King Edward VI signing a charter, 1552 mb-width 5060 The Bell Tower is placed

The Bell Tower is placed out of its real position nearly an inch to the right in order to show the whole of the Byward Tower

A yawning night watchman wearing a yellow overcoat and carrying a cudgel and lantern

Bankside and Tooley Street from the north-west

Each bridge has a drawbridge

King Edward VI signing a charter, 1552 mb-width 5060 The Bell Tower is placedKing Edward VI signing a charter, 1552, (1750). The charter gave Bridewell to the City of London for a workhouse. Edward VI is surrounded by the Lord Mayor, Sir George Barnes and Aldermen of the City of London. Bridewell was erected c1522 by Henry VIII, to the west of Fleet River near Whitefriars