487 This appears in a marginal note by Nicolas to a letter from the king
to the mayor, 28 Dec.—_Ibid._, p. 214.
488 D’Ewes’s Diary, Harl. MS, clxii, fo. 287b, cited by Dr. Gardiner,
"Hist. of England (1637-1649)," ii, 371.
489 31 Dec.—Journal 40, fo. 10 (printed in Rushworth’s "Historical
Collections," iv, 469).
M206 A guard for parliament refused by the king, 3 Jan., 1642.
490 Rushworth, iv, 471.
491 Minutes Common Council, 4 Jan., 1642 (expunged in 1683).—Journal 40,
fo. 11.
M207 The arrest of the five members demanded, 3 Jan., 1642.
492 Journal House of Commons, ii, 367.
493 Warrant from the king to the mayor, 3 Jan.—_Ibid._, p. 235.
494 Latche to Nicholas, 4 Jan.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), p.
237.
M208 Meeting of the Commons, 4 Jan.
495 Warrant of the king to the mayor, 4 Jan.—_Ibid._, p. 237.
M209 The king at the Guildhall, 5 Jan., 1642.
496 Slingsby to Pennington, 6 Jan.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643),
pp. 242-243; _Cf._ "The arrest of the five members," by John Foster,
pp. 258-263.
M210 The City’s petition to the king, 5 Jan., 1642.
497 Journal 40, fo. 12. Printed in Rushworth’s Collections, iv. 480. The
date is there given as 7 Jan.
M211 The Common Council vote £2,000 for the defence of the city.
M212 Panic in the city, 6 Jan., 1642.
498 Precepts by the mayor, 4 Jan., 1642.—Journal 39, fos. 263b, 264.
499 Journal 39, fo. 264b.
500 The council to the lord mayor, 8 Jan., 1642.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1641-1643), p. 249.
501 Journal 40, fo. 14b; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), pp. 247,
248.
M213 The king’s reply to the City’s petition. 8 Jan., 1642.
502 Journal 40, fo. 13; printed in Rushworth’s Collections, iv, 481. "A
fierce reply."—Gardiner.
M214 Skippon to command the city’s forces, 10 Jan.
503 Journal 40, fo. 15.
504 Journal 40, fo. 16; Precept, 21 Jan.—Journal 39, fo. 273b.
505 Journal 40, fo. 16b.
506 Id. _ibid._
507 Journal 39, fo. 274b.
M215 Charles quits London, 10 Jan., 1642.
508 Journal House of Commons, ii, 370. Bere to Pennington, 13th
January.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), p. 252; Rushworth, pt.
iii, i, 484; Clarendon (ed. 1839), p. 162.
M216 The Tower held for the king.
509 Byron to Nicholas, 22-28 Jan.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643),
pp. 265-269.
M217 A loan of £100,000 demanded of the City for the Irish war, 22 Jan.,
1642.
510 Journal 40, fos. 17, 17b.
M218 The City’s reply, 24 Jan., 1642.
511 Id., fos. 18-19b.
M219 Money raised by promise of confiscated lands.
512 Journal House of Commons, ii, 425. According to Dr. Gardiner ("Hist.
of England, 1637-1649," ii, 433), this "monstrous scheme of
confiscation" was suggested by "some London citizens," who
represented that there were 10,000,000 acres in Ireland liable to
confiscation, and that there would be no difficulty in raising
£1,000,000 if a quarter of these lands, or 2,500,000 acres, were
assigned to subscribers.
513 Precept to the Aldermen, 22 Feb.—Journal 39, fo. 281.
514 March.—Journal 39, fo. 282b; Journal 40, fo. 21. It appears from an
order of the Lords and Commons, 18 March (Cal. State Papers Dom.
1641-1643, pp. 298-299), that the contribution by the companies was
allowed to be devoted more especially to the relief of Londonderry.
515 Journal 39, fo. 285.
516 Id., fo. 287.
M220 The militia ordinance, 31 Jan., 1642.
517 Journal House of Commons, ii. 406.
518 Journal 40, fo. 25.
M221 The Common Council uphold the ordinance, 17 March, 1642.
519 Id., fos. 27-28b.
520 This concession was made by order of the committee of parliament
sitting at Grocers’ Hall, 19 Jan.—Journal 40, fo. 17b.
M222 Commissioners for the city’s militia, 4 April.
521 Journal 40, fo. 30.
522 Journal 39, fos. 295b, 304.
523 Journal 40, fos. 30, 31.
524 Id., fos. 30b, 31.
M223 A muster in Finsbury Fields before both Houses of Parliament, 10
May, 1642.
525 Clarendon (ed. 1839), p. 227; Journal 39, fo. 306b.
M224 The City receives the thanks of both Houses, 16 May.
526 Journal 39, fos. 306b, 309; Journal 40, fo. 32.
M225 Skippon to ignore the king’s order to go to York, 17 May.
527 Journal House of Commons, ii, 575.
M226 Loan of £100,000 by the companies, June, 1642.
528 Journal House of Commons, ii, 605-606.
529 Journal 39, fo. 314.
530 Clode, "London during the Great Rebellion," pp. 19-21.
M227 Parliamentary order for bringing in of money, plate, etc., 10 June.
M228 The king’s protest, 14 June.
531 "Hist. of the Rebellion" (Oxford ed. 1839), p. 278.
532 The king to the mayor, etc., of London, 14 June.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1641-1643), p. 339.
533 Journal 39, fos. 319, 325, 328.
M229 Pennington elected mayor _loco_ Gurney, discharged, 16 Aug., 1642.
M230 Charles sets up his standard at Nottingham, 22 Aug., 1642.
534 Journal House of Lords, v. 284, 285.
535 Journal 39, fo. 329.
536 Journal House of Lords, v, 297, 298.
M231 The City requisitioned for arms, 25 Aug., 1642.
537 Journal 40, fo. 35.
538 Journal 39, fos. 332b, 339.
M232 Additional forces for the City, Sept., 1642.
539 Journal 40, fos. 35b-37.
M233 The Committee of Militia of the city.
540 Id., fo. 37b.
M234 Other measures taken for the defence of the city.
541 Id., fos. 37b, 38.
542 Journal 39, fo. 331b.
M235 Essex puts himself at the head of the parliamentary forces, 9 Sept.,
1642.
543 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," i, 25.
544 Wharton to George Willingham, merchant, at the Golden Anchor, St.
Swithin’s Lane, 7 Sept.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), pp. 385,
386.
M236 Desires a loan of £100,000, 13 Sept.
545 Journal 40, fo. 38.
546 Journal 40, fo. 38b; Journal 39, fo. 342b.
M237 The trained bands prepare to take the field, 18 Oct.
547 Journal 40, fo. 40b; Letter Book QQ, fo. 51b.
548 28 Oct.—Journal 39, fo. 364b.
M238 The whole city "either real or constrained Roundheads."
549 Nehemiah Wharton to George Willingham, 26th September.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1641-1643), p. 391.
550 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), p. 403.
M239 Pennington re-elected Mayor, 29 Sept., 1642.
551 Journal 39, fo. 366.
552 Journal House of Lords, v, 404.
M240 The battle of Edge-hill. 23 Oct., 1642.
553 "Eight speeches spoken in Guildhall upon Thursday night. 27 Oct.,
1642" (printed at the Sign of the Globe, near the Royal Exchange.
1642).—Guildhall Library, A, vi, 6.
M241 The City raises 4,000 horse.
554 Journal House of Commons, ii, 847.
555 15 Nov.—Journal House of Lords, v, 446; Journal House of Commons,
ii, 851.
556 Journal 40, fo. 41b.
M242 Charles leaves Brentford for Reading.
557 Common Hall Book, i, fos. 1b, 3.
M243 The Houses resolve to levy a tax, 25 Nov., 1642.
558 Journal House of Lords, v, 462, 463. This ordinance is often
referred to as the ordinance of the 29th November, it having been
amended on that day.—Journal House of Commons, ii, 869.
M244 A city loan of £30,000.
559 Journal House of Commons, ii, 863; Common Hall Book, No. 1, fo. 10.
M245 Petitions to Common Council advocating a peace, 12 Dec., 1642.
560 Order against wearing ribbons and other badges in hats, etc., 12
(17?) Dec.—Journal 40, fo. 44; Letter Book QQ, fo. 56.
561 Journal 40, fo. 43.
562 Journal 40, fos. 43b, 44.
M246 The City’s petitions submitted to both Houses, 19 Dec.
563 Id., fos. 44b, 45.
564 Journal House of Commons, ii, 894.
565 Id., ii, 903.
M247 The City’s petition to the king at Oxford, 2 Jan., 1643.
M248 The king’s reply read at a Common Hall, 13 Jan., 1643.
566 Journal 40, fo. 45b.
567 Journal 40, fo. 46. The account is printed _verbatim_ in the Journal
of the House of Lords, v, 548, 549.
568 Journal 40, fo. 46b.
569 Journal 40, fo. 47; Journal House of Commons, ii, 921.
570 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," i, 95, 96. The proceedings are
not entered in the Common Hall Book.
M249 His terms rejected by the City.
571 Journal House of Commons, ii, 927.
572 Journal House of Commons, ii, 941.
M250 Speech of Alderman Garway in Common Hall, 17 Jan., 1643.
573 See Garway’s speech bound up with "Eight Speeches.... 27 Oct., 1642"
(Guildhall Library); _Cf._ Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643). pp.
438, 439.
M251 Alderman Whitmore and the parliamentary tax, 20 Jan.
574 He was the owner of Balmes House and an estate at Hoxton, not far
from the Kingsland Road, and had already once suffered imprisonment
for the royal cause. Particulars of his staunch adhesion to Charles,
of his liberality and his family are given in Remembrancia (Index),
p. 296, note.
575 Journal House of Commons, ii, 935.
M252 A fresh loan of £60,000 by the City, 18 Feb., 1643.
576 Id., ii, 971.
577 Journal 40, fos. 47b, 48.
M253 The City’s weekly assessment.
578 Journal 40, fos. 48-50; Journal House of Commons, ii, 972.
M254 The propositions of parliament presented to the king, 1 Feb., 1643.
M255 Fresh proposals to parliament by the City.
579 Journal House of Commons, ii, 976; Journal 40, fos. 50b, 51.
M256 Scheme for the fortification of the city and suburbs, 23 Feb.
580 Journal 40, fo. 52. "A plan of the city and suburbs of London, as
fortified by order of parliament in the years 1642 and 1643," is
engraved in Maitland’s History, i, 368-369. The remains of some of
the earthworks and masonry erected during the civil war might have
recently been seen in the neighbourhood of Hackney. The name of
Castle Street is said to commemorate a rampart at Southampton House,
in Holborn, whilst Mount Street is believed to take its name from a
large earthwork known as "Oliver’s Mount."—Loftie, "Hist. of
London," i, 345.
581 Journal House of Commons, ii, 993.
582 Journal 40, fos. 56, 59, 59b, 61, 65, 66b.
M257 An extra monthly allowance of £3,000 to the City for purposes of
defence, 1 March, 1643.
583 Journal 40, fo. 54; Journal House of Commons, ii, 985.
M258 News of Prince Rupert threatening Bristol, 10 March.
M259 The City’s answer to a request for men and money.
584 Journal 40, fo. 54b.
585 Pym’s report to the Commons, 11 March.—Journal House of Commons, ii,
999.
M260 Volunteer foot and horsemen for the city, March, 1643.
586 Repertory 56, fo. 72b-73
587 Journal 40, fo. 55b.
M261 A further loan of £40,000, 6 April.
588 6 April.—Journal 40, fo. 56b. 5 April.—Journal House of Commons,
iii, 31.
M262 Ordnance and arms for defence of the city.
589 5 April.—Journal House of Commons, iii, 30.
590 27 April.—Journal 40, fo. 58b.
M263 Failure of negotiations followed by Puritan outrages, May, 1643.
591 Journal House of Commons, iii, 45.
592 Journal 40, fo. 58b.
593 Maitland, i, 266.
594 Id., i, 371.
595 26 May.—Journal House of Commons, iii, 165.
M264 The discovery of "Waller’s Plot."
596 Howell’s State Trials, iv, 628-630.
597 Clarendon (ed. 1839), 415-419; Rushworth, v, 325, 326, 330.
M265 Day of thanksgiving, 15 June, 1643.
598 Journal House of Commons, iii, 117, 122.
M266 Royalist successes, June-July, 1643.
M267 Scarcity of coal in London.
M268 Newcastle to be reduced if possible, May, 1643.
599 Maitland, i, 362, 371.
600 News letter from York, 17 June, 1642.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1641-1643), p. 342.
601 Journal 40, fo. 60.
602 Id., fo. 61.
603 Journal House of Commons, iii, 104, 105.
604 Journal 40, fo. 63.
M269 Royalist cavalry in the neighbourhood of London, July, 1643.
605 Id., fo. 68.
M270 Dissensions in the city touching the militia.
M271 Waller appointed commander-in-chief of the city’s forces, 29 July,
1643.
606 7 and 10 June, 1643.—Journal 40, fos. 62b _seq._
607 Journal 40, fo. 67b.
608 Journal House of Commons, iii, 187.
M272 The Common Council stands by Essex, 1 Aug.
609 Journal 40, fo. 69.
M273 The Lords renew propositions for peace.
M274 Opposition of the City, 6 Aug., 1643.
610 Journal 40, fo. 69b. The petition is printed in Rushworth’s
Collections, v, 36.
611 Journal House of Commons, iii, 197.
M275 Riots at Westminster, 8 and 9 Aug.
612 Rushworth, Historical Collections, v, 357.
M276 1,000 horse to be raised in the city for Waller, 11 Aug., 1643.
613 Journal House of Lords, vi, 172.
614 Journal 40, fo. 71; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643), p. 476.
M277 Gloucester summoned to surrender by the king, 10 Aug., 1643.
615 Rushworth, v, 286.
M278 £50,000 to be raised in the city, 11 Aug.
616 Journal 40, fos. 70-70b, 71b-72b; Journal House of Commons, iii,
209, 217; Journal House of Lords, vi, 190. The Common Council had
previously (1 Aug.) resolved to raise a like sum from the
inhabitants within the city and "the command of the forts or lines
of communication."—Journal 40, fo. 69.
617 Clode, "London during the Great Rebellion," pp. 26, 27.
M279 The City’s force sent to the relief of Gloucester, 21 Aug., 1643.
618 Rushworth, v, 291, 292.
M280 Essex and the Londoners relieve Gloucester, 5 Sept.
619 "A true and exact Relation of the Marchings of the Two Regiments of
the Trained Bands of the city of London ... By Henry Foster, quondam
sergeant to Captain George Mosse, Oct. 2, 1643" (British Museum (E.
69)/15* Cited in Raikes’s "Hist. Hon. Artillery Company," i,
113-128).
620 Green, "Hist. Engl. People," iii, 226.
M281 Courage displayed by the trained bands at Newbury, 20 Sept., 1643.
621 Clarendon (ed. 1839), p. 458.
M282 Trained bands again called out for the recovery of Reading, 9 Oct.,
1643.
622 Journal 40, fo. 78b.
623 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," i, 285.
M283 Disaffection among the trained bands.
624 Journal House of Commons, iii, 323.
625 Journal 40, fo. 81.
M284 Discovery of Brooke’s plot, 6 Jan., 1644.
626 Journal House of Commons, iii, 358.
627 Journal 40, fos. 82b, 84.
M285 Banquet to both Houses at Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 18 Jan., 1644.
628 Id., fos. 84b-86.
629 Whitelock’s Memorials (ed. 1732), p. 80; "A Perfect Diurnal"
(Guildhall Library), No. 26, p. 265.
M286 The Committee of Both Kingdoms, 16 Feb.
M287 A weekly meal sacrificed for payment of city troops. Jan., 1644.
630 Journal 40, fo. 81b.
631 Journal 40, fos. 83b, 86b, 88b, 89, 89b, 90, 90b, 93; Journal House
of Commons, iii, 380, 384, 388, 409.
M288 Petition for reforms in the army, 26 Jan.
632 Journal 40, fo. 88; Journal House of Commons, iii, 380.
M289 Waller’s victory at Cheriton, 29 March.
633 Journal 40, fos. 91b, 92.
634 Rushworth, v, 655.
M290 Speeches at a Common Hall, 9 April, 1644.
635 Id., v, 658-662.
M291 Six regiments of auxiliaries to attend the rendezvous at Aylesbury.
636 Journal 40, fo. 92b; Letter Book QQ, fo. 108.
M292 Three regiments ready to march, 2 May.
637 Journal 40, fo. 94b; Letter Book QQ, fo. 112b.
M293 Propositions for a peace, April-May, 1644.
M294 The City consulted, 6 May, 1644
638 Journal House of Commons, iii, 472, 477.
639 Journal 40, fo. 95b.
M295 Suspected persons from Oxford to be expelled from the city, 15 May.
640 Gardiner, i, 353.
641 Journal 40, fo. 97; Journal House of Commons, iii, 493. Towards the
close of the year the influx from Oxford became so dangerous that it
became necessary for the mayor to issue a precept (17 Dec.) for
special precautions to be taken against danger arising from
ill-affected persons.—Common Hall Book No. 1, fo. 223b.
M296 Disputes as to re-appointment of Committee of Both Kingdoms.
M297 The City’s petition for re-appointment of the committee, 16 May,
1644.
642 Journal 40, fo. 97b; Rushworth, v, 710.
M298 The answer of the Commons to the City’s petition, 18 May.
643 Journal 40, fo. 98; Rushworth, v, 711.
M299 The old Committee of Both Kingdoms resume work, 24 May.
644 Journal House of Commons, iii, 498, 500, 501, 503-505.
M300 Request for a city loan of £200,000 or £300,000, 28 May, 1644.
645 Journal House of Commons, iii, 508-509.
646 Journal 40, fo. 99; Journal House of Commons, iii, 509; Whitelocke’s
Memorials (ed. 1732), pp. 88-89.
M301 Major-General Browne and the siege of Greenland House, June, 1644.
647 Journal 40, fo. 99b.
648 Richard Browne, variously described as Woodmonger and Coal-merchant,
alderman of Langborn Ward; Sheriff 1648. His military duties
interfered so much with his municipal that he was soon discharged
from serving as alderman.—Common Hall Book No. 2, fo. 175b;
Repertory 59, fo. 242; Repertory 60, fo. 29b.
M302 News of Charles having fled from Oxford, 7 June, 1644.
649 Journal 40, fo. 100.
650 Id., fo. 100b.
M303 Disaffection among the trained bands, July, 1644.
651 Extract from Committee Letter Book, cited by Dr. Gardiner, "Hist.
Great Civil War," i, 453-454.
652 Extract from Committee Letter Book, cited by Dr. Gardiner, "Hist.
Great Civil War," i, 455.
653 ._Id. ibid._, i, 456.
M304 City’s petition to parliament for payment of debts out of estates of
delinquents, 2 Aug., 1644.
654 Journal 40, fos. 103-103b.
655 Journal 40, fos. 101, 102, 102b, 105.
M305 Ordinance for a standing army, 12 July, 1644.
656 Journal House of Commons, iii, 559; Journal House of Lords, vi, 629,
630.
657 Journal 40, fos. 103b.
M306 The City’s propositions laid before the House, 21 Aug., 1644.
M307 The number of propositions ordered to be reduced, 25 Oct.
658 Journal 40, fos. 104, 108-110; Journal House of Commons, iii, 602.
659 Journal House of Commons, iii, 667, 669, 675, 677.
M308 The propositions reduced to six, 26 Oct., 1644.
660 Journal 40, fo. 115; Journal House of Commons, iii, 679, 680.
M309 Surrender of the parliamentary forces in the west, 2 Sept.
661 Journal 40, fo. 106.
M310 Fresh forces required to prevent Charles returning to Oxford, Sept.,
1644.
662 Journal 40, fos. 106b, 107, 107b.
663 Journal 40, fo. 111. To assist the City at this juncture parliament
allowed them £10,000, a sum which Waller, the poet, who had now been
in prison for more than a year, was content to pay for the recovery
of his freedom.—_Id._, fo. 107; Journal House of Commons, iii, 639.
M311 The second battle of Newbury, 27 Oct.
M312 Surrender of Newcastle, 19 Oct., 1644.
664 Journal 40, fo. 102; Journal House of Commons, iii, 534, 564.
665 Journal 40, fo. 117.
666 Journal 40, fos. 117b, 118; "A Perfect Diurnal," No. 70, for the
week ending 2nd December, 1644, p. 558; _Id._, No. 71, p. 566.
M313 The trade and commerce of the city ruined by the war.
667 See schedule of "Reasons against free trade to or from any ports of
his majesty’s dominions that are or shalbe in hostility against the
king and parliament," October, 1644.—Journal 40, fos. 113-114.
668 Journal 40, fos. 119-122b.
M314 The treaty of Uxbridge, 31 Jan.-22 Feb., 1645.
M315 The New Model Army, 15 Feb., 1645.
M316 The City advances £80,000, 4 March, 1645.
669 Journal 40, fo. 125.
M317 The self-denying ordinance, 3 April, 1645.
670 Journal House of Lords, vii, 302.
671 Journal 40, fo. 126.
M318 Military activity in the city, April, 1645.
672 Id., fos. 125b, 128.
M319 The siege of Oxford, 22 May, 1645.
673 Journal 40, fo. 128b.
674 Letter Book QQ, fo. 158b. The minutes of this court are not recorded
in the Journal, there being two folios missing.
M320 Massey to quit Gloucester and take command in the west, 24 May.
675 The committee of both kingdoms to Massey, 24 May.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1644-1645), p. 519. On the 10 June the committee again wrote,
bidding him hasten with all possible diligence and speed to the
relief of Taunton.—_Id._, p. 585.
676 Journal 40, fos. 132, 133.
677 Journal 40, fos. 132b, 133. The Committee of Both Kingdoms to the
Earl of Warwick and the committee of Essex, 15th June.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1644-1645), p. 595.
M321 City’s petition to parliament, 4 June, 1645.
678 Journal 40, fo. 131.
679 Journal House of Commons, iv, 163. Six weeks later Alderman Fowke
was committed to Fleet Prison by the committee for accompts of the
kingdom, presumably on a charge of malversation. He appears to have
remained in confinement until the following October, and then to
have regained his liberty only by the Common Council interesting
itself with parliament on his behalf.—Journal 40, fos. 137, 146b.
M322 Cromwell appointed lieutenant-general, 10 June, 1645.
680 Journal House of Commons, iv, 169, 170; Journal House of Lords, vii,
421.
M323 The battle of Naseby, 14 June, 1645.
681 "A list of the particulars of what was lost on both sides in the
great battle on Dreadfull Downe, neere Naisby. June 14. 1644
(_sic_)," is set out in "Perfect Occurrences of Parliament" for week
ending 20 June, 1645.
M324 Thanksgiving in the city for the victory at Naseby, 19 June.
682 Journal 40, fo. 134.
M325 The city advances £31,000 for payment of the Scottish army, 14 June.
683 Journal 40, fos. 133b, 134. The committee of both kingdoms to the
Earl of Leven, 14 June, 1645.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1644-1645), p.
592.
M326 Cavalry raised by the City for the parliamentary arms, July-Sept.,
1645.
684 Journal 40, fo. 137; Journal House of Commons, iv, 211.
685 Journal 40, fos. 143, 143b.
M327 Plymouth appeals to London, 5 Sept.
686 Journal 40, fos. 144b, 145.
M328 Accommodation in the city for royalist prisoners.
687 Id., fo. 141.
688 Journal 40, fos. 146, 148.
M329 The Presbyterians and Independents.
M330 The Presbyterians and the Scottish army.
689 Journal House of Commons, 6 Oct., iv, 298.
690 Journal 40, fo. 146.
691 Journal House of Commons, iv, 305.
M331 Presbyterianism in the city, 1645.
692 Whitelock, p. 136.
693 Journal 40, fo. 148.
694 Journal 40, fo. 153b; Journal House of Lords, vii, 717.
695 Journal 40, fo. 151b-153; Journal House of Lords, vii, 714-717.
696 Journal 40, fo. 154b; Journal House of Commons, iv, 348.
697 Journal 40, fo. 154b.
M332 City loan of £6,000 for siege of Chester, 12 Nov., 1645.
698 Journal 40, fos. 150-151.
M333 Parliament and the Scottish army.
699 Id., fo. 156.
M334 The king’s proposal to come to Westminster, 26-29 Dec., 1645.
M335 Answer of the House, 13 Jan., 1646.
700 Letter from the king at Oxford to the Speaker of the House of Peers,
_pro tempore_, 26 Dec., 1645.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1645-1647),
pp. 278-280.
701 The same to the same, 29 Dec.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1645-1647), p.
282; Journal House of Lords, viii, 73-74.
702 Journal 40, fo. 159b.
703 The Speakers of both Houses of Parliament to the king, 13 Jan.,
1646.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1645-1647), p. 306.
M336 Day of humiliation in the city, 14 Jan., 1646.
704 Journal 40, fos. 160, 166b, 174.
M337 The king’s offers to parliament on religion, 15 Jan.
705 The king to the Speaker of the House of Lords, 15 Jan.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1645-1647), p. 311; Journal House of Lords, viii, 103.
M338 The City’s petition against toleration, 15 Jan.
706 Journal 40, fo. 160b; Journal House of Lords, viii, 105.
707 Journal 40, fo. 166; Journal House of Commons, iv, 407.
708 Journal 40, fo. 166b; Journal House of Lords, viii, 104.
M339 The Scottish commissioners attend a Common Council, 11 Feb., 1646.
709 Letter dated 27 Jan.—Journal 40, fo. 170.
M340 Parliament desires to know particulars of the interview.
M341 Francis Allen’s account of the interview.
710 Journal 40, fos. 170b, 171; Journal House of Commons, iv, 437, 439.
M342 The City’s version of the matter.
711 Journal 40, fos. 171-173.
M343 Resolution of the House. 21 Feb., 1646.
712 Journal House of Commons, iv, 449.
M344 Allen elected alderman of Farringdon Without, 1649.
713 Repertory 60, fo. 28b; Journal House of Commons, vi, 329; Journal
41, fo. 15b.
M345 The City’s claim to govern the militia of the suburbs, 1646.
714 It had been one of the twenty-eight propositions (afterwards reduced
to six) made to parliament in that month.
715 Journal 40, fos. 156, 156b.
716 Id., fos. 157b, 158, 159.
717 Journal 40, fo. 161b.
718 Journal House of Commons, iv, 420.
719 Journal 40, fos. 162b, 163b-165b.
M346 The City’s petition to parliament, 6 Feb., 1646.
720 Id., fos. 167b-169.
721 Journal House of Commons, iv, 441.
722 Journal House of Commons, iv, 474.
M347 Ordinance establishing Presbyterianism, March, 1646.
723 5 March, 1646.—Journal House of Commons, iv, 463.
724 Journal 40, fos. 173b, 174b.
725 Id., fos. 174, 174b.
726 19 March, 1646.—Journal House of Commons, iv, 479.
M348 Public thanksgiving in the city for defeat of royalists, 2 April.
M349 Entertainment at Grocers’ Hall.
727 Rushworth, vi, 141.
728 Journal 40, fo. 175b.
M350 Letter of Charles to the City, 19 May.
M351 The City’s remonstrance to parliament, 26 May.
729 Journal 40, fo. 183; Rushworth, vi, 275; Journal House of Lords,
viii, 334.
730 Journal House of Commons, iv, 555.
731 Journal 40, fo. 183b; Journal House of Lords, viii, 334.
732 Journal 40, fos. 183b-184b; Rushworth, vi, 307.
M352 Disaffected citizens and the remonstrance.
733 Journal House of Commons, iv, 561; Whitacre’s Diary, Add. MSS,
31,116, fo. 272, cited by Dr. Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," ii,
489.
M353 The City’s reply to the king’s letter, 3 July, 1646.
734 Journal 40, fo. 187.
M354 The leave of parliament asked before despatching the City’s answer,
4 July, 1646.
735 Journal House of Lords, viii, 411; Journal 40, fo. 188.
736 Journal House of Commons, iv, 602.
M355 The Commons refuse leave, 11 July.
737 Journal 40, fo. 189; Journal House of Commons, iv, 615.
738 Journal House of Commons, iv, 616.
M356 The king’s answer to the propositions for peace, 12 Aug., 1646.
739 Journal House of Lords, viii, 423, 433.
740 Id., viii, 460.
M357 A loan of £200,000 to be raised to get rid of the Scottish army,
Sept., 1646.
741 Journal House of Lords, viii, 461.
742 Journal House of Lords, viii, 487; Journal House of Commons, iv,
644, 649, 654-656, 659.
743 Journal 40, fos. 191, 191b, 192; Rushworth, vi, 326.
M358 City petitions to both Houses for redress of grievances, 19 Dec.,
1646.
744 Journal 40, fo. 199.
745 Id., fos. 199b-203b.
746 Id., fo. 204.
M359 City petitions for disbandment of army, 17 Mar., 1647.
747 Journal House of Commons, v, 115.
748 Journal 40, fos. 207-210b
M360 Dispute between the Presbyterians in parliament and the army, March,
1647.
749 Journal House of Commons, v, 130.
750 Declaration of both Houses against the petition, 30 March.—Journal
House of Lords, ix, 115.
M361 A city loan of £200,000, April, 1647.
751 Journal 40, fo. 212.
752 Journal House of Commons, v, 145.
753 Journal 40, fo 214. The scheme is printed at length in Journal House
of Commons, v, 146, 147.
754 Journal 40, fos. 216-217 _et seq._; Journal House of Commons, v,
148, 153, 159, 163; Journal House of Lords, ix, 163, 165.
M362 Nomination of the new militia committee, 27 April, 1647.
755 Journal 40, fos. 215, 215b; Journal House of Lords, ix, 175.
756 Journal 40, fo. 217(a)b; Journal House of Commons, v, 188.
M363 Parliament beset by disbanded soldiers, 7 June, 1647.
M364 City petition to parliament, 8 June.
757 Journal 40, fos. 218b, 219; Journal House of Commons, v, 202, 203;
Rushworth, vi, 546, 552.
M365 Letter from the army to the city, 11 June, 1647.
758 Journal 40, fos. 219-220; Journal House of Commons, v, 208;
Rushworth, vi, 554.
M366 A new Committee of Safety, 11 June, 1647.
759 Journal House of Commons, v, 207; Journal House of Lords, ix, 255.
M367 The City’s answer to the letter from the army, 12 June, 1647.
760 Journal 40, fo. 221; Rushworth, vi, 557.
M368 Answer from Fairfax and his council of war at St. Albans, 15 June,
1647.
761 Journal 40, fos. 222, 222b.
_ M369 The Declaration of the Army_ and the _Charge_ against eleven
members of the House, 15 and 16 June.
762 The commissioners to Manchester, 15 June, 1647.—Journal House of
Lords, ix, 269.
M370 Ineffectual attempt to call out the trained bands, 12 June.
763 News letter from London, 13 June.—Clarke Papers (Camd. Soc., New
Series, No. 49), i, 133. This attitude of the trained bands was a
serious affair, and called for a public declaration to be made for
the encouragement of citizens to respond to the call to arms for the
safety of parliament and the city.—Journal 40, fo. 224.
764 Journal 40, fos. 223, 223b.
M371 Letter from the City to Fairfax and the council of war, 18 June,
1647.
765 Journal 40, fo. 224b. The original reply not meeting with the
approval of the House, another was submitted on the following day,
and at last the City was allowed to send such answers as it thought
fit.—Journal House of Commons, v, 216, 217; Rushworth, vi, 577.
766 Journal 40, fos. 224-225b.
M372 Reply of Fairfax and council of war, 21 and 22 June, 1647.
767 Id., fos. 225b, 226.
M373 Commissioners from the city to remain at headquarters, 24 and 25
June.
768 Only the commencement of the letter is set out in the city’s Journal
(No. 40, 226b). In the margin is the following note:—"This letter I
could not get from the committee."
769 Journal 40, fos. 227, 228. On the 25th the number of commissioners
was increased to twelve, and a schedule of instructions drawn up for
their use.—_Id._, fos. 229-230.
M374 The army moved to Uxbridge, 25 June, 1647.
770 Journal 40, fo. 230.
771 Journal 40, fos. 229-230.
M375 Withdrawal of the eleven members, 26 June, 1647.
772 Journal House of Commons, v, 225.
M376 The City’s petition to parliament to remove reformadoes, etc., 2
July.
773 Journal 40, fos. 231b-233; Journal House of Commons, v, 231;
Rushworth, vi, 597-600.
M377 Letter of Fairfax to the City setting forth the obstacles to a
peace, 8 July, 1647.
774 Journal 40, fo. 234.
775 Journal House of Commons, v, 238.
776 Journal House of Lords, ix, 322.
M378 The London apprentices’ petitions, 13 and 14 July.
777 Journal House of Commons, v, 243; Rushworth, vi, 614, 615.
778 Journal House of Commons, v, 243; Journal House of Lords, ix, 330;
Rushworth, vi, 618, 619.
779 Agents elected to represent the views of the rank and file of the
army. A corruption of "adjutators."
780 Representation of the agitators, 16 July.—Clarke Papers, i, 170
_seq._
M379 The Solemn Engagement of the City, 21 July.
781 Journal 40, fos. 238-239.
782 Journal House of Commons, v, 257; Journal House of Lords, ix, 351;
_Id._, x, 202, 203.
M380 The City’s militia again placed in the hands of a parliamentary
committee, July, 1647.
783 Journal 40, fos. 237b, 238.
784 Journal House of Commons, v, 254; Journal House of Lords, ix, 349.
M381 Dissatisfaction of the City, 24 July.
M382 A mob at Westminster, 26 July, 1647.
M383 The late militia ordinance repealed, 26 July.
785 One petition purported to come from "Divers young men, citizens and
others, apprentices of the city," and the other from "Divers well
affected citizens of the city of London."—Journal 40, fos. 236, 239,
239b.
786 Journal House of Lords, ix, 355.
787 Journal House of Commons, v, 258, 259; Whitelock, 260, 261; Clarke
Papers, i, 218.
788 Journal 40, fo. 240b.
M384 The City prepares to defend itself, 27 July.
M385 Letter to Fairfax, 28 July, 1647.
789 Journal 40, fo. 240b.
790 Id., fo. 242b.
791 Journal 40, fo. 236.
M386 Letter from Fairfax, 29 July.
M387 The City’s reply.
792 Id., fos. 243, 243b.
793 Journal 40, fo. 243b.
M388 £20,000 voted for the defence of the city, 29 July, 1647.
794 Id., fo. 243.
795 Rushworth, vi, 646.
M389 Meeting of parliament, 30 July.
796 Journal 40, fos. 243-244; Journal House of Commons, v, 259.
M390 Massey appointed to the command of the city’s forces, 31 July, 1647.
797 Journal 40, fos. 244-246b; Journal House of Commons, v, 261.
M391 New commissioners sent to the army, 2 Aug.
M392 Their instructions.
798 Journal 40, fo. 247.
M393 A declaration by the army, 3 Aug., 1647.
799 Id., fos. 248-250b.
M394 The City’s reply to the declaration, 3 Aug., 1647.
800 Journal 40, fo. 250b.
801 Id., fos. 244b-246.
M395 Surrender of forts to Fairfax, 4 Aug.
802 Journal 40, fo. 251.
803 Id., fo. 251b.
M396 The army enters London, 6 Aug., 1647.
804 Id., fo. 251b.
M397 The army passes through the city, 7 Aug.
M398 Fairfax and officers invited to dinner at Grocer’s Hall.
805 Journal 40, fos. 252, 252b.
M399 Retribution on the city for opposition to army, 6 Aug., 1647.
806 6 Aug.—Journal House of Commons, v, 269.
807 News letter from the army, 5 Aug.—Clarke Papers, p. 222.
808 Journal House of Commons, v, 269; Journal House of Lords, ix, 375.
809 Journal 40, fos. 253b, 254.
M400 Glyn, the city’s Recorder, expelled the House and committed to the
Tower, Aug., 1647.
810 News letter from the army, 5 Aug.—Clarke Papers, pp. 220-221.
811 Journal 40, fo. 251.
812 Journal House of Commons, v, 295.
M401 A loan of £50,000 demanded from the city, 24 Aug., 1647.
M402 The city hesitates to advance the sum demanded, 6 Sept., 1647.
813 Journal 40, fos. 254-254b.
814 Journal House of Commons, 3 Sept., v, 290.
815 Journal 40, fo. 255.
816 Journal 40, fos. 255b, 256.
M403 Parliament repeats its demand for a loan, 9 Sept., 1647.
M404 The demand backed up by a letter from Fairfax, 6 Sept.
817 Journal House of Commons, v, 298.
818 Journal 40, fo. 256b. The letter of Fairfax is printed in the
Perfect Diurnal (6-13 Sept.), but the date is there given as 7 Sept.
M405 The City’s reply, 13 Sept., 1647.
819 Journal 40, fo. 257; Journal House of Commons, v, 301.
820 Journal 40, fo. 257.
M406 Suggestions by Fairfax to parliament for enforcing a city loan, 16
Sept.
821 "A declaration from his Excie. Sr. Tho. Fairfax and the General
Council of the Armie, held at Putney on Thursday, 16 Sept., 1647,
concerning the delayes in raising money for supply of the armie, and
other forces of the kingdome; and their humble offers and desires in
relation thereunto. To be tendred to the right Hoble. Comrs. of
Parliament residing with the armie, and by them to be presented to
the Houses."—Journal 40, fo. 258.
M407 The mayor, one of the sheriffs, and three aldermen committed to the
Tower, 24 Sept., 1647.
M408 Warner elected mayor, _loco_ Gayer, 28 Sept., 1647.
M409 The new mayor presented to the House of Lords.
822 Journal House of Commons, v, 315. An attempt to impeach another
alderman, John Bide, on a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors
broke down.—_Id._, v, 317.
823 Id., v, 317.
824 Repertory 5, pt. ii, fo. 177; Journal House of Lords, ix, 452.
825 Journal 40, fo. 259.
826 Common Hall Book No. 2, fo. 97; Gardiner, "Hist. of the Great Civil
War," iii, 205.
827 Journal House of Lords, ix, 456.
828 Journal House of Commons, v, 320, 323, 326; Journal House of Lords,
ix, 467, 470.
M410 Threat of Fairfax to quarter troops on the city to assist in getting
in arrears, 19 Nov.
829 Journal 40, fo. 260, 260b; Maitland, i, 408.
830 Journal 40, fo. 260.
M411 The City’s reply, 20 Nov., 1647.
831 Journal House of Commons, v, 364.
832 This reply, although dated 20 Nov., was not submitted to the Common
Council for approval until the 25th.—Journal 40, fo. 261b; Maitland,
i, 409.
M412 Proposals for the better getting in of arrears in the city rejected
by parliament, 22 Nov.
833 Journal 40, fo. 262; Journal House of Commons, v, 366.
M413 Letter from Fairfax at Windsor, 24 Nov., 1647.
834 Journal 40, fo. 262; Maitland, i, 410.
M414 City’s petition to parliament, 1 Dec., 1647.
835 Journal 40, fo. 263.
836 Journal House of Commons, v, 374; Journal 40, fo. 264.
837 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," iii, 269.
M415 The royalist cause in the city.
838 News letter of Nicholas Oudart, sometime secretary to Charles I,
whom he attended in 1648 in the Isle of Wight, 4 March,
1646/7.—Nicholas Papers (Camd. Soc., N.S., No. 40), p. 81.
839 Journal House of Commons (22 Jan., 1648), v, 439, 440.
840 Whitelock, pp. 284, 285.
M416 A riot in the city, 9-10 April, 1648.
841 Report to Common Council, 11 April.—Journal 40, fo. 267; Whitelock,
p. 299.
842 Repertory 59, fo. 189b.
M417 The City reports the riot to parliament, 13 April, 1648.
843 Journal 40, fos. 268, 268b; Journal House of Commons, v, 528, 529;
Journal House of Lords, x, 188, 190.
M418 Impeachment of Gayer and his brother aldermen, 15 April, 1648.
M419 Their discharge ordered by the Lords, 6 June, 1648.
844 Journal House of Lords, x, 201-203.
845 Journal House of Lords, x, 207, 208.
846 Id., x, 231, 232.
847 Journal House of Commons, v, 583, 584.
848 Journal House of Lords, x, 307.
M420 The "Lion Sermon" at the church of St. Catherine Cree.
849 City Parochial Charities Com. Report, 1880, vol. iii, p. 130.
M421 News of an army being raised in Scotland, 25 April, 1648.
850 Letter from Hazlerigg (the same probably, writes Dr. Gardiner, as
the one printed anonymously in the "Perfect Diurnal") announcing
that a resolution to raise an army had been taken in Scotland, dated
Newcastle, 20 April.—Journal House of Commons, v, 544.
M422 Ill-feeling between the city and the army.
M423 Everard’s information, 24 April, 1648.
M424 Demands of the city, 27 April.
851 Journal 40, fo. 267b.
852 Journal 40, fos. 269, 270; Journal House of Commons, v, 546; Journal
House of Lords, x, 234.
M425 Charges against a member of the Common Council, 28 April, 1648.
853 Referring probably to the report of the riot which had taken place
on the night of 9 April.
854 Journal 40, fo. 271b.
M426 Great alarm in the city, 29 April.
M427 Revolt of Wales, 1 May, 1648.
855 Journal 40, fos. 270b, 271b.
M428 Necessity of conciliating the City.
856 This remark is credited to Cromwell, but as Dr. Gardiner ("Hist.
Great Civil War," iii, 368, note) has pointed out, the story must be
accepted with caution as emanating from a royalist.
M429 The protection of parliament entrusted to the City in the absence of
Fairfax.
857 Journal 40, fo. 272b; Journal House of Commons, v, 549.
858 Journal 40, fo. 275.
M430 Petition for control of city militia and custody of the Tower, 9
May, 1648.
859 Id., fos. 273, 273b, 274.
860 Journal House of Lords, x, 249, 252, 257, 260, 261.
861 Journal House of Commons, v, 555, 556.
862 Journal 40, fo. 274b.
863 Journal House of Commons, v, 560, 561.
M431 Parliament looks to the City for protection, 19 May, 1648.
864 Journal 40, fo. 275b.
M432 The City master of the situation.
M433 Determined to stand by parliament, 19 May.
865 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," iii, 377.
866 Journal 40, fo. 275b; Journal House of Lords, x, 272.
M434 Petition for release of Recorder and others, 23 May.
867 Journal 40, fos. 276b, 277; Journal House of Commons, v, 570;
Journal House of Lords, x, 276.
M435 A royalist rising in Kent, 21 May, 1648.
868 Journal 40, fo. 278.
M436 The royalist party in the city.
869 Journal 40, fos. 278b, 279.
870 Id., fo. 279b.
M437 An appeal for a Common Hall to be summoned refused, 3 June, 1648.
871 Journal 40, fos. 280-280b.
M438 The insurgents approaching London, 3 June, 1648.
M439 Impeachments abandoned and aldermen released from prison.
872 Journal 40, fo. 280b.
873 Journal House of Commons, v, 583-584; Journal House of Lords, x,
307.
M440 Feeling in the city.
M441 The Common Council desire that the king may come to London, 22 June.
874 Journal 40, fo. 281. Four days later (26 June), when the draft
petition was read to the council, it was asked whether the clause
relating to his majesty coming to "some of his houses near the
parliament" represented the sense of the court, and it was decided
by show of hands that it was the sense of the court.—_Id._, fo.
281b.
875 Journal House of Commons, v, 613-614; Journal House of Lords, x,
347, 348, 349-350.
876 Journal 40, fo. 282b.
M442 Petition to parliament by officers of the trained bands, 5 July.
877 Journal House of Lords, x, 362-364; Journal 40, fos. 283b, 284, 285.
878 Journal House of Commons, v, 624.
M443 The City engages to guard the king against violence if brought to
London.
879 Journal 40, fo. 284b.
M444 Negotiations for a personal treaty with the king.
880 Journal 40, fos. 285b-286b; Whitelock, 319.
M445 The Speaker insulted by a member of the city militia, 8 July 1648.
881 Journal 40, fo. 286b.
882 Gardiner, iii, 412, 413.
883 Journal House of Commons, v, 635.
M446 Petition to parliament, 12 July.
M447 The Speaker’s reply to the petitioners.
884 Information given to the Common Council by Chetwyn, 12 July.—Journal
40, fos. 287, 288b, 289, 289b.
885 The petition, not having emanated from the Corporation, is not
entered on the City’s Records, but is printed in Journal House of
Lords, v, 380.
886 Journal House of Commons, v, 634.
M448 Another petition to Parliament for amalgamation of militia, 18 July,
1648.
887 Journal 40, fos. 287b, 288; Journal House of Commons, v, 639;
Journal House of Lords, x, 384, 385.
M449 The City desires Skippon’s commission revoked, 22 July, 1648.
888 Journal 40, fos. 288b, 289, 289b; Journal House of Lords, x, 389,
390; Journal House of Commons, v, 644.
889 Journal 40, fos. 289b, 290, 291b.
890 Journal 40, fos. 290-291; Journal House of Commons, v, 651.
M450 A deputation from parliament attends the Common Council, 31 July,
1648.
891 Journal 40, fo. 291; W.G. to Sir A. Gibson, 26 July, cited by Dr.
Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," iii, 424, 425.
M451 Letter and declaration of the Prince of Wales sent to the City, 29
July, 1648.
892 Journal 40, fo. 291b; Journal House of Lords, x, 399.
893 Whitelock, pp. 326, 327.
M452 The City ordered by parliament to send no reply, 3 Aug.
894 Journal 40, fos. 291-292b; Journal House of Commons, 660, 661.
M453 The prince accepts the Scottish terms, 16 Aug.
895 W. Steward to Rupert, 20 Aug., cited by Dr. Gardiner, "Hist. Great
Civil War," iii, 452.
M454 Change of feeling in the city, 31 Aug., 1648.
896 Journal 40, fo. 295.
897 Journal 40, fos. 295b, 296, 296b; Journal House of Commons, v, 694;
Journal House of Lords, x, 478-480.
M455 A city loan of £10,000 towards carrying out negotiations with the
king, 4 Sept.
898 Journal 40, fos. 296-297.
M456 Petition by the London "Levellers" against negotiating with the
king.
899 "Perfect Diurnal" for the week ending 18 Sept. (Guildhall Library).
M457 Opening of the Treaty of Newport, 18 Sept., 1648.
900 "Perfect Occurrences" for the week ending 22 Sept. (Guildhall
Library).
M458 Dispute in Common Council as to efficiency of guard supplied to
parliament by the City, 4 Nov., 1648.
901 Journal 40, fo. 300b.
902 Id., fos. 301-302.
M459 A declaration from the army, 30 Nov., 1648.
M460 Letter from Fairfax. Is coming to London, and demands the sum of
£40,000, 30 Nov.
903 Journal House of Commons, vi, 92.
904 Journal 40, fo. 304b.
905 Journal 40, fo. 305; letter printed in Journal House of Lords (x,
618).
M461 The letter of Fairfax laid before Parliament, 1 Dec, 1648.
906 Journal 40, fo. 306-306b.
907 Id., fo. 305b.
M462 The army returns to London, 2 Dec.
908 Id., fo. 307.
M463 The City’s reply to the demands of Fairfax, 6 Dec.
909 Journal 40, fo. 307.
M464 Arrest of Major-General Browne, one of the sheriffs, 12 Dec, 1648.
910 Repertory 59, fo. 325.
M465 Fairfax seizes the treasury at Weavers’ Hall, 8 Dec, 1648.
911 Journal 40, fo. 308.
M466 Soldiers to be withdrawn from the city on payment of arrears within
14 days, 9 Dec., 1648.
912 Id., fo. 308b.
913 Repertory 59, fo. 323.
M467 The question of discontinuing the city guard of the trained bands
referred, 13 Dec.
914 Journal 40, fo. 308b.
M468 Pay demanded for soldiers quartered in the city, 6 Jan., 1649.
915 Journal 40, fos. 309-311.
M469 Ordinances of parliament touching elections to the Common Council,
18 and 20 Dec.
916 Journal House of Commons, vi, 99, 101; Journal House of Lords, x,
633.
917 Journal House of Commons, vi, 103-104, 105, 111; Rushworth, vii,
1370, 1376, 1384.
918 Journal 40, fo. 309b.
M470 Proceedings of the court of Common Council, 13 Jan., 1649.
919 Dated "Queenstreet," 9 Jan.—Rushworth, vii, 1387, 1388.
920 The court had been asked on the 9th Jan. to present a petition to
the House "subscribed by many hands," the purport of which is not
set out in the City’s Journal, but was considered to be of such
"high concernment" that the petition was referred to a committee
(Journal 40, fo. 310). There is little doubt but that this petition
was embodied in that presented to the House on the 15th.
921 Journal 40, fo. 313b.
922 Robert Michell, the Town Clerk, was soon afterwards (3 July)
dismissed from office; and the same fate threatened Henry Proby, the
Common Sergeant, but the Common Council relented and Proby was
allowed to hold his office until his decease.—Journal 41, fos. 1b,
248.
923 Journal 40, fo. 313.
M471 Petition to parliament by the "commons of the city," 15 Jan., 1649.
924 "A narrative of the proceedings of the court of Common Councell held
in Guildhall, London, the thirteenth of January, 1648, humbly
presented by the order of the said courte to the honorable the
Commons of England assembled in parliament."—Journal 40, fo. 314.
See Appendix.
925 Journal House of Commons, vi, 117, 118. A printed copy of the
petition and narrative, as well as of Tichborne’s speech and vote of
the House, is preserved in the Guildhall Library (A.5.5.)
M472 £4,000 still due to the army, 23 Jan.
926 Repertory 59, fo. 333.
M473 The trial and execution of the king, Jan., 1649.
927 Journal 41, fo. 131b.
928 Howell’s State Trials, iv, 1051, 1052.
929 Of Farringdon Within.—Repertory 59, fo. 456b.
930 Noble’s "Lives of the English Regicides," ii, 274, 275.
M474 The Council of State, 14 Feb., 1649.
931 Journal House of Commons, vi, 132, 133.
932 Id., vi, 140, 141.
M475 Analogous changes in national and municipal government.
M476 The right of veto by mayor and aldermen impugned, 24 Jan., 1645.
933 Journal 40, fo. 121b.
M477 Act of Parliament regulating proceedings of Common Council, 28 Feb.,
1649.
934 Journal 40, fo. 312. This Act is recorded neither in the Journals of
the House of Commons nor in Scobell’s collections.
M478 Proceedings of the Common Council, 14 June, 1650.
935 Repertory 60, fo. 159b.
936 On the 9th May, 1644, the Common Council—in consideration of the sad
distractions and divisions among them, and the heavy judgments of
God justly drawn upon the land for its manifold sins and
transgressions—resolved that their proceedings in the future should
be opened with prayer.—Journal 40, fo. 96.
937 Journal 41, fo. 26b.
M479 A further purge to be administered to the Common Council, 17 March,
1649.
938 Journal 40, fo. 314b. This committee reported to the court on 29 May
(when the court decided, after long debate, that the Recorder was an
officer and not a member of the court), but the report was not
entered in the Journal until 9 July, 1650.—Journal 40, fo. 320b;
Journal 41, fo. 30.
939 Journal 40, fo. 314b.
940 Id., fo. 315.
M480 Reynardson deposed from the mayoralty, 2 April, 1649.
941 Journal House of Commons, vi, 177; Whitelock, pp. 392-393.
942 Cal. of Committee for advance of money (State Papers Dom.), pt. iii,
p. 1188.
M481 Reynardson and four other aldermen deprived of their aldermanries, 7
April, 1649.
943 Journal House of Commons, vi, 181; Repertory 59, fo. 371.
944 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p. 147. A proclamation was afterwards
ordered to be published inflicting a penalty on all who should
presume to hold intelligence or traffic with Bunce.—_Id._, p. 162.
M482 Difficulty in filling their places.
945 Repertory 59, fos. 389, 399b, 402, 403b, 405b, 406b, 419b, 420b,
426, 431, 435b, 440b, 442, 451b, 501.
946 Journal 40, fo. 319; Journal 41, fos. 1, 2, 3.
M483 Misbehaviour of soldiers in the city.
947 1 Feb., 8 Feb., 1649.—Repertory 59, fos. 339b, 343.
948 Journal 40, fo. 317b.
M484 Affairs in Ireland.
949 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1649-1650), p. 50.
M485 City loan of £120,000, 12 April, 1649.
950 Journal 40, fo. 317; Journal House of Commons, vi, 185, 186, 187.
M486 A mutiny in the army, April, 1649.
951 Whitelock, pp. 398, 399.
M487 The Commonwealth at length proclaimed in the city, 30 May.
952 Journal House of Commons, vi, 206.
953 Whitelock, p. 404.
954 M. de Croullé to Cardinal Mazarin, 14 June, 1649, cited by Guizot,
"Hist. de la Republique D’Angleterre et de Cromwell," i, 10-11.
955 Council of State to the mayor, 30 May.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1649-1650), p. 165.
M488 Aldermen punished for not attending proclamation.
956 Whitelock, p. 405; Journal House of Commons, vi, 222.
957 A draft bill to the above effect corrected by Bradshaw.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1649-1650), p. 175. No mention of it appears in the
Journal of the House for that day.
M489 The Commons and Council of State entertained in the city, 7 June,
1649.
958 Journal 40, fos. 320b, 321; Whitelock, p. 404.
959 Whitelock, p. 406; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1649-1650), pp. 175. 176.
M490 Gifts of plate to Fairfax and Cromwell.
960 Journal 40, fo. 321b.
961 Repertory 59, fos. 419b, 446b.
M491 Gift of Richmond Park to the city, 17 July.
962 Journal House of Commons, vi, 227.
963 Id., vi, 246.
964 Id., vi, 263.
M492 Demand for a further loan of £150,000, 5 July, 1649.
965 Journal 41, fo. 2b; Whitelock, p. 413. Proceedings of Council of
State, 3 July.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1649-1650), p. 220.
M493 News of the defeat of Ormond before Dublin, 11 Aug.
966 Council of State to mayor, 11 Aug.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1649-1650), p. 273.
967 Repertory 59, fo. 476; Journal House of Commons, vi, 287.
M494 Letter from the Council of State threatening "free quarters" for the
army, 22 Aug., 1649.
968 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1649-1650), pp. 287-288.
M495 Glyn, the Recorder, forced to resign. 25 Aug., 1649.
969 Repertory 59, fo. 472. Glyn had assumed the coif in October, 1648,
and in so doing had followed the example of Sir Henry Montague and
others of his predecessors. The City had tried to get rid of
Montague (in 1610) on the same grounds, but failed owing to the
intervention of the king, who emphatically declared that in calling
Montague to be a sergeant-at-law he intended a further mark of
favour to him and to the City, and did not intend that he should
lose his place.—Remembrancia (Index), p. 288.
970 Repertory 59, fo. 474. As early as the 3rd July the Common Council
(presumably by virtue of the resolution of parliament of 28 Feb.,
1649) had looked upon the Recordership as vacant, and had nominated
Steele as Glyn’s successor. It had, however, to give way to the
Court of Aldermen.—Journal 41, fos. 1b, 4.
M496 Election of Foote, mayor, 29 Sept.
971 Journal 41, fo. 7b. For a mayor to appoint an alderman who had not
yet passed the chair to act as his _locum tenens_ was unusual and
contrary to custom.
M497 The trial of John Lilburne at the Guildhall, 25-27 Oct., 1649.
972 "A discourse betwixt Lieut.-Col. John Lilburne and Mr. Hugh Peter,
25 May, 1649."—Lilburne Tracts (Guildhall Library), vol. iv.
973 "An Outcry of the Young Men and Apprentices of London, 22 Aug.,
1649."
974 The Council of State to the mayor, etc., 2 Oct.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1649-1650), p. 328. Proceedings of Council of State, 10
Nov.—_Ibid._, p. 386.
975 Journal House of Commons, vi, 293.
976 "The Triall of Lieut.-Col. John Lilburne at the Guildhall, 24, 25,
26 Oct., 1649."—Lilburne Tracts, vol. iv.
M498 Lilburne elected member of Common Council, 21 Dec., 1649.
M499 Philip Chetwyn disfranchised and sent to Warwick Castle.
977 Journal House of Commons, vi, 337, 338.
978 Whitelock, p. 436.
979 Journal House of Commons, vi, 338.
M500 Colonel Pride elected member of Common Council, 21 Dec.
M501 Browne dismissed from parliament and his aldermanry, 4 Dec.
980 He afterwards served on various committees.—Journal 41, fos. 13b,
21.
981 Journal 41, fo. 10b; Journal House of Commons, vi, 328, 329, note.
M502 Expenses of mayor and sheriffs cut down, 11 Dec, 1649.
982 Journal 16, fo. 334.
983 Journal 41, fos. 12b, 13.
M503 The mayor and sheriffs no longer to sell places, 1649.
M504 Means for replenishing the City’s Chamber.
984 Journal 41, fo. 13b.
M505 Proposed postal system in order to raise money for the poor of the
city, 18 Sept., 1649.
985 Id., fo. 5b.
986 Id., fo. 6.
M506 The City’s petition to parliament, 16 Nov., 1649.
987 Journal 41, fo. 10.
M507 Danger of a _Quo Warranto_ against the City.
988 Id., fo. 16b.
989 Journal 41, fo. 19b.
M508 The City’s post to Scotland a subject of complaint to parliament, 21
March, 1650.
990 Journal House of Commons, vi, 385.
M509 Resolution of the House of Commons, 21 March, 1650.
991 Journal House of Commons, vi, 385. _Cf._ Council of State, day’s
proceedings, 14 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1650), p. 38.
M510 The City’s posts suppressed.
992 Journal 41, fo. 23.
M511 £4,000 to be raised to find work for the poor, 21 May, 1650.
993 Journal 41, fo. 20.
994 Id., fos. 23-25.
995 Journal House of Commons, vi, 226.
996 Journal 41, fo. 23.
M512 Inhabitants of borough of Southwark desire incorporation. 4 Dec.,
1649.
997 Journal 41, fo. 17b; Journal House of Commons, vi, 329.
M513 The City’s answer, 21 May, 1650.
998 Journal 41, fos. 17b, 19b; Journal House of Commons, vi, 351.
999 Journal 41, fos. 22, 24.
1000 Journal 41, fo. 27b.
M514 Letter from the Council of State to the mayor touching the City’s
Irish estate, 15 Feb., 1650.
M515 The city and companies assert their rights to their Irish estates.
1001 Copy of letter preserved among the archives of the Grocers’ Company.
_Cf._ Council of State, day’s proceedings, 10 Feb.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1649-1650), p. 510.
1002 Repertory 60, fo. 70b.
1003 Id., fos. 131b-133.
M516 Cromwell welcomed on return from Ireland, 31 May, 1650.
1004 Whitelock, p. 457; Guizot, _op. cit._ i, 120.
1005 Whitelock, p. 462.
M517 Cromwell in Scotland.
M518 Thanksgiving day for victory at Dunbar, 3 Sept., 1650.
1006 Journal 41, fo. 34.
1007 Whitelock, p. 475.
M519 Review of city forces in Hyde Park. 22 Oct., 1650.
1008 Whitelock, pp. 475-476.
M520 Resolution of Common Council on elections in Common Hall, 14 Oct.,
1650.
1009 Journal 41, fo. 35.
1010 Journal 41, fo. 35b. A vacant space is left in the Journal for the
report, which, however, was not entered.
1011 Id., fo. 36b.
M521 Act of Common Council touching elections in Common Hall, 4 Nov.,
1651.
1012 Journal 41, fos. 37-40.
1013 Id., fos. 65b, 68.
M522 Removal of royal statues, arms, etc., by order of the Council of
State.
1014 Repertory 60, fos. 213, 220b.
1015 Id., fo. 219.
1016 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1650), pp. 453, 484-485.
1017 Repertory 61, fo. 74b.
M523 Letter of thanks from Cromwell to the mayor, read 7 March, 1651.
1018 Journal 41, fos. 34, 35, 40b.
1019 Journal 41, fo. 44b. Cromwell’s letter having been read before the
Common Council, was, we are told, "delivered back to the lord mayor
who presented it." The custom of the lord mayor for the time being
keeping as private property letters addressed to him in his official
capacity continues to deprive the Corporation of a valuable addition
to their records.
M524 Petition by the City against excessive taxation, 24 March, 1651.
1020 Journal 41, fo. 46b.
M525 Parliament authorises the raising of 4,000 horse, 8 April, 1651.
1021 Journal House of Commons, vi, 554, 556.
1022 Journal 41, fo. 47b.
1023 Journal 41, fo. 48.
1024 Letter of Council of State, 6 May.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p.
181.
M526 The lord mayor’s allowance cut down, 1651.
1025 Journal 41, fos. 53, 54.
1026 Repertory 61, fo. 236b
1027 Id., fo. 240.
M527 Matters of difference between the aldermen and the Common Council.
1028 Journal 41, fo. 55.
M528 The aldermen complain of encroachments by the Common Council,
Oct.-Nov., 1651.
1029 Repertory 61, fos. 238, 238b; Repertory 62, fos. 17b-20.
1030 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p. 470. Proceedings of Council of
State, 4 Dec.—_Id._ (1651-1652), p. 46.
1031 Id. (1651-1652), pp. 56, 63; Journal 41, fo. 65b. _Vide sup._ p.
330.
M529 The mayor and aldermen refuse to withdraw from the Common Council, 3
Dec., 1651.
1032 Journal 41, fo. 67.
M530 The question of allowances to mayor and sheriffs still undetermined,
1652.
1033 Journal 41, fos. 71, 72, 72b, 73.
1034 Id., fo. 73b.
1035 Journal 41, fo. 74b.
M531 Simon Edmonds elected mayor, but refuses to serve, Sept., 1652.
M532 Discharged on fine of £600.
1036 Id., fos. 75-76.
1037 Repertory 62, fo. 197b.
1038 The allowances were settled 12 Oct.—Journal 41, fos. 75b, 76.
1039 Journal 41, fo. 77.
1040 Repertory 62, fo. 205b.
M533 The mayoralty of John Fowke, 1652-1653.
1041 Common Hall Book No. 3, fo. 264.
1042 Journal 41, fos. 83b, 84.
1043 Id., fos. 88b, 89.
1044 Id., fo. 89b.
1045 "The perticulers of a charge of the aldermen and commons of the
citty of London ... against John Fowke, the present lord maior,
exhibited by a Committee of Common Councill authorized thereto," 26
Oct., 1653.—Journal 41. fos. 91-92.
1046 "Interrupted" came to be the authorised expression for the treatment
parliament suffered at the hands of Cromwell on this memorable
occasion. Scobell, the clerk of the parliament, who had innocently
entered in the Journal that on a certain day the Lord General
Cromwell had "dissolved" the House, was called to account six years
later for venturing to use such a term, and his excuse that he had
heard of no other term until six years later was scarcely
tolerated.—Pepys, Diary, 9 Jan., 1660.
1047 Journal 41, fos. 89b, 90.
1048 Id., fo. 88b.
M534 Numerous refusals to serve as sheriff.
1049 Journal 41, fos. 74, 74b, 75, 77b, 80, 80b; Repertory 62, fos. 154b,
160, 165, 173, 173b, 174b, 185, 190b.
1050 Journal 41, fo. 74.
1051 23 Nov., 1652.—Repertory 62, fo. 221b. By the year 1660 the list of
persons exempted for one reason or another from serving the office
of sheriff included more than 100 names.—Journal 45, fo. 33.
M535 The Scottish army enters England, Aug., 1651.
1052 Cromwell to Lenthall, 4 Aug.—Carlyle, "Cromwell’s Letters and
Speeches," iii, 188-191.
M536 Measures taken by parliament, Aug., 1651.
1053 Journal 41, fo. 62.—"The Council [of State] sent a committee to the
Common Council to stir them up in this conjuncture to do what
becomes them for their own and the public safety, and they are at
present in a very good and complying temper, and ready to do
anything they shall be directed to" (the Council of State to
Major-General Harrison, 13 Aug.).—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p.
327.
1054 Journal House of Commons, vi, 619-622. Proceedings of Council of
State. 14 Aug.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p. 329. Council of
State to mayor, etc., of London, 19 Aug.—_Id._, pp. 342-343.
M537 A letter from Charles to the City to be burnt by the common hangman,
25 Aug.
1055 Journal House of Commons, vii, 6.
1056 Whitelock, p. 506.
M538 Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept., 1651.
1057 Cromwell to Lenthall, 3 Sept.—Carlyle, _op. cit._, iii, 201.
1058 Journal House of Commons, vii, 15.
1059 Journal House of Commons, vii, 12-13, 18-21, 30-31.
1060 Journal 41, fos. 64b, 74.
M539 Scottish prisoners brought to London.
1061 Carlyle, iii, 205-206.
M540 Cromwell’s reception in London on his return from Worcester, 12
Sept., 1651.
1062 Whitelock, pp. 509, 510; Journal House of Commons, vii, 18.
M541 The Navigation Act, 1651.
1063 Journal 41, fo. 68.
M542 The war with Holland, 1652-1653.
1064 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651-1652), p. 196.
1065 Proceedings of Council of State, 24 and 29 May, 1652.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1651-1652), pp. 255-267.
1066 Proceedings of Council of State, 30 March, 1653.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1652-1653), p. 242.
1067 Journal 41, fo. 90b; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1653-1654), pp. 260,
269.
M543 Subscriptions opened in the city for wounded soldiers and sailors, 4
March, 1653.
1068 Journal 41, fos. 82-82b. In a subsequent rendering an account of the
money the amount collected is given as £1,072 16_s._ 5_d._—_Id._,
fo. 97.
1069 Journal 41, fo. 83.
1070 Repertory 62, fo. 317; Whitelock, p. 557; Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1652-1653), pp. 429, 434.
M544 Conflict between parliament and the city touching elections,
Feb.-March, 1653.
1071 The Act which forbade anyone to be elected an officer in the city
who had been in favour of entering into a private engagement with
the late king.—Journal House of Commons, vii, 53.
1072 Journal 41, fos. 81b, 82.
M545 Barebone’s or the "little" parliament, 4 July-12 Dec., 1653.
1073 Gen. Oliver Cromwell to Praise-God Barebone, Esq., 6 June.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1652-1653), p. 386.
1074 Journal 41, fos. 86-88.
M546 Cromwell created Lord Protector, 16 Dec, 1653.
1075 Journal House of Commons, vii, 363; Whitelock, p. 571. The council
to the lord mayor, 19 Dec., 1653.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1653-1654), p. 299.
1076 Proceedings of Council of State, 15 Feb., 1654.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1653-1654), p. 402.
M547 The Lord Protector invited to dine in the city, Feb., 1654.
1077 Whitelock, p. 578.
1078 Journal 41, fos. 92b-93.
1079 Whitelock, p. 581.
M548 The first parliament under the Protectorate, Sept., 1654-Jan., 1655.
1080 Journal 41, fo. 100b.
1081 With the exception of the parliament of 1284 it is doubtful if the
City sent that number of burgesses to any other. As to the
parliament of 1654, the names of five members only have come down to
us (see Loftie’s "History of London," Appendix B). But that the city
did send six members to this parliament is the more probable from
the fact that in June, 1657, the Common Council prepared a petition
to parliament praying to be allowed to send "their full number" of
six burgesses "already chosen" to parliament.—Journal 41, fo. 156.
Moreover, the fact that in March, 1653, the Common Council ordered a
petition to be prepared for parliament "touching the number of
future burgesses for this city in parliament," points to some
probable alteration in the number of city members.—_Id._, 41, fo.
83.
M549 Alderman Pack and his "remonstrance," Feb., 1657.
1082 Journal House of Commons, vii, 496.
1083 Sec. Thurloe to Ambassador Lockhart, 26 Feb., 1657.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1656-1657), p. 292.
1084 Journal House of Commons, vii, 512.
1085 Id., vii, 533.
1086 Whitelock, p. 662.
1087 Whitelock, p. 664. President Lawrence to the lord mayor, 29
June.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1657-1658), p. 19.
M550 Some members of Cromwell’s House of Lords.
1088 Carlyle, "Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches," iv, 321-322.
1089 Repertory 66, fo. 140b.
M551 Dissolution of the second parliament under the Protectorate, 4 Feb.,
1658.
M552 Precautions taken against a royalist rising, March, 1658.
1090 "Cromwelliana" (Guildhall Library, A, 2, 4), pp. 170, 171. Robinson
to Williamson, 15 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1657-1658), p. 328.
1091 Journal 41, fo. 169b.
1092 Id., fo. 170.
1093 Id., fo. 170b.
1094 Journal 41, fo. 171.
M553 Aldermen Chiverton and Ireton knighted by Cromwell, 22 March, 1658.
1095 "Cromwelliana," p. 171.
M554 The royalist rising in the city of 15 May.
1096 Id., 172.
1097 Id., 174.
M555 Death of Cromwell, 3 Sept.
1098 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1658-1659), p. 131.
1099 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1658-1659), pp. 129, 135. Sec. Thurloe to
Capt. Whitstone, 10/20 Sept.—_Id._, p. 136.
M556 The Rump restored, 7 May, 1659.
1100 Journal House of Commons, vii, 644.
1101 Journal 41, fo. 204b; Journal House of Commons, vii, 671.
1102 Journal House of Commons, vii, 647, 708.
1103 Id., vii, 647, 649, 650.
1104 Journal 21, fo. 206; Journal House of Commons, vii, 721.
M557 Royalist rising in Cheshire supported by a party in the city, Aug.,
1659.
1105 "We understand from examinations of prisoners before the lord mayor
yesterday that a rising of apprentices in London was intended at
five this evening to prevent the troops from marching to Chester,
when the calling of a Common Hall was to have been obtruded on the
lord mayor, but these designs were frustrated by the lord mayor’s
vigilance" Whitelock to the commissioners of parliament in Ireland,
9 Aug.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1659-1660), p. 90.
1106 Journal House of Commons, vii, 753, 754; Whitelock, p. 682.
M558 Parliament desires the re-election of John Ireton mayor, 2 Sept.,
1659.
M559 Opposition of the Common Council.
1107 Journal House of Commons, vii, 773; Repertory 66, fo. 310b.
1108 Journal 41, fo. 208.
M560 Parliament gives way, 28 Sept., 1659.
1109 Journal House of Commons, vii, 787, 788.
M561 Parliament invited to dinner at Grocers’ Hall, 6 Oct., 1659.
1110 Journal 41, fo. 209b; Journal House of Commons, vii, 790.
M562 Parliament closed by Lambert, 13 Oct.
1111 Journal House of Commons, vii, 797; Whitelock, p. 684.
M563 Fears of a disturbance in the city on lord mayor’s day.
1112 Repertory 66, fo. 330b.
M564 Monk prepares to march southward, Nov., 1659.
1113 Whitelock, p. 686.
M565 Monk’s letter to the City, 23 Nov., 1659.
1114 "Memorials," p. 689.
1115 Journal 41, fos. 211b, 212.
M566 Rising of apprentices in favour of a free parliament, 5 Dec., 1659.
1116 Journal 41, fo. 212; Clarendon (ed. 1839), p. 936.
1117 Whitelock, p. 689.
1118 Repertory 67, fo. 22b.
M567 A committee to confer with Fleetwood for the security of peace and
the safety of the city, 8 Dec.
1119 Repertory 67, fo. 23; Whitelock, p. 689.
1120 Repertory 67, fo. 27.
M568 Fleetwood promises a free parliament.
1121 Journal 41, fo. 213.
1122 Id., fo. 213b.
M569 A fresh committee appointed, 22 Dec., 1659.
M570 Recommendation of the committee, 23 Dec.
1123 Journal 41, fos. 214b, 215. The committee’s report will be found
printed in Maitland, i, 423.
M571 Nomination of officers for the trained bands, 24 Dec., 1659.
1124 Journal 41, fo. 215b.
M572 The royalists’ hopes centred in the city.
1125 Nicholas to Lipe, 10/20* Dec.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1659-60), p.
280.
1126 Nicholas to Mills, 24 Dec./3 Jan.*—Cal. State Papers, pp. 286, 287.
M573 The Rump again restored, 26 Dec., 1659.
1127 Whitelock, p. 691; Clarendon, p. 936.
M574 Draft petition to the Rump, 28 Dec., 1659.
M575 Presentation of petition postponed, 29 Dec., 1659.
1128 Journal 41, fos. 216-217.
M576 The City’s reply to Monk’s letter, 29 Dec.
1129 Id., fo. 217.
M577 A deputation from Parliament to the Court of Aldermen, 31 Dec.
1130 Journal House of Commons, vii, 800, 802.
1131 Journal 41, fo. 218.
1132 Nicholas to Mills 7/17* Jan.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1659-60), pp.
304-305.
M578 The citizens decline to pay taxes until parliament be filled up.
M579 Monk’s second letter to the City, 6 Jan., 1660.
M580 A deputation from the City appointed to meet Monk, 19 Jan., 1660.
1133 Pepys, under date 13 Jan., describes this letter as "a cunning
piece," which the Londoners did not "much trust to."
1134 A gratuity of £20 was granted to the Swordbearer for his journey and
another of £5 to his attendant.—Journal 41, fo. 219.
1135 Journal 41, fos. 219, 219b.
M581 Monk desires the removal of certain regiments from London before he
will enter.
M582 Monk enters London, 3 Feb., 1660.
1136 Pepys, Diary, 1 Feb.; Journal House of Commons, vii, 826; Lingard,
xi, 420, 421.
1137 Bradshaw had died 31 Oct., 1659. The place of under Sheriff or Judge
of one of the Sheriffs’ Court rendered vacant by his decease was
filled up (9 Nov.) by the appointment of Francis Philips.—Journal
41, fo. 211b.
M583 A City deputation to Monk, 8 Feb.
1138 Journal 41, fo. 219b.
M584 The Common Council dissolved by order of the Rump, 9 Feb.
1139 Pepys, Diary, 9 Feb.
1140 Journal House of Commons, vii, 838.
1141 Journal House of Commons, vii, 837.
M585 Monk in the city.
M586 Monk confers with the Court of Aldermen, 10 Feb.
1142 Repertory 67, fo. 42b.
M587 Monk’s letter to parliament, 11 Feb.
1143 Id., fo. 43.
1144 Pepys, Diary, 11 Feb., 1660.
1145 Pepys, Diary, 11 and 13 Feb.
M588 Monk attends divine service in the city, 12 Feb., 1660.
1146 Id., 12 Feb.
M589 Interview between Monk and the Court of Aldermen at Drapers’ Hall,
13 Feb.
1147 Repertory 67, fos. 43-43b.
M590 The Council of State invite Monk to leave the city for Whitehall, 13
Feb.
1148 Council of State to General George Monk, 13 Feb., 1660.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1659-1660), p. 360.
M591 Monk prepares to quit the city, 15 Feb., 1660.
1149 Repertory 67, fos. 45-46b.
M592 Monk remains in the city but changes his quarters.
1150 Pepys, Diary, 17 Feb.
1151 Whitelock, p. 696.
M593 The return of the excluded members to parliament, 21 Feb.
1152 Council of State to Monk, 20 Feb., 1660.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1659-1660), p. 372.
M594 The Common Council restored, 21 Feb., 1660.
1153 Journal House of Commons, vii, 846, 847, 848.
1154 Pepys, Diary, 21 Feb., 1660.
1155 Journal 41, fo. 221.
1156 Council of State to the mayor, 27 Feb., 1660.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1659-1660), pp. 375-376.
M595 Parliament desires a loan of £60,000, 22 Feb., 1660.
1157 Journal 41, fo. 220b.
1158 Journal 41, fo. 221b; Journal House of Commons, vii, 858, 859-860.
M596 Monk appointed Sergt.-Major-General of the city’s forces, 3 March.
1159 Journal 41, fos. 221, 221b, 222b, 223; Journal House of Commons,
vii, 850, 856, 867, 868, 871.
1160 Journal 41, fo. 221b.
1161 Id., fo. 224.
M597 The Long Parliament dissolved, 16 March, 1660.
1162 Journal House of Commons, vii, 880.
M598 Application to the City for an advance of £500,000, 26 March.
1163 Journal 41, fos. 224-224b.
M599 The king’s restoration freely spoken of.
1164 Pepys, Diary, 16 and 29 March, 22 April.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1659-1660), p. 393.
1165 Pepys, 11 April.
M600 The City’s declaration and vindication, 30 April, 1660.
1166 Journal 41, fos. 225-229b. "The city of London have put out a
declaration wherein they do disclaim their owning any other
government but that of a king, Lords and Commons."—Pepys, Diary, 2
May. Four printed copies (out of the 1,000 ordered by the court to
be printed and published) are preserved in the Guildhall library.
M601 Letter from Charles to the City read before the Common Council, 1
May, 1660.
1167 Journal 41, fo. 230; Remembrancia ix, 1 (Index, p. 423.)
M602 The Declaration of Breda, 4 April.
1168 Journal 41, fo. 230b; Remembrancia ix, 2 (Index, p. 423).
M603 Thanks of the city for the king’s letter and declaration, 1 May,
1660.
1169 Journal 41, fo. 231; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1659-1660), p. 430.
M604 The Convention Parliament sends to borrow £100,000 of the city, 2
May.
1170 Journal 41, fo. 231b.
1171 Diary, 16 May.
M605 City gifts to the king, the Dukes of York and Gloucester, etc.
1172 Journal 41, fos. 231b, 232, 232b, 233b; Pepys, Diary, 4 May.
M606 Commissioners to the Hague, May, 1660.
1173 The commissioners appointed (3 May) were the following:—Thomas
Adams, alderman; William Wild, esq., Recorder; John Robinson and
Antony Bateman, aldermen; Theophilus Biddulph, William Vincent and
Thomas Bludworth, esquires; Major Thomas Chamberlen, Mr. Richard
Ford and Colonel Bromefield. Of these Alderman Robinson, Recorder
Wild, Biddulph and Vincent were members of parliament, the consent
of which had to be obtained before they set sail. Six more
commissioners were added the following day (4 May), viz., Alderman
Reynardson, Alderman Langham, Sir Thomas Foote, Sir James Bunce,
Alderman Wale and William Bateman, esquire. Foote declined the
honour.—Journal 41, fos. 231b, 232.
1174 Journal 41, fo. 234; Clarendon (ed. 1839), p. 962.
M607 Charles proclaimed in the city, 8 May, 1660.
1175 Pepys, Diary, 8 May; Repertory 67, fo. 74b. "Branch" denotes the
figured pattern of the damask.
1176 Journal House of Commons, viii, 16.
M608 Charles enters London, 29 May.
1177 The sum of £30 was afterwards voted as compensation for damage done
to private grounds by making a passage through them for the royal
procession to pass on its way from St. George’s and Walworth Fields
to the city.—Repertory 67, fos. 91b, 122b.
1178 Evelyn’s Diary (2nd ed.), i, 322; Whitelock, p. 702.
M609 Richmond Park restored to Charles II, 2 June, 1660.
1179 Journal 41, fo. 232b.
1180 Id., fo. 234b.
M610 The citizens take the oath of allegiance and supremacy.
1181 Pepys, Diary, 3 June.
1182 Repertory 67, fo. 83b; Journal 41, fo. 235. The king to the lord
mayor and court of aldermen requiring all persons holding public
office to take the oaths, 5 June.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1660-1661), p. 38.
1183 Repertory 67, fo. 87.
M611 Sir John Weld restored to office of town clerk.
1184 15 Sept., 1642.—Journal 40, fo. 38b.
1185 Journal 41, fos. 235, 236, 242: Remembrancia, ix, 3 (Index, p. 306);
Cal. State Papers Dom. (1660-1661), p. 42.
M612 Sadler, town clerk, removed.
1186 Journal 41, fos. 240b, 241, 241b; Carlyle, "Cromwell’s Letters and
Speeches," iii, 173, 177, 192. So popular was Love in the city that
there was some talk of giving him a public funeral, the procession
to start from Merchant Taylors’ Hall. This was, however, put a stop
to by peremptory orders from the Council of State to the mayor (25
Aug., 1651).—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p. 368.
M613 The deposed aldermen restored pursuant to the king’s wishes, 4
Sept., 1660.
1187 Remembrancia, ix, 7 (Index, pp. 8-9). A draft of the king’s letter
by Lord Chancellor Hyde is preserved among the State Papers.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1660-1661), p. 255.
1188 Journal 41, fo. 240b.
M614 Langham excused on his own petition.
1189 Langham calls it the "Rump Parliament," but the "Rump" did not come
into being until after Pride’s Purge, which took place 6 Dec., 1648.
1190 Remembrancia, ix, 8 (Index, p. 9).
1191 Repertory 67, fo. 130b.
M615 Reynardson re-elected mayor, but declines office, 1 Oct., 1660.
1192 Journal 41, fo. 243.
M616 The king and parliament entertained in the city, 5 July.
1193 Journal 41, fos. 235b, 236, 236b, 237.
M617 Sir Richard Browne major-general of the city’s forces, _vice_ Monk
resigned, 6 July, 1660.
1194 Id., fos. 237, 238.
M618 Demand of a loan of £100,000, 14 Aug.
1195 Id., fos. 240, 240b.
1196 Journal 41, fo. 243b; Remembrancia, ix, 11 (Index, p. 199).
M619 The city companies’ petition touching their Irish estates, Sept.
M620 The king’s gracious reply, Oct., 1660.
1197 By Statute 12, Charles II, c. 24, abolishing tenure by knight
service.—Journal 41, fos. 239b, 240b, 244b.
1198 Journal 41, fos. 242b, 243.
M621 Outbreak of fanatics or Fifth Monarchy men. 6 Jan., 1661.
1199 Letter from the lords of the council to the mayor and aldermen, 7
Jan.—Remembrancia, ix, 16 (Index, p. 424).
1200 Sir John Finch to Lord Conway, 11 Jan.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1660-1661), pp. 470-471; Pepys, Diary, 7-10 Jan.
1201 The lords of the council to the mayor, etc., 22 Jan., 4 March,
1661.—Remembrancia, ix, 18, 21 (Index, pp. 424, 425).
M622 Vote of thanks to mayor and sheriffs for stopping outbreak, 25 Jan.,
1661.
1202 Journal 41, fo. 244b. "My lord mayor, Sir Richard Browne, hath
carried himself honourably."—Pepys.
1203 Journal 41, fos. 245, 247b. Collections were afterwards made in the
city churches. See letter from Sir William Morice or Morrice to the
mayor, 15 March.—Remembrancia, ix, 27 (Index, 425).
M623 A loan for paying off the navy, 11 March.
1204 "The army was to be disbanded, but in such a manner, with so much
respect and so exact an account of arrears, and such gratuities,
that it looked rather to be the dismissing them to the next
opportunity and a reserving them till there should be occasion for
their service, than a breaking of them."—Burnet. "Hist. of His Own
Times" (ed. 1833), i, 289.
1205 Journal 41, fos. 247, 247b; Remembrancia, ix, 25, 26 (Index, p.
200).
M624 Another loan, 9 April, 1661.
1206 Journal 41, fos. 248, 248b; Repertory 67, fo. 249.
M625 Preparations for the coronation.
1207 On the 9 Feb. the lord chamberlain informed the lord mayor by letter
that the coronation day had been fixed and that it was his majesty’s
intention to come on the day before from his Tower of London through
the city to his palace at Whitehall, with such magnificence as
became the majesty of so great a king. The mayor and aldermen were
directed to be in attendance, and timely notice would be given to
others whose attendance should be thought necessary.—Remembrancia,
ix, 20 (Index, pp. 116-117).
1208 Journal 41, fos. 245b, 248b; Journal 45, fo. 100. N.B.—There are no
Journals numbered 42, 43 or 44.
1209 Repertory 67, fo. 225.
1210 Journal 41, fo. 248.
M626 Alderman Vyner commissioned to provide new regalia for the occasion.
1211 The precise sum was £31,978 9_s._ 11_d._, of which £21,978 9_s._
11_d._ was paid by warrant dated 20 July, 1661.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1661-1662). pp. 35, 41. On the other hand, it appears from a
receipt by Vyner printed in Archæologia (xxix, 266) that the money
or some portion of it remained unpaid as late as July, 1662.
M627 Procession from the Tower to Whitehall, 22 April. 1661.
1212 Letter from Sir William Morice or Morrice (Secretary of State) to
the lord mayor, desiring the streets of the city to be railed off
where convenient and gravelled against the day of his majesty riding
through the city to his coronation, 4 April, 1661.—Remembrancia, ix,
28 (Index p. 117).
1213 Repertory 67, fo. 223b.
1214 Id., fo. 218.
M628 Coronation day, 23 April.
M629 Accident to a former City Recorder.
1215 Pepys, Diary, 23 April.
M630 The meeting of the Cavalier Parliament, 8 May, 1661.
1216 Letter to Edward Bowles, 19 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1660-1661), p. 538.
1217 J.C. to Tho. Powell, 19 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1660-1661),
p. 537.
1218 Letters to Edward Bowles and John Woolwich, 19 March.—Cal. State
Papers Dom. (1660-1661), pp. 538, 541.
1219 Letter to Rev. Mr. Roger, 19 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1660-1661), p. 539.
1220 Diary, 20 March.
M631 The City an example to the rest of the country.
1221 William Beauchamp to Dan. Crosse, 19 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1660-1661), p. 539.
1222 Buxton to Bowles, 19 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1660-1661), p.
536.
1223 Royle to Gibbons, 19 March; Letter to Fran. Darley, 19 March.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1660-1661), pp. 536, 537.
M632 The court party afraid.
M633 Letters intercepted at the post office.
1224 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1660-1661), p. 536, editorial note.
M634 The Corporation Act, 1661.
1225 Although it passed the Commons on the 5th July it did not receive
the assent of the Lords until December.—Journal House of Commons,
viii, 291, 339.
M635 Petition for confirmation of City’s charter, 9 July, 1661.
1226 Journal 41, fo. 254.
1227 Journal House of Commons, viii, 302. "Great talk now," wrote Pepys
on the 31 May, "how the parliament intend to make a collection of
free gifts to the king throughout the kingdom, but I think it will
not come to much." Pepys’s surmise proved correct. On the 31st
August he makes the following entry in his diary:—"The Benevolence
proves so little, and an occasion of so much discontent everywhere,
that it had better it had never been set up." His own subscription
towards it was £20.
1228 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1661-1662), p. 38.
1229 Journal 41, fo. 235b; Letter Book UU, fo. 51b.
M636 The mayor and aldermen attend the king touching renewal of charter,
Oct., 1661.
1230 The Corporation Act (2 Stat. 13 Charles II, c. i) mentioned above.