Short answers, pulled from the story.
Roman engineers constructed the first gate at this eastern point during the second or third centuries. The ancient road known as Ermine Street stretched from London to York long before any wall existed.
Tradition attributes the name Bishopsgate to Earconwald who served as Bishop of London in the 7th century. This saint is also called the Light of London and restored the gate after earlier damage.
Bastard Fauconberg attacked the eastern gates with five thousand men during the Wars of the Roses in 1471. Bishopsgate was set on fire by these attackers who came close to capturing nearby Aldgate.
On the 15th of September 2022 the ward elected Kawsar Zaman as its Alderman. He became the first British-Bangladeshi person to hold the office in hundreds of years.
A more devastating event occurred on the 24th of April 1993 when an IRA truck bombing killed journalist Ed Henty. Over forty people were injured and damage reached £1 billion including destruction of St Ethelburga's church.