\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 The population of \b \cf4 \ATXht10441000 Elizabethan\b0 \b London\cf0 \ATXht0 \b0 grew at an alarming rate. With a
five-fold increase in the space of fifty years, by the early 1600s the subject of urban spread was hotly debated in Parliament. The measures ordained were largely ineffectual, however. In fact the preservation of vast open spaces like Hampstead Heath
owes more to \b \cf4 \ATXht13091000 Henry VIII\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Æs declaration of exclusive hunting rights than to any of the Elizabethan bans on new construction.\par
