth Century: the making of the world's greatest city 1688 is an oddly neglected year The Glorious Revolution was when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688 The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the