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was never lord mayor.

M900 The stoppage of the ship "Redbridge," 21 Oct., 1693.

1781 The charter was dated the 11th November, 1693.—See Journal House of Commons, xi, 43.

1782 Journal House of Commons, xi, 43.

1783 Id., xi, 49, 50.

1784 Id., xi, 64, 65.

1785 In 1813 the City petitioned parliament that trade with India and China might be exclusively with the port of London.—Journal 87, fos. 208 _seq._, 442b _seq._, 457 _seq._; Journal House of Commons, lxviii, 145.

M901 The City’s petition _re_ debts to orphans, 1691.

1786 Journal 51, fos. 142-144; Luttrell, ii, 307.

1787 Journal House of Commons, x, 562, 571.

1788 Journal 51, fos. 214-215.

1789 Id., fo. 214*b.

M902 The Orphans’ Bill of 1693.

1790 Journal 51, fos. 238b, 239; Journal House of Commons, x, 817, 820, 821, 824, 836; Luttrell, iii, 42, 44.

1791 Journal House of Commons, x, 839, 843.

M903 A fresh scheme, Feb., 1694.

1792 Journal House of Commons, xi, 14, 98, 99.

1793 They superseded the lamps known as "Heming’s lamps" (from Edmund Heming, the inventor), with which the streets were for the first time systematically lighted in 1687.

1794 A scheme was set on foot in September, 1692, for conveying water in leaden pipes from the Banquetting House in the Tyburn Road to the Stocks Market in the city, and in December, 1693, the city granted a licence to William Paterson, whose name is well known in connection with the foundation of the Bank of England, to lay pipes for supplying water to the inhabitants of the manor and borough of Southwark.—Journal 51, fos. 214, 285b.

M904 City Orphans’ Act passed, March, 1694.

1795 Stat. 5 William and Mary, c. 10.

1796 Journal House of Commons, xi, 102, 125, 135; Journal House of Lords, xv, 399. In 1748, when the term of fifty years, for which the City was allowed an additional duty on coal, was drawing to a close, application was made to parliament for a continuation of the duty. An Act was in consequence passed authorising the City to take the duty for an additional term of thirty-five years.—Journal 59, fo. 116b; Journal House of Commons, xxv, 506, 570, 599, 623.

M905 City loan of £200,000, 6 March, 1694.

1797 Journal 51, fos. 295b, 297; Luttrell, iii, 279, 288.

1798 Journal 51, fo. 305.

1799 Journal 52, fo. 51.

M906 The foundation of the Bank of England, April, 1694.

1800 Journal House of Commons, xi, 143, 144.

1801 Macaulay, chap. xx.

1802 Burnet, iv, 223.

1803 Journal House of Commons, xi, 162.

1804 Journal House of Commons, xi, 165, 170; Journal House of Lords, xv, 424.

1805 Luttrell, iii, 329, 342; _Cf._ List of directors printed in Appendix to Francis’s "History of the Bank" (ii, 262).

1806 Luttrell, iii, 331-2, 333-4, 336, 338.

1807 The picture drawn by Macaulay ("History of England," chap. xx) of the chancellor of the exchequer going, hat in hand, up and down Cheapside and Cornhill, attended by the lord mayor and aldermen, and borrowing £100 from this hosier and £200 from that ironmonger, is altogether too fanciful.

1808 Journal 52, fos. 91, 113b, 142, 142b.

M907 The death of Queen Mary, 28 Dec, 1694.

1809 Luttrell, iii, 419.

1810 Repertory 99, fo. 189.

1811 Journal 52, fos. 35b, 36, 58b. The address is not entered in the Journal, but it is printed by Maitland (i, 498).

1812 Luttrell, iii, 433, 443.

M908 The queen’s funeral, 5 March, 1695.

1813 Repertory 99, fos. 245, 262.

1814 See above, chap. xii.

1815 Repertory 99, fo. 320.

1816 Luttrell, iii, 446-447.

M909 Discovery of corrupt practices, 1695.

M910 The Speaker convicted of bribery.

1817 Journal House of Commons, xi, 258.

1818 Journal House of Commons, xi, 269. The committee further set out an extract from the Chamberlain’s account of cash notifying payment. The minutes of the Corporation committee containing the above order are not to be found; and the Chamberlain’s Journal or Cash Account for June, 1694, is also missing. But the following entry occurs in a book containing Chamberlain’s accounts from the 29th September, 1693, to 29th September, 1694, under the heading "Guifts and Rewards":—"To the Honourable Sr. John Trevor, Knt., Speaker of the House of Commons, by order of the committee (appointed by order Common Councell to consider of wayes and meanes for satisfyeing the debts due to the orphans and other creditors of the city and to solicit the parliament for a Bill for that purpose), one thousand guineas, which at 2_s._ change is eleaven hundred pounds (£1,100)."—Chamberlain’s Account Book, marked 1/21 fo. 136.

1819 Journal House of Commons, xi, 270, 271.

M911 The Speaker expelled the House, 16 March, 1695.

1820 Id., xi, 271, 274.

M912 Transactions between the City and the Marquis of Normanby.

1821 Journal 52, fo. 37b.

1822 Evidence of Sir Robert Clayton.—Journal House of Lords, xv, 551.

1823 Journal House of Lords, xv, 546-558.

M913 Corrupt practices of East India Company in connection with its charter.

1824 Journal House of Commons, xi, 268.

M914 Sir Thomas Cook and Sir Basil Firebrace.

1825 He had been appointed alderman of the Ward of Billingsgate by commission of James II in 1687, in which year he also served as sheriff.—Repertory 92, fo. 363.

1826 Journal House of Commons, xi, 267-269.

1827 Id., xi, 283.

1828 Id., xi, 285, 291, 293, 294, 295.

1829 Journal House of Commons, xi, 307, 308; Journal House of Lords, xv, 543, 544, 559; Luttrell, iii, 462. Macaulay (chap. xxi) describes Cook as presenting a very abject appearance at the Bar, imploring the Peers, "with tears and lamentations," not to subject him to "a species of torture unknown to the mild laws of England."

M915 Examination of Cook, 23 April, 1695.

1830 Journal House of Commons, xi, 317.

M916 Examination of Firebrace, 24-26 April, 1695.

1831 Journal House of Commons, xi, 320, 321.

1832 Id., xi, 322, 323.

M917 Evidence of Josiah Child, 26 April, 1695.

M918 Cook and Firebrace committed to the Tower.

1833 Journal House of Commons, xi, 327, 329; Journal House of Lords, xv, 580; Luttrell, iii, 466.

1834 Luttrell, iv, 51, 404.

M919 The Old and the New Company agree to unite, 22 July, 1702.

1835 An indenture tripartite between the queen, the old company and the new was executed the 22nd July, 1702, by the terms of which the companies were to become united at the end of seven years.

1836 Luttrell, v, 168.

1837 Id., v, 284.

1838 Repertory 108, fo. 589; _Id._ 113, fo. 387; Journal 54, fo. 61; Luttrell, vi, 486.

M920 Jacobite tumults during the king’s absence abroad, May-Oct., 1695.

1839 Luttrell, iii, 483-484.

1840 Id., iii, 512.

M921 Elections for a triennial parliament, Oct., 1695.

1841 Id., iii, 536, 537.

1842 Luttrell, iii, 538, 540, 542.

1843 Id., iii, 541, 543.

M922 The Barclay conspiracy, 1696.

1844 Journal 52, fo. 78b.

M923 The signing of associations.

1845 Journal House of Commons, xi, 465-468.

1846 Journal 52, fos. 79, 79b, 109b, 110b; Luttrell, iv, 65.

M924 Bill of Attainder against Sir John Fenwick.

1847 Journal 52, fos. 108, 110b; Repertory 100, fo. 78b.

1848 Journal 52, fo. 109b.

1849 Repertory 101, fo. 132.

M925 The City and the Election Bill, April, 1696.

1850 Journal 52, fos. 80, 90.

1851 Journal House of Commons, xi, 427, 556.

M926 Resolution of the Common Hall, 29 Sept., 1696.

1852 Luttrell, iv, 119, 120.

M927 The new currency, May-Aug., 1696.

1853 Stat. 7 and 8 Will. III, c. 1. By a subsequent Act (Stat. 7 and 8 Will. III, c. 19) encouragement was given for bringing plate into the Mint to be coined. The exportation of all silver except foreign silver was prohibited, and certificates to the effect that silver about to be exported was foreign silver and not plate or clipt money had to be obtained in the city from the aldermen before exportation was allowed. Three volumes of these "bullion certificates" are preserved in the Town Clerk’s office.

1854 Luttrell, iv, 55. It is said that the goldsmiths of the city had collected all the available paper of the Bank for the express purpose of presenting it for cash at a time when they knew full well that the Bank was short of milled money, hoping thereby to injure the credit of the institution which was ruining their business.

M928 City loans, July-Nov., 1696.

1855 Luttrell, iv, 90.

1856 Id., iv, 91.

1857 Id., iv, 97.

M929 The Peace of Ryswick, 10 Sept., 1697.

1858 Id., iv, 216.

1859 Luttrell, iv, 278.

M930 Preparations to welcome the king on his return.

1860 Repertory 101, fos. 369-377.

1861 Repertory 101, fos. 381-384.

1862 Repertory 101, fos. 420-424; Repertory 102, fos. 4, 16; Journal 52, fo. 157.

1863 Repertory 102, fo. 18.

1864 Letters patent appointing commissioners for converting the palace into a hospital, and dated the 12th March, 1695, are preserved among the Records in the custody of the city Chamberlain.—See Report on Corporation Records, 16 Dec., 1869., Appendix iii, p. 50.

M931 The king met at Southwark by the mayor, aldermen, etc., 16 Nov., 1697.

1865 Journal 52, fo. 142.

1866 Id., fo. 157b.

1867 Repertory 102, fos. 4, 18-27; Luttrell, iv, 306.

M932 Congratulations offered by the city, 17 Nov., 1697.

1868 Luttrell; iv, 307.

M933 A day of public thanksgiving, 2 Dec.

1869 Journal 52, fos. 158, 158b; Repertory 102, fo. 49; Luttrell, iv, 313, 314.

M934 Parliamentary elections for the city, 1698-1701.

1870 Luttrell, iv, 720.

1871 Id., v, 10.

1872 Journal House of Commons, xiii, 351, 352; Luttrell, v, 20, 29.

M935 Death of James II, 5 Sept., 1701.

M936 The City’s address of loyalty to William.

1873 Journal 53, fos. 123, 149; Luttrell, v, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99. The address is printed in Noorthouck, "Hist. of London" (p. 287, note).

1874 Luttrell, v, 100.

M937 Sir William Gore elected mayor, Sept., 1701.

1875 Evelyn (Diary, 11 June, 1696) writes of him as having been formerly a "mean goldsmith" and become rich by extortion. He had purchased an estate at Helmsley, co. York, once the property of the Duke of Buckingham, a transaction which drew forth the following lines from Pope (Imitation of Bk. ii, Satire ii, of Horace _sub fine_):—

"And Helmsley, once proud Buckingham’s delight, Slides to a Scrivener or City Knight."

He had received a commission as alderman from James II in 1685, was discharged the following year, and in 1700, when he was sheriff, got himself elected alderman of Bridge Ward (Repertory 90, fo. 71; _Id._ 91, fo. 83b; _Id._ 104, fo. 345). The city Journals of the period are very imperfect, and there are no Common Hall books of the day, but Luttrell gives us the result of the mayoralty election of 1700, when Duncombe promised to lay out £40,000 for the good of the city, or build a Mansion House for future mayors, and set up a brass statue of King William upon the Conduit in Cheapside, if only he were elected (Diary, iv, 660, 692).

1876 Luttrell, v, 95.

M938 Election of William’s last parliament, Nov.-Dec., 1701.

1877 Journal 50, fo. 359; Luttrell, v, 108.

1878 Luttrell, v, 110-111, 112-113, 114.

M939 The Princess Anne proclaimed queen 8 March, 1702.

1879 Journal 53, fo. 366; Repertory 106, fo. 200.

M940 The Common Council vote an address, 10 March.

M941 A picture of the queen for the Guildhall and a statue for the Royal Exchange.

1880 Journal 53, fo. 281b. The address is printed in Maitland’s History (i, 503).

1881 Repertory 106, fo. 215.

1882 Repertory 106, fos. 226, 235, 243, 321; Journal 53, fo. 382. The portrait is said by Bryan ("Dict. of Painters") to have been hung in the Council Chamber. It is not there now, and does not appear to be either in the Guildhall or Mansion House.

M942 The coronation, 23 April, 1702.

1883 Journal 53, fo. 398; Repertory 106, fos. 253-255, 267-9.

M943 Parliament contunues notwithstanding demise of the crown, Stat. 7 & 8 Will. III, c. 15.

1884 Stat. 7 & 8 Will. III, c. 15.

M944 The Tories supplant the Whigs in the new parliament.

1885 "A new commission for the lieutenancy of London," writes Luttrell (11 July, 1702) "is come from her majestie, since which they have mett and turned out the six old collonells, viz., Sir Robert Clayton, Sir William Ashurst, Sir Thomas Stamp, Sir Thomas Lane, Sir Thomas Abney and Sir Owen Buckingham, and chose in their room Sir William Pritchard, Sir John Fleet, Sir Francis Child, Sir Samuel Dashwood, Sir Thomas Cook and Sir Charles Duncombe."—Diary, v, 193.

M945 The city members.

1886 Luttrell, v, 198.

1887 Id., v, 244.

M946 The queen entertained on lord mayor’s day, 29 Oct., 1702.

1888 Luttrell, v, 220, 221. His election is not recorded in the City’s Journal. The minutes of the court of Common Council at this period were either very imperfectly written up, or if written up have been either lost or suppressed. It is scarcely possible that Journal 53 can represent the whole of the municipal business transacted by the court between April, 1701, and February, 1704.

1889 Repertory 106, fos. 518, 523, 543, 548.

1890 Repertory 106, fo. 526; Luttrell, v, 226.

1891 Luttrell, v, 231.

M947 Public thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s, 12 Nov., 1702.

1892 Journal 53, fo. 402.

1893 Upwards of £100,000 in bullion was carried to the Tower to be minted.—Luttrell, v, 238.

1894 Repertory 107, fos. 57-62.

1895 Luttrell, v, 235.

M948 The victory at Blenheim, 2 Aug. (o.s.), 1704.

1896 Stanhope ("Hist. of England," _temp._ Queen Anne, p. 142), and other writers give the date of the battle as the 13th August, adopting the new style, which was then in force on the continent, but not yet accepted by England.

1897 Journal 54, fo. 133.

1898 Id., fos. 50, 51. See Appendix.

1899 Journal 54, fo. 134.

1900 Repertory 108, fo. 530.

1901 Repertory 108, fos. 533, 544, 547.

M949 The Duke of Marlborough at Goldsmiths’ Hall, 6 Jan., 1705.

1902 Rep. 109, fos. 88, 92, 95.

1903 Luttrell, v, 506.

1904 Journal 54, fo. 119.

M950 The City’s finances, 1702-4.

1905 Journal 52, fo. 228; Journal 53, fos. 382-384, 388-390; Journal 54, fos. 42-46, 485-493; Journal 55, fos. 39-41.

1906 Journal 53, fos. 263, 268, 285, 303.

1907 Id., fos. 545, 548-549.

1908 Journal 53, fos. 716-726.

1909 Journal 54, fos. 53-56.

1910 Journal 53, fos. 714-716.

1911 Journal 53, fos. 714, 730, 739, 744-746. The Act was entitled "An Act to prevent the further declining state of the city of London." (_Printed_.)

M951 Another thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s, 23 Aug., 1705.

1912 Journal 54, fo. 521; Repertory 109, fo. 412.

M952 Meeting of the new parliament, 25 Oct., 1705.

1913 Their names were Clayton, Ashurst, Heathcote and a new candidate in the person of Samuel Shepheard, the Tories who were put up in opposition being Sir John Fleet, Sir John Parsons, Sir William Withers and Sir Richard Hoare (Luttrell, v, 541-542, 543). Upon the death of Sir Robert Clayton in 1707 his seat was won by a Tory, viz., Sir William Withers, who was lord mayor at the time (Luttrell, vi, 236, 237). Withers had previously sat in the short parliament of 1701 (Feb.-Nov.) in the Whig interest (Luttrell, iv, 721).

1914 Stat. 6 Anne, c. vii, secs. 25, 26.

M953 The victory at Ramillies, 12 May (o.s), 1706.

1915 Stanhope ("Hist, of England," _temp._ Queen Anne, p. 216) gives the date as Sunday the 23rd May—the day of the month according to the new style. But he is wrong in stating that day to have been Sunday. The 12th May did fall on Sunday.

1916 Journal 54, fos. 462-463, 475.

1917 Repertory 110, fo. 157.

1918 Id., fo. 150b.

1919 Repertory 111, fos. 21, 28, 35; Luttrell, vi, 119. They have long since disappeared.

M954 £250,000 for Prince Eugene, March, 1706.

1920 Luttrell, v, 623.

1921 Id., vi, 24.

M955 Day of public thanksgiving, 31 Dec., 1706.

1922 Journal 57, fo. 537; Luttrell, vi, 122, 123.

M956 Passage of gunpowder through the city.

1923 Journal 54, fos. 499-501.

1924 Journal House of Commons, xv, 358, 366, 368, 384, 387, 389, 390.

1925 Journal 54, fos. 614, 623-624, 647; Journal House of Commons, xv, 567.

1926 Journal 54, fo. 605.

M957 The Union with Scotland, 1607.

1927 Journal House of Commons, xv, 392; Journal 54, fos. 616, 617, 621.

1928 Journal 54, fo. 603.

M958 France and the Pretender, March, 1708.

1929 Journal 54, fo. 652.

M959 Search for Papists and Jacobites in the city, 1708.

1930 Journal House of Commons, xv, 600, 601, 602, 608.

1931 Repertory 112, fo. 119.

1932 Journal 54, fo. 680.

M960 City parliamentary elections, 1708.

1933 Id., fos. 655, 656.

1934 ._Supra_, p. 622, note.

1935 Luttrell, vi, 302, 303, 304.

M961 The campaign of 1708.

1936 This is the date given by Burnet (v, 373), who follows the old style. Stanhope ("Hist. of England," _temp._ Queen Anne, p. 350), who, as we have already said, adopts the new style, gives the date of the battle as the 11th July.

1937 Journal 54, fo. 701.

1938 Thursday, the 16th February, 1709, was ordered by royal proclamation (30 Dec., 1708) to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving for these successes throughout the kingdom.—Journal 55, fo. 17.

M962 The death of Prince George of Denmark, 28 Oct., 1708.

1939 Luttrell, vi, 366.

1940 Repertory 112, fo. 485.

1941 Journal 55, fo. 11b.

1942 Luttrell, vi, 367.

M963 The campaign of 1709.

1943 Luttrell, vi, 484. According to new style the 11th September.—Stanhope, _op. cit._, p. 392.

1944 The address was voted by the Common Council on the 6th September.—Journal 55, fo. 121.

1945 Journal 55, fo. 137b; Burnet, v, 426.

M964 Scarcity of corn and bread, 1709.

1946 Stat. 7 Anne, c. 5. Repealed in part by Stat. 10 Anne, c. 5.

1947 Repertory 113, fos. 416-420.

1948 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 214, 215, 221, 224, 232, 236.

1949 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 221, 294, 389, 393; Stat. 8 Anne, c. 18.

M965 Dr. Sacheverell’s sermon, 5 Nov., 1709.

M966 The Court of Aldermen decline to print it, 8 Nov., 1709.

1950 Repertory 113, fo. 410.

1951 Repertory 114, fo. 13.

1952 A copy of the sermon "printed for Henry Clements at the Half Moon in St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1709," is preserved in the Guildhall Library (Tracts 451).

M967 The sermon brought to the notice of parliament, 13 Dec., 1709.

M968 Sacheverell’s impeachment ordered, 14 Dec., 1709.

1953 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 241; Luttrell, vi, 523.

1954 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 245, 246, 252-256.

1955 Journal House of Lords, xix, 37.

M969 His trial in Westminster Hall, 27 Feb., 1710.

1956 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 293; Journal House of Lords, xix, 58, 60.

1957 Luttrell, vi, 551; Burnet, v, 444, 445.

1958 Journal House of Lords, xix, 115, 118.

1959 Luttrell, vi, 562; Noorthouck, p. 297.

1960 Repertory 114, fos. 153-155, 182.

1961 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 385.

1962 Burnet, v, 450, 451.

1963 Journal 55, fos. 169b-170b.

1964 Luttrell, vi, 569.

M970 The fall of the Whigs, 1710.

1965 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 316.

1966 Luttrell, vi, 594; Stanhope, _op. cit._, pp. 426, 427.

M971 Parliamentary elections, 1710.

M972 The city members.

1967 Luttrell, vi, 634.

1968 "Hist. of His Own Time," vi, 16.

1969 Luttrell, vi, 641, 654.

M973 The Tory ministry, 1710-1711.

M974 Act of Parliament for building fifty new churches in and around London, 28 May, 1711.

1970 Journal House of Commons, xvi, 567, 568, 569, 570, 574.

1971 Id., xvi, 583, 671, 681; Stat. 9 Anne, c. 22.

M975 The Occasional Conformity Act, 1711.

1972 Stat. 10 Anne, c. 2; Burnet, vi, 84, 85.

M976 Disputed elections of aldermen, 1711-1712.

1973 The "Supplement," 12-14 September, 1711, extracts from which are set out in Repertory 116, fos. 83 _et seq._

1974 Journal 55, fos. 270, 335-336b; Repertory 116, fos. 34, 88, 89, 312; "The Post-boy," 13-15 December, 1711.

1975 Act of Common Council. 20 Sept., 3 Henry IV, A.D. 1401; Letter Book I, fo. 16b.

1976 Act of Common Council, 20 Sept., 10 Anne, A.D. 1711; Journal 55, fo. 261.

1977 Act of Common Council, 15 April, 13 Anne, A.D. 1714; Journal 56, fo. 98b.

1978 Act of Common Council, 1 August, 21 Richard II, A.D. 1397; Letter Book H, fo. 314.

1979 Journal 55, fos. 338b-341, 346, 346b; Repertory 116, fo. 318.

M977 The Court of Aldermen charged with obstructing business by not keeping a _quorum_, 1713.

1980 Journal 56, fos. 44b, 51b-52.

1981 Cf. Repertory 117, fo. 181.

M978 Visit of Prince Eugene to London, Jan., 1712.

1982 Luttrell, vi, 714, 715.

1983 Repertory 116, fos. 61, 68.

1984 Id., fos. 69, 82.

1985 For an account of this nocturnal fraternity see Addison’s "Spectator," 21 and 27 March and 8 April, 1712.

1986 Journal 55, fo. 301b; Repertory 116, fo. 132.

M979 The Peace of Utrecht, 31 March, 1713.

1987 Address to the queen voted by the Common Council, 12 June, 1712.—Journal 55, fo. 321b.

1988 Journal 55, fo. 334b.

1989 Journal 56, fo. 6.

1990 Repertory 117, fos. 177, 285-292.

M980 Sacheverell presented to the living of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, April, 1713.

1991 Journal House of Commons, xvii, p. 309.

M981 The queen’s indisposition, Dec., 1713, Feb., 1714.

1992 Repertory 118, fo. 60.

1993 The letter is not set out in the City’s Records, but will be found printed in Noorthouck (p. 305).

1994 Repertory 118, fo. 107.

1995 Journal 56, fo. 85.

1996 Journal 56, fo. 86.

M982 Proclamation for the arrest of the Pretender, 21 June, 1714.

1997 Id., fo. 128.

1998 An address to this effect was agreed to by the Common Council on the 29th June, after the previous question had been moved touching that part of the address which alluded to the Schism Act.—Journal 56, fo. 128b.

M983 The death of the queen, 1 Aug., 1714.

1999 Repertory 118, fo. 356.