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I’m Not Old I’m 1981 Classic Custom Built June Birthday T Shirt

Mediaeval London flourished. Its population was little more than 10,000 when the Normans arrived; within two centuries it had surpassed the Roman city of Londinium, with 80,000 inhabitants — though half of I’m Not Old I’m 1981 Classic Custom Built June Birthday T Shirt died in the Black Death. William the Conqueror built the Tower of London to maintain control over the city. In 1176 Henry II began construction of a stone bridge over the Thames to replace the previous wooden structures: it took 33 years to build (finished in 1209) and would remain in use (although increasingly dilapidated and unsafe) until 1831, when it was demolished and replaced by a New London Bridge 30 metres away. London’s wealth was founded on trade: it was a major port as well as a nexus of land communications. Mediaeval kings spent an increasing amount of their time at Westminster; King Henry II established permanent law courts there and King John moved the royal treasury there as well. By the late Middle Ages Parliament was regularly meeting there. The arrival of the royal court and all the attendant nobles was a boost to London’s economy, since they needed accommodation, food and entertainment for themselves and their hosts of retainers and hangers-on.

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