Samuel
til that we don’t have a surviving record of the City of London Corporation’s charter or anything we’ve just got an unbroken record of documents asserting that it’s a thing that already exists
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Samuel
Yeah and I mean given that all of about 3 people live within the square mile it makes sense, companies are the real residents
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Samuel
The City is everything within the old Roman walls (the “square mile”) and is a distinct legal entity from the rest of the city - it’s a bizarre pre-modern corporation
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Samuel
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It has a separate mayor than Greater London, called the Lord Mayor - compare and contrast:
Sadiq Khan in front of the London skylineThe Lord Mayor in a stupid outfit in a ridiculous golden horse-drawn carriage
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Tim
realizing why my ancestors decided to chance it on an ocean boat
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