Chapter XXXIV: (m939) (2)

In the meantime the queen had been persuaded to dismiss Marlborough on his return to England (Nov., 1711) from all his offices, and to place the Duke of Ormond, a strong Tory, in command of the English forces in the Netherlands. Negotiations with France were simultaneously pushed on, in spite of a personal visit which Eugene himself paid to London (Jan., 1712) in the hope of obtaining a continuance of English support for carrying on the war. The presence of the illustrious prince was heartily welcomed by the Whigs, by whom he was hospitably entertained. On the 15th January a motion was made in the Court of Aldermen and carried to the effect that the court was prepared to join with as many leading citizens (not exceeding sixty in number) as should be willing in providing an entertainment by private subscription for his highness, provided they first obtained her majesty’s permission. Two aldermen were thereupon nominated to wait upon Lord Dartmouth, principal secretary of state, in order to learn her majesty’s pleasure. There was nothing unusual in this proceeding. Nevertheless the idea of the prince being publicly entertained in the city was so distasteful to the queen and her government that she found fault with the citizens for daring to approach her with a mere verbal message (she was suffering from gout at the time),(1982) and declined to return an answer to any message which was not brought to her "with the same respect as has always been paid by the city of London to her predecessors."(1983) That there might be no mistake about the matter the queen’s answer was sent to the City in writing by Lord Dartmouth. The Court of Aldermen at once appointed a committee to search the City’s Records for the purpose of ascertaining how and in what manner messages had been delivered from the court to her majesty and her predecessors, whether they had usually been in writing or only verbal. On the 5th February the committee reported that they found that such messages had been delivered in a variety of ways: sometimes by the lord mayor alone, sometimes by two or three aldermen, and at other times by the recorder and sheriffs only. One instance had been found of a message having been sent by a single sheriff. Not once did they find that a message had been delivered in writing.(1984) It need scarcely be said that under the circumstances all idea of the entertainment was dropt.

In spite of the prince’s high character the greatest calumnies were whispered against him behind his back. He was said to be conspiring with Marlborough and the Whigs to raise an insurrection in the streets, fire the city and seize the person of the queen. A general panic prevailed. Even the roysterings of a few drunken revellers calling themselves "Mohocks"(1985)—the successors of the "Roreres" and "Riffleres" of a past age—were looked upon as signs and tokens of some deep laid plot, so that more than ordinary precautions had to be taken, both in the city and elsewhere, to prevent riot.(1986) Finding at length that his presence in England did not promote his object the prince, after a stay of some weeks, returned to the Hague.

(M979)

By the 6th June negotiations with France had so far advanced that the queen went down to the House of Lords to fulfil, as she said, her promise of communicating to her parliament the terms of peace before it was absolutely concluded. What pleased the citizens most in her elaborate speech was the announcement of the steps taken to secure the Protestant succession to the House of Hanover and for protecting British commerce. For these measures they returned to her majesty their hearty thanks, and expressed their sincere hopes that she might speedily finish the good work which had advanced so far notwithstanding "the artful contrivances and envious efforts of a factious and malicious party."(1987) In August a proclamation was made of a suspension of hostilities,(1988) and on the 31st March, 1713, the Peace of Utrecht was signed.

A fortnight later (14 April, 1713) the Common Council voted a congratulatory address to her majesty on the conclusion of the peace with France, but no copy of the address was to be shown to anyone until it had been actually presented.(1989) On the 5th May the lord mayor and Court of Aldermen attended at Temple Bar to assist at the proclamation, whilst Tuesday the 6th July was observed as a day of public thanksgiving at St. Paul’s. The queen did not attend the service owing probably to indisposition, and the livery companies were on that account excused attendance. The mayor and aldermen displayed no little anxiety to have their proper seats reserved for them in the cathedral.(1990)

(M980)

Shortly before the conclusion of the peace the term of Sacheverell’s suspension expired. His popularity became greater than ever. The queen presented him with the living of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, whilst the House of Commons, which had formerly condemned him, now invited him to preach before them.(1991)

(M981)

The days of Queen Anne were now fast drawing to a close. For some time past her health had been failing, and at the close of the year (1713) she was confined to her bed at Windsor. Upon notice of her indisposition being conveyed to the Court of Aldermen they at once instructed the sheriffs and the city remembrancer to proceed to Windsor and enquire after her majesty’s health.(1992) The fact that in the event of the queen’s death the legal heir, the Electress Sophia, and her son, the Elector of Hanover, were favourable to the Whig party, drove the Tories to make overtures to the Pretender, the queen’s brother, who was still living in France, although by the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht Louis had promised to abandon his cause. On the 1st February (1714) the queen wrote to the lord mayor(1993) (Sir Samuel Stanier) informing him that she was recovering her health and hoped soon to return to her "usual residence." She further informed his lordship of her determination to open her parliament on the 16th, according to the notice given by proclamation, and desired him to communicate the same to the Court of Aldermen and to her other loving subjects of the city. Again the sheriffs and remembrancer were instructed to go to Windsor and tender the court’s acknowledgments of her majesty’s favour and to assure her that they would discountenance to the utmost of their power and put a stop to "those malicious rumours which had been so industriously spread by evil disposed persons to the prejudice of credit and the imminent hazard of public peace and tranquility."(1994) Saturday the 6th was the queen’s birthday, and extra precautions were taken in the city to prevent tumult or disorder.(1995) A week later her majesty had so far recovered her health as to meditate returning to town, and the Common Council prepared (12 Feb.) to greet her with a congratulatory address.(1996)

(M982)

On the 21st June (1714) a royal proclamation was issued offering a reward of £5,000 for the apprehension of the Pretender in case he should effect a landing.(1997) The proclamation afforded the City an opportunity of further testifying its loyalty to the queen and its determination to uphold the Protestant succession as by law established, and at the same time to thank her majesty for passing an Act entitled "An Act to prevent the growth of Schism"—an Act aimed against the Whigs, and which forbade anyone keeping a school without licence from the bishop.(1998)

(M983)

On the morning of Friday the 30th July the queen was seized with her last illness. Notification was immediately despatched to the lord mayor, who reported the news to a special Court of Aldermen that afternoon. The Secretary of State, who had written to the mayor, had desired his lordship to take immediate steps to preserve quiet in the city. The court, on being informed of the turn of affairs, despatched the sheriffs, the common cryer and the water bailiff to Kensington to enquire after the queen’s health and to assure her majesty that every possible care would be taken to preserve the peace of the city in any event.(1999) Two days later (1 Aug.) Anne was dead.

END OF VOL. II.

FOOTNOTES

M1 The accession of James, 24 March, 1603.

1 Journal 26, fo. 73.

M2 Correspondence between the king and the City.

2 Letter to the mayor, etc., of London, 28 March.—Journal 26, fo. 75b.

3 Letter dated 29th March.—Journal 26, fo. 76. The Court of Aldermen
allowed Fletcher forty marks towards the expenses of his
journey.—Repertory 26, pt. i, fo. 119b.

4 Letter dated Newcastle, 11th April, 1603.—Journal 26, fo. 80. See
Appendix.

M3 James leaves Edinburgh for London, 5 April.

5 Journal 26, fos. 78b, 82, 82b, 88.

6 Journal 26, fo. 81b.

7 Repertory 26, pt. i, fo. 131b.

M4 The citizens ride forth to meet him, 7 May.

8 It is computed that more than 230 knights were created by James on
his passage from Edinburgh to the Tower. The lord mayor (Lee) was
knighted at Greenwich on the 22nd May. At the king’s coronation,
which took place in July, all the aldermen of the city who were not
already knights were knighted at Whitehall.—Nichols, "Progresses of
King James I," i, 113n, 120, 234.

M5 The plague of 1603.

9 Howes’s Chron., p. 827; Journal 26, fos. 74, 114b, 116b; Repertory
26, pt. i, fo. 171.

10 Journal 26, fo. 98.

11 Repertory 26, pt. ii, fo. 361.

12 Journal 26, fos. 103b, 122b, 124b, 125b, 127; Repertory 26, pt. i,
fo. 149b. In May of the following year the king himself lost two
beagles, which had strayed and probably been killed.—Journal 26, fo.
211b. In 1611 the queen also lost her dog, and a liberal reward was
offered for its recovery. The animal was described as being "lowe
and thicke, of a meene coulor, and his taile turninge up to the
middle of his backe."—Journal 28. fo. 284.

13 Journal 28, fos. 116, 126, 126b.

14 Journal 28, fos. 145, 145b. The Merchant Taylors contributed the
largest quantity (936 qrs.): they were followed by the Grocers (874
qrs.), the Mercers (820 qrs.), the Goldsmiths (809 qrs.), next to
which came the Drapers (768 qrs.) and the Haberdashers (724 qrs.).

M6 The king’s public passage through the city, 15 Mar., 1604.

15 The amount at which each company was assessed will be found printed
from the City’s Records in Nichols’ "Progresses of King James I," i,
400, 401.

16 Journal 26, fos. 163, 164, 178, 179b.

17 Journal 26, fo. 178b.

18 Journal 26, fos. 186, 188; Repertory 26, pt. ii, fo. 311.

19 Nichols, "Progresses of King James I," i, 360, 361.

M7 Catholic plots against the king, June, 1603.

20 Journal 26, fos. 111, 117b, 118b.

21 Id., fo. 174.

M8 The first parliament of James, Mar., 1604.

22 Return to writ of parliament, 31 Jan.—Journal 26, fo. 171.

23 For particulars of his life, see Remembrancia (Analytical Index), p.
2n.

24 Id. p. 23n.

25 Id., p. 176n.

M9 Proposed union of England and Scotland.

26 Peace with Spain, for which negotiations had been entered into as
soon as James came to the throne, was concluded in the summer of
this year (18 Aug.), but was not acceptable to the nation at large,
and much less to the citizens of London. "I can assure your
mightiness," wrote the State’s Ambassador, Caron, "that no
promulgation was ever received in London with more coolness—yes,
with more sadness.... The people were admonished to make bonfires,
but you may be very sure not a bonfire was to be seen."—Motley,
"United Netherlands," iv, 223, 224. For payments made by the city
chamberlain to heralds on the occasion of proclamation of the peace,
see Repertory 26, pt. ii, fo. 436.

27 James assumed the title of King of Great Britain by proclamation
dated 20 Oct., 1604.—Journal 26, fo. 271.

28 King’s writ of proclamation of the union to the mayor and sheriffs
of London, dated 22 Oct., 1604.—_Id._, _Ibid._

M10 Attempt to put down purveyance.

29 The first charter of Edward III, granted to the citizens of London
(6 March, 1327) with the assent of parliament, expressly forbade the
king’s purveyors taking goods contrary to the will and pleasure of
the citizens, except for cash; and no prisage of wines was
thenceforth to be taken under any consideration.—_Cf._ Stat. 4, Edw.
III, c. 3; 5, Edw. III, c. 2; 25, Edw. III, c. 1; 36, Edw. III, c.
2.

30 Journal 27, fo. 36.

31 Remembrancia, ii, 262 (Analytical Index, p. 409).

M11 The House of Commons and Free Trade.

32 Journal House of Commons, 21 May, 1604, i, 218.

33 The fact that the custom dues of London amounted to £110,000 a year,
whereas those of the rest of the kingdom amounted to only £17,000,
was adduced in support of their case.

34 Journal House of Commons, i, 218.

M12 The Speaker and Commons entertained at Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 3
July, 1604.

35 Journal House of Commons, 3 July, i. 251, 252.

M13 Prince Henry becomes a Merchant Taylor, 17 July, 1607.

36 The Merchant Taylors displayed no little jealousy at the
Clothworkers having forestalled them; and as the mayor for the time
being—Sir John Watts—happened to be a Clothworker, it was thought
that he would do his best to prevent Prince Henry also from joining
the Merchant Taylors. They accordingly declined to invite the mayor
and aldermen to the banquet.—Clode’s "Memorials of the Merchant
Taylors’ Company," pp. 147-160.

M14 A City loan of £15,000, Aug., 1604.

37 Journal 26, fos. 241b, 243b; _Cf._ Letter Book BB, fos. 288, 289b.

38 Letter Book BB, fo. 259b.

M15 The gunpowder plot, 1604-1605.

39 The king to the lords commissioners [for the plot], 6 Nov.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1603-1610), p. 241. The "gentler tortoures" were
to be applied first, "_et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur_."

40 Journal 27, fos. 3b, 7.

41 Id., fos. 2b, 5b, 6.

42 Journal 27, fo. 4.

43 Journal 27, fo. 5; _Cf._ fos. 14b, 15, 19.

44 Id., fo. 8b.

45 Howes’s Chron., p. 881.

46 Journal 27, fo. 19.

47 Journal 27, fo. 17.

48 Howes’s Chron., p. 882.

M16 Rumour of the king being assassinated 22 March, 1606.

49 Journal 27, fo. 30b.

50 Journal 27, fo. 48b.

M17 Visit of the king of Denmark to England, July, 1606.

51 Id., fo. 73.

52 Id., fos. 73b, 75.

53 Repertory 27, fo. 252b.

54 Journal 27, fo. 75b.

M18 The city’s water supply.

55 Proclamation, 7 July, 22 Eliz. (1580).—Journal 21, fo. 54.

56 Remembrancia (Index), _s.v._ "Buildings."

57 Stat. 35 Henry VIII, c. 10.

58 Stat. 13 Eliz., c. 18.

59 Journal 21, fo. 251; Journal 22, fos. 47, 53b. The Common Sergeant
of the city, Bernard Randolph, also rendered him pecuniary
assistance.—Remembrancia (Index), p. 553.

60 Repertory 22, fos. 270, 281, 376b.

61 Repertory 22, fos. 270, 281, 376b.

62 Journal 23, fos. 209, 210.

M19 Hugh Middleton and the New River Company, 1609-1613.

63 The bill was introduced into parliament on the 30 Jan., 1606, and
passed the Commons on the 30 May.—Journal House of Commons, i, 261,
310. By Stat. 4 Jas. I, c. 12, the former Act was so far amended as
to allow the City to convey water underground.

64 Journal 27, fos. 54, 77, 89b, 144b, 396; Journal 28, fos. 16b, 81.

65 Journal 27, fo. 89; Repertory 27, fos. 312, 269b.

66 Journal 27, fo. 377b. Another agreement was subsequently drawn up
bearing date the 28 March, 1611, and this being executed by
Middleton the former agreement was ordered to be
cancelled.—Repertory 30, fo. 100.

M20 Opposition to Middleton’s work.

67 The lord mayor to the lords of the council, 10 July,
1609.—Remembrancia, ii, 347 (Index, pp. 554-555).

68 See Paper containing "objections against the river," with
answers.—Cal. State Papers Dom., vol. lxxviii, No. 106.

69 Journal House of Commons, i, 442, 445.

70 "Mr. Beaulieu to Mr. Trumbull, resident at Brussells," 9 May,
1610.—Winwood’s Memorials, iii, 160.

71 Repertory 29, fo. 231.

M21 Pecuniary assistance granted to Middleton by James, May, 1612.

72 Journal 28, fo. 176b.

73 These "king’s shares," as they were called to distinguish them from
"adventurers’ shares," were sold by Charles I in 1636 for an annuity
of £500, entered on the company’s books and paid yearly as the
"king’s clog." Both classes of shares have become so valuable that
they have been subjected to frequent sub-division. At a sale by
auction, which took place in London, 15 Nov., 1893, an undivided
adventurers’ share fetched £94,900.

M22 The New River opened, 29 Sept., 1613.

74 Alderman of Queenhithe and Coleman Street Wards; Sheriff 1603. From
1624 to 1626 was one of the representatives of the city in
parliament. His brother Robert had sat for the same constituency in
the parliament of 1614.—Repertory 26, pt. i, fo. 146b; Repertory 31,
pt. ii, fo. 282b; Parliamentary Return 1879 (Appendix), p. xxxix.

M23 Compulsory use of the New River water, 1616.

75 Remembrancia (Index), p. 557.

76 Id., p. 558.

77 Id., p. 559.

78 The first dividend was paid in 1633.—Smiles, "Lives of the
Engineers," pp. 130, 131.

M24 A City loan of £3,000 to Middleton, Sept., 1614.

79 Repertory 31, pt. ii, fo. 396.

M25 Middleton created a baronet, Oct., 1622.

80 In 1611 "James offered the title of baronet to all who would pay the
exchequer £1,080 in three annual payments, being the sum required
for the pay of a hundred foot-soldiers for three years."—Gardiner,
"Hist. of Eng. (1613-1616)," i, 560.

81 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 455.

82 Remembrancia, iii, 114, viii, 3 (Index, pp. 462-465).

M26 The City votes Middleton a gold chain, Nov., 1623.

83 "Court and Times of James I," ii, 433.

84 Repertory 38, fo. 12; Letter Book II, fo. 51.

85 Letter Book II, fo. 51b.

M27 Death of Middleton, 10 Dec, 1631.

86 Repertory 47, fos. 45b, 58, 89b, 105b, 300b.

M28 Grant of £1,000 to Lady Middleton, 1634.

87 Journal 36, fos. 37, 292, 292b.

88 Repertory 49, fo. 195b.

M29 The New River Company petition the City for an immediate grant of
all that had been conveyed to Middleton. 10 June, 1726.

89 Journal 57, fos. 143b, 144.

M30 The plantation of Ulster.

90 Report of Commissioners, 20 Dec., 1608; Second Report, Jan.,
1609.—Cal. State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 117, 139.

91 "Orders and Conditions of the Ulster Plantation."—Cal. State Papers
Ireland (1608-1610), p. 139. Chichester to the Privy Council, 10
Mar., 1609.—_Id._, p. 157.

92 See the City’s Petition to the House of Commons, in Jan.,
1641.—Journal 39, fo. 164.

93 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 207-210.

M31 Motives and reasons to encourage the City to take part in the
plantation, 28 May, 1609.

M32 The matter laid before a special Court of Aldermen, 1 July, 1609.

M33 Referred to the livery companies.

94 Repertory 29, fo. 52b.

95 Journal 27, fo. 386b. The following were the companies to whom, in
addition to the twelve principal companies, the precept was
sent:—Dyers, Leathersellers, Pewterers, Cutlers, Whitebakers, Tallow
Chandlers, Armourers, Girdlers, Saddlers, Barber-Surgeons, Plumbers,
Innholders, Coopers, Joiners, Weavers, Woodmongers, Scriveners,
Stationers and Embroiderers.

96 Repertory 29, fo. 60b. The answer of the companies is not entered, a
blank space being left.

97 Repertory 29, fo. 61b.

M34 A conference with the lords of the council.

98 Journal 27, fo. 387b.

M35 Commissioners appointed by the City to view the plantation, 1 Aug.,
1609.

99 Journal 27, fo. 398. John "Mun," or "Muns," mercer, was afterwards
substituted for Hugh Hamersley.

M36 The system of deception practised on them.

100 Two letters from the lords of the council to Sir Arthur Chichester,
3 Aug., 1609.—Philadelphia Papers (Transcripts, Public Record
Office), vol. i, pp. 498-501.

101 Sir John Davys to Salisbury, 28 Aug., 1609.—Cal. State Papers
Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 280-281.

102 Sir Arthur Chichester to Salisbury, 18 Sept., 1609.—Cal. State
Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 285-287.

M37 Report of commissioners, 28 Nov., 1609.

103 Repertory 29, fos. 137b, 138. The Chamberlain having paid over to
them. £415 9_s._, the court subsequently ordered the bridge-masters
to repay the chamberlain that amount.—_Id._, fo. 149b.

104 These directions unfortunately appear to have been neglected in both
cases, for the report does not appear either in the Journal or
Remembrancia.

105 Journal 28, fo. 16.

M38 The City’s proposal to undertake the plantation and to raise the sum
of £15,000 for the purpose, 15 Dec., 1609.

106 Id., fos. 19-20b.

M39 The City’s offer to raise £15,000 rejected as insufficient.

107 Id., fo. 24.

M40 The sum of £20,000 levied on livery companies according to corn
assessment.

108 Another sum of £5,000 was levied in the following March, another in
August, and the remainder in March, 1611. The Merchant Taylors,
being assessed at 936 quarters of corn, were called upon to
contribute £1,872 towards the £20,000 by instalments of £468; the
Grocers (the next highest in the corn assessment) £1,748, the
Mercers £1,640, and so on in a descending scale to the Bowyers, the
Fletchers, the Woolmen and the Musicians, each of whom subscribed
respectively £10.—Journal 28, fos. 24, 32, 32b.

109 Journal 28, fos. 53, 53b.

110 Id., fos. 103, 113-114b.

M41 The "Articles" of the plantation signed, 28 Jan., 1610.

111 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 136, 137, 359-362. An
abstract of the articles is printed in "a concise view ... of the
Irish Society" (pp. 9-13); where, however, the date of signing the
agreement is given as Jan., 1609, this date being in accordance with
the Old Style.

M42 The formation of the "Irish Society."

112 Journal 28, fos. 46-49b.

113 Lords of the council to Sir Arthur Chichester, 4 Feb., 1610.—Cal.
State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), p. 378.

M43 The City forced to surrender 2,000 acres of their Irish estate,
July, 1610.

114 Journal 28, fos. 90, 115.

M44 Difficulties experienced in raising the £20,000 for the plantation.

115 Repertory 29, fos. 219b, 235b, 250b, 253b, 254.

116 Remembrancia (Index), p. 172.

117 Chichester to Salisbury, 27 June, 1610.—Cal. State Papers Ireland
(1608-1610), p. 473.

M45 The companies to take up allotment of Irish estate, Jan., 1611.

118 Journal 28, fos. 159b, 163.

119 Id., fo. 176.

M46 A further sum of £10,000 to be raised for the plantation, July,
1611.

120 Journal 28, fos. 239b, 240.

121 Id., fo. 323.

M47 The Irish Society incorporated, 29 March, 1613.

122 Minutes of the Grocers’ Company, 24 July, 1612.

M48 Another £10,000 demanded of the companies, 30 April, 1613.

123 Journal 28, fo. 344b.

124 Journal 29, fo. 49.

M49 The Londoners charged with remissness in carrying out the work of
the plantation.

125 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1611-1614), p. 310.

126 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1611-1614), pp. 228-229, 270.

M50 Two special commissioners sent to Ireland, June, 1613.

127 Journal 29, fo. 74b, 75.

M51 Their report submitted to the Common Council, 8 Nov., 1613.

128 The report was dated Dublin, 15 Oct.—Journal 29, fos. 116b-118.

M52 Allotment of the Irish estate among the companies, 17 Dec., 1613.

129 Journal 29, fos. 178b-186.

130 Skinners’ Company and the Irish Society (House of Lords, p. 12).

131 17 Dec, 1613.—Journal 29, fo. 186. The money was to be forthcoming
before 1 Feb., 1614.

132 11 Jan., 1615.—Journal 29, fo. 299. £5,000 was to be raised by the
end of the month, and the residue (£2,500) before the 1st day of
May.

133 Skinners’ Company and the Irish Society (Appendix to case before
House of Lords, p. 13).

M53 The right of the companies to sell their Irish estate questioned.

M54 The select Parliamentary Committee of 1890.

134 Report of Select Committee on Irish Society and the London Companies
(Irish estates), 4 May, 1891, p. iii.

135 One of the articles (No. 10) of the plantation expressly stated that
after five years the undertakers should be at liberty to alien to
all persons except the "mere Irish" and such persons as refused to
take the oath prescribed for the undertakers.—Skinners’ Company and
the Irish Society (Appendix to case before House of Lords, p. 147).

M55 The plantation of Virginia, 1609.

M56 Application to the City for assistance.

136 The letter is not entered on the City’s Records, but it will be
found printed in the late Mr. Clode’s "Memorials of the Merchant
Taylors’ Company" and in Mr. Brown’s "Genesis of the United States,"
i, 252. The letter does not bear any date, but must have been
written before the 16th March, 1609, as on that day the mayor issued
his precept to the several companies, enclosing a copy of the
letter, and asking them to "make some adventure" in so good and
honourable an undertaking.—Journal 27, fo. 346b.

M57 Contributions by the livery companies.

137 Brown’s "Genesis of the United States," ii, 857, _seq._

138 See bill of adventure granted to the Merchant Taylors’ Company, 4
May, 1609 (printed from the company’s archives).—Brown, i, 308.

M58 The company’s new charter, 23 May, 1609.

139 Brown, i, 208-237; ii, 890.

M59 Outbreak of yellow fever among the colonists.

140 Brown, i, 329.

M60 The company again re-constructed, 12 March, 1612.

141 Letter from the clerk of the company to Mr. Brown, 18 April,
1885.—"Genesis of the United States," i, 442.

142 Brown, i, 465-469.

143 Id., ii, 540-553.

M61 A public lottery in aid of the company.

144 Art. xvi.

145 Baker’s Chron., p. 413; Howes’s Chron. (ed. 1615), p. 913.

146 Vid. sup., vol. i, p. 507.

147 Extract from Grocers’ records.—Brown, ii, 591.

148 Extract from Vestry Minutes.—_Id._, ii, 571-572.

149 Extract from Churchwardens’ book.—_Id._, ii, 572.

150 Howes’s Chron. (ed. 1615), p. 913.

M62 The public lottery of 1614.

151 Neither this letter nor anything else connected with this lottery
appears to be entered on the City’s Records. The letter will be
found printed (whence taken we are not told) in Brown’s "Genesis of
the United States," ii, 685. The letter is not entered in the Minute
Book of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, as was the former letter.

152 For the mayor’s letter on this occasion, see Brown, ii, 688.

153 Clode, "Early Hist. of the Merchant Taylors’ Company," p. 325.

154 Brown, ii, 686-688.

M63 The Virginia Company and the House of Commons.

155 Journal House of Commons, i, 487-489; Chamberlain to Carleton, 19
May, 1614.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 234.

M64 Vagrant children sent to Virginia, 1618-1619.

156 Journal 30, fos. 374b, 396.

157 Chamberlain, writing to Carleton under date the 14th Oct., mentions
the fact of the City shipping to Virginia 100 boys and girls who
were starving in the streets.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p.
584.

158 Journal 31, fo. 122 (125).

M65 Disagreement between the City and the Virginia Company.

159 Remembrancia, v, 56 (Analytical Index, p. 362).

160 The company appears to have applied through Sir Edwin Sandys, its
new treasurer, for a warrant to "enforce" the transportation of the
hundred children to be sent to Virginia at the City’s expense, 28
Jan., 1620.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 118.

M66 Loafers about the court transported to Virginia. 1619.

161 Remembrancia, v, 8 (Analytical Index, p. 361).

162 Remembrancia, v, 9.

M67 Copland’s sermon at Bow Church, 18 April, 1622.

163 The sermon is reproduced in "Memoir of Rev. Patrick Copland," by
Edward D. Neill (New York, 1871), chap. iii.

164 This prophecy was literally fulfilled by the gift of half a million
of money for the relief of the poor of London by the late George
Peabody, himself a descendant of an emigrant to North Virginia.

165 Journal 32, fo. 66.

M68 The king’s financial condition, 1610.

166 Upon the occasion of Prince Henry coming of age and receiving
knighthood in 1609 James demanded an "aid" of the City, and thus ran
the risk of offending the citizens for a paltry sum of
£1,200.—Journal 27, fo. 357; Journal 29, fo. 304.

167 Proclamation for dissolution, dated 31 Dec., 1610.—Journal 28, fo.
156.

M69 A City Loan of £100,000, April, 1610.

168 Repertory 29, fos. 207-209b, 220, 225.

169 John More to Ralph Winwood, 15 Dec., 1610.—Winwood’s Memorials, iii,
239.

170 Repertory 30, fo. 108b.

171 Remembrancia, iii, 58 (Index, p. 189).

172 "Account of the amount paid for principal and interest on a loan of
£100,000 by the citizens of London to his late majesty (James I).
The money was lent in Easter Term, 1611 (1610?), and was repaid in
April, 1613, £22,500 being paid for interest."—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1625-1626), p. 203.

M70 Concessions made to the city by James, 1608-1610.

173 Charter dated 24 Sept., 6 James I (preserved at the Guildhall, Box
20).

174 A full description of the water-fight, fireworks, etc., which took
place on the occasion is printed by Nichols,—"Progresses of James
I." ii, 315-323.

175 Journal 28, fo. 96.

M71 The king’s "privy seals," 1611.

176 "The privy seals begin now to come abroad thick and threefold. On
Sunday was seven-night; most of the strangers were greeted with them
in form of letters as they came out of church; a course, in my
opinion, not so well taken, to be done in view and sight of all the
world, which might have been better performed in delivering them to
every man privately at home."—Chamberlain to Carleton, 18 Dec.,
1611.—"Court and Times of James I," i, 153.

M72 The marriage of the Elector Palatine with the Princess Elizabeth, 14
Feb., 1613.

177 Journal 28, fos. 336b, 345; Repertory 30, fo. 397b.

178 Nichols, "Progresses of James I," ii, 466.

179 Chamberlain to Carleton, 4 Nov., 1612.—"Court and Times of James I,"
i, 202; _Cf._ Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 145.

180 Journal 28, fo. 345b.

181 Repertory 31, pt. i, fo. 1.

182 On the 8th Nov., the day following the prince’s death, the lords of
the council directed the mayor to put down all plays, shows,
bear-baitings, etc., as being unsuited to the times and a scandal to
good government at any time.—Remembrancia, iii, 64 (Index, p. 410).

183 Chamberlain to Carleton, 19 Nov., 1612.—"Court and Times of James
I," i, 207.

M73 A further search for Recusants, Feb., 1613.

184 Remembrancia, iii, 66, 67 (Index, pp. 131, 132); Journal 29, fo. 3.

185 Remembrancia, iii, 74 (Index, p. 132).

M74 The king and court entertained in Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 4 Jan.,
1614.

186 "The lord mayor was sent for by the king to entertain the new
married couple, with their friends and followers; but he making an
excuse that his house was too little to receive them, it was not
accepted, but word sent back that he might command the biggest hall
in the town."—Chamberlain to Carleton, 5 Jan.—"Court and Times of
James I," i, 288.

187 Repertory 31, pt. ii, fos. 235, 239b. The minutes of the Court of
Aldermen relative to the proposed entertainment are printed in
Nichols, "Progresses of James I," ii, 731.

188 £671 4_s._ 3_d._ was the exact sum disbursed by the chamberlain on
account of the entertainment.—Repertory 31, pt. ii, fo. 243b.

189 Repertory 31, pt. ii, fo. 235.

190 Nichols, "Progresses of James I," vol. ii, p. 726.

M75 The "addled parliament," 1614.

191 "Our aldermen have new privy seals for £200 apiece before their old
money be paid."—Chamberlain to Carleton, 10 June, 1613.—"Court and
Times of James I," i, 244; _Cf._ Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618),
p. 186.

192 "This Meeting or Assembly is to be held a blank parliament, or
rather a parley, not leaving so much as the name of a session, but
(as the words went) ’_Parliamentum inchoatum_.’"—Chamberlain to
Carleton, 9 Jan.—"Court and Times," i, 322.

M76 A City loan of £100,000 declined, July, 1614.

193 Chamberlain to Carleton, 30 June, 1614.—"Court and Times," i, 328;
Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 239; Remembrancia, iii, 152
(Index, p. 190).

194 The same to the same. 7 July, 1614.—Cal. State Papers Dom.,
(1611-1618), p. 242; City’s Records, Letter Book EE, fo. 244.

M77 Sheriffs’ fines.

195 Repertory 31, pt. ii, fos. 348b, 362, 362b, 369b, 422; Repertory 32,
fos. 104b-139b, _passim_; Letter Book EE, fo. 240b.

M78 Peter Proby, sheriff and ex-barber.

196 "On Tuesday last he [Sir Arthur Ingram] was chosen sheriff of
London, but hath procured the king’s letters to be discharged. They
have chosen two or three more, both before and since, and none of
them hold. Some say it is because they will not be matched with
Peter Proby, who, from being some time secretary Walsingham’s
barber, was lately chosen alderman, and contrary to expectations
took it upon him; which troubles them all, for he is a shrewd
nimble-witted fellow."—Chamberlain to Alice Carleton, 30 June,
1614.—"Court and Times of James I." i, 330; Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1611-1618), p. 240.

197 Journal 30, fo. 60.

M79 The city’s trained bands, 1614-1618.

198 Journal 29, fo. 237b.

199 Journal 29, fos. 239b _seq._

200 Id., fols. 242b-244.

M80 The trained band divided into four regiments, 1616.

201 Journal 29, fos. 329, 349b.

202 Letter dated 17 March, 1616.—Journal 30, fo. 47b; Letter Book FF,
fo. 147b.

M81 Letter from the lords of the council, 24 April, 1616.

203 24 April. The letter was read to the Common Council the 24th
May.—Journal 30, fo. 60.

M82 A muster in Finsbury Fields, 6 Aug., 1616.

204 Journal 30, fos. 74b, 89.

M83 Commission of lieutenancy granted to the City, 30 April, 1617.

205 Commission, dated 30 April, 1617.—Journal 30, fo. 233.

M84 The commission withdrawn, May, 1618.

206 Journal 30, fos. 374b, 375.

207 Id., fo. 376.

M85 The old Company of Merchant Adventurers suppressed, 21 Feb., 1615.
12 Aug., 1617.

208 By proclamation, dated 23 July, 1614.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1611-1618), p. 247.

209 By proclamation, dated 12 Aug., 1617.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1611-1618), p. 481.

M86 The City consents to a loan of £30,000, July, 1615.

210 13 July, 1615.—Nichols, "Progresses," iii, 95; Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1611-1618), p. 294.

M87 The king entertained at Alderman Cockaine’s house. 8 June, 1616.

211 Chamberlain to Carleton, 8 June, 1616; the same to the same, 22
June.—"Court and Times," i, 411, 412.

M88 Knights of the Bath at Drapers’ Hall, Nov., 1616.

212 Chamberlain to Carleton, 14 Nov., 1616.—"Court and Times," i, 437.

M89 Request for a loan of £100,000, 1617.

213 Letter dated 20th January, 1617.—Journal 30, fo. 159; Letter Book
FF, fo. 250; Remembrancia, viii, 44-90 (Index, p. 198).

214 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 428. He contrived, however,
to raise the sum of £60,000 on them in another quarter.—_Id._, p.
447.

M90 Difficulty experienced in raising the money.

215 Chamberlain to Carleton, 15th March.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1611-1618), p. 446.

216 Remembrancia, iv, 79 (Index, pp. 190-191).

217 Remembrancia, iv, 81-84 (Index p. 191).

218 Letter dated 28th May. 1617.—Remembrancia, iv, 75 (Index, p. 190).
On the previous 23rd April the Earl of Suffolk, writing to Sir
Thomas Lake, had remarked that the city did not yield quite £80,000,
but that the council would try and obtain the full £100,000.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1611-1618), p. 461.

M91 Reception of James on his return from Scotland, Sept., 1617.

219 Journal 30, fo. 228b.

220 Repertory 33, fo. 166b.

221 Nichols, "Progresses," iii, 437. Freeman afterwards became alderman
of Bishopsgate Ward, sheriff in 1623, mayor in 1633.

M92 Letter from lords of council touching king’s inability to repay
loan, 17 March, 1618.

222 Remembrancia, iv, 103.

M93 Death of the queen, March, 1619.

223 Nichols, "Progresses," iii, 534-535.

224 Chamberlain to Carleton, 17th April.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1619-1623), p. 37.

225 Sir Gerard Herbert to Carleton, 31st May.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1619-1623), p. 49. "A note of the division of the cloth receyved
from the Kings Maties wardrobe for the mourneing garments of the
Lord Maior Aldermen and their followers, at the funerall of the late
Queene Anne, wife to or Soveraigne Lord King James."—Journal 31, fo.
69. The length of cloth amounted to 648-1/2 yards.

M94 Sebastian Hervey and his daughter.

226 Rev. Thomas Lorking to Sir Thomas Puckering, 24 May, 1619.—"Court
and Times," ii, 166-167.

227 Chamberlain to Carleton, 15 July, 1619.—"Court and Times," ii, 182.

228 The same to the same, 31 May.—Nichols, "Progresses," iii. 549.

M95 The commencement of the Thirty Years’ War, 1618.

M96 The Elector applies to the City for assistance, Nov., 1619.

229 Remembrancia. v, 39 (Index, p. 411).

230 Id. v, 58.

231 Id. v, 60.

232 This was mere pretence on the part of James, for Lord Doncaster, who
had been sent abroad in April (1619) to concert measures for a
peaceful settlement, had returned at the opening of the year (1620),
and James had for some weeks been busy investigating the Elector’s
title.—Nichols, "Progresses," iii, 584; Gardiner, "Hist. of England
(1617-1623)," i, 308.

M97 Formal application for a city loan of £100,000, 28 Feb., 1620.

M98 The City agrees to advance the money.

233 Remembrancia, v, 62 (Index, p. 412, where the sum required has been
inadvertently printed as "£10,000").

234 Nethersole to Carleton, 20 Feb.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623),
p. 124.

235 Gardiner. "Hist. of England (1617-1623)," i, 316. Chamberlain to
Carleton, 20 Mar., 1620.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 131.

236 Nethersole to Carleton. 21 Mar.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623),
p. 132.

237 Remembrancia, v, 65 (Index, p. 412).

238 It has been said that application was in the first instance made to
the companies, but they declined to advance money on so slight a
security as a verbal recommendation from the king.—Gardiner, "Hist.
of England (1617-1623)," i, 316. There is no indication of this,
however, in the City’s Records.

239 Journal 31, fo. 167.

M99 State visit to St. Paul’s, 26 March, 1620.

240 Journal 31, fos. 157-158, 164, 164b; Repertory 34, fos. 377, 379;
Nichols, "Progresses," iv, 593-602.

241 Nethersole to Carleton, 21 March.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1619-1623), p. 132.

242 Repertory 34, fo. 389.

M100 James determined to assist the Elector.

243 Writ dated 6 Nov.—Journal 31, fo. 253.

244 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 185.

M101 Application to the City for assistance.

245 Remembrancia, v, 89 (Index. pp. 412-413).

246 Sir Clement Edmonds to the lord mayor, 3 Dec., 1620, reminding him
that the lords of the council were awaiting the City’s
reply.—Remembrancia, v, 92 (Index, p. 413).

247 Journal 31, fo. 262b.

248 Repertory 35, fos. 59, 59b.

249 Remembrancia, v, 102, 118 (Index, pp. 413, 414).

250 Repertory 35, fo. 57b. On the 22nd Dec. Chamberlain wrote to
Carleton to the effect that the City thought it hard that, though
their loan of £100,000 was still retained without interest, and a
contribution given to Bohemia, another large loan should be asked;
that the City compromised it by giving £10,000, and would sell plate
and dispense with feasts until it was paid.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1619-1623), p. 201.

251 Lords of the council to the mayor, etc., 4 Dec., 1620.—Remembrancia,
v, 94 (Index, p. 413).

252 Petition of Apothecaries’ Company to the king, Oct.,
1621.—Remembrancia, v, 118 (Index, p. 414).

M102 The parliament of 1621.

253 Journal 31, fo. 264.

M103 The citizens and the Spanish ambassador.

254 The Spanish ambassador for the time being often fell foul of the
Londoners. In 1612 his hat with a valuable jewel in it was snatched
off his head amid the jeers of by-standers.—"Court and Times," i,
191, 192. In 1618 an attack was made on his house because one of his
suite had ridden over a child and nearly killed it. A commission sat
at the Guildhall to punish the offenders, but the mayor treated
those who had offered the insult to the ambassador with such
leniency that the king waxed wroth.—_Id._, ii, 81-82, 85, 86.

255 Meddus to Mead, 6 April. [Dr. James Meddus was rector of St.
Gabriel’s, Fenchurch Street.] Mead to Stuteville, 9 April.—"Court
and Times," ii, 245-249. Chamberlain to Carleton, 7 April.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 244.

256 Repertory 35, fos. 141b, 142.

257 Journal 31, fo. 303.

258 Repertory 35, fo. 142b.

259 Repertory 35, fos. 142b, 143.

M104 Insult offered to the Elector and his wife.

260 "Court and Times," ii, 256; Gardiner, ii, 14.

M105 The City asked to advance £20,000 on security of subsidy, March,
1621.

261 Remembrancia, v, 103 (Index, p. 413).

262 Marginal note to the lord treasurer’s letter.

M106 Joy in the city at the return of Charles from Spain, Oct., 1623.

263 Mead to Stuteville, 29 March, 1623. The writer of this letter
appears to have lost the point of the jest, and ascribes the
circumstance to the pure simplicity of the clergyman, who mistook
the nature of the order.—"Court and Times," ii, 381.

264 Chamberlain to Carleton, 5 April, 1623; Mead to Stuteville, 5 April,
1623.—"Court and Times," ii, 383-385.

265 Journal 32, fo. 222.

266 Chamberlain to Carleton, 11 Oct., 1623.—"Court and Times," ii, 422.

M107 The parliament of 1624.

M108 The French alliance.

M109 Efforts made to raise money in the city, July, 1624.

267 "Court and Times," ii, 463-464.

268 Remembrancia, vi, 125 (Index, pp. 195-196).

M110 Mansfeld in London, Sept., 1624.

M111 Stat. 21, Jas. I, c. 2 (1624), relative to concealed lands.

269 An Act for the general quiet of the subjects against all pretences
of concealment whatsoever.—Stat. 21, James I, c. 2.

270 Remembrancia, iv, 126 (Index, p. 115).

271 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), pp. 4-5.

272 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 89; Remembrancia, v, 81
(Index, p. 116).

273 Remembrancia, v, 82 (Index, p. 116).

274 The chief objections raised were that the new charter exempted the
citizens from serving at musters outside the city, but it granted
the City forfeitures for treason and estreated recognisances, the
custody of Bethlem and a number of houses intended for the relief of
the poor, etc.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1619-1623), p. 192.

275 Repertory 34, fo. 593; Letter Book GG, fo. 282; Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1619-1623), pp. 177, 189, 192.

276 Journal House of Commons, i, 672, 752, 757.

M112 The City to press 2,000 men for service in the Palatinate, Oct.,
1624.

277 Remembrancia, vi, 67.

278 Remembrancia, vi, 68; Journal 32, fo. 330.

279 Remembrancia, vi, 69.

280 Journal 33, fo. 7.

M113 Mansfeld’s expedition.

281 Chamberlain to Carleton, 9 Oct., 1624.—"Court and Times," ii, 476.

282 The same to the same, 8 Jan., 1625.—"Court and Times," ii, 490; Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1623-1625), p. 441.

283 "There is a warrant for a new press here of 2,000 men, the moiety of
the city and liberties, the other in the out-suburbs" (Letter to
Rev. Joseph Mead, 28 Jan.).—"Court and Times," ii, 492. Letter from
the lords of the council to the mayor, 19 Jan.—Remembrancia, viii,
69 (Index, p. 255).

284 Journal 33, fo. 23b.

M114 A city loan of £60,000 to King Charles, 1625.

285 Journal 33, fo. 85b.

286 Id., fo. 105.

287 Repertory 39, fo. 226b.

288 Journal 37, fos. 367-390b.

289 Repertory 39, fo. 243b.

290 Remembrancia, vi, 78 (Index, p. 194).

M115 Arrival of Henrietta Maria in London, June, 1625.

291 Journal 33, fo. 6.

292 Journal 33, fo. 129; Meddus to Mead, 17 June, 1625.—"Court and Times
of Charles I," i, 29.

M116 The expedition to Cadiz, 1625.

293 Remembrancia (Index, p. 255); Chamberlain to Carleton, 14 May.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1624-1626).

294 Remembrancia, viii, 74 (Index, p. 255).

295 Remembrancia, vi, 108 (Index, pp. 251-252).

296 Journal 33, fo. 98b.

M117 The plague of 1625.

297 Journal 33, fo. 130b.

298 Dr. Donne to Sir Thomas Roe, 25 Nov., 1625.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1625-1626), p. 158.

299 Mead to Stuteville, 10 Sept., 1625.—"Court and Times," i, 46.

M118 The City called upon to furnish five ships for the defense of the
river, Jan. 1626.

300 Journal 33, fo. 168b.

301 Repertory 40, fo. 38.

302 Journal 33, fos. 159, 162b.

303 Lords of the council to the mayor, 23 Jan., 1626.—Remembrancia, vi,
93 (Index, p. 248). The letter referred to a committee of three
aldermen with instructions to obtain relief from so great a
burden.—Repertory 40, fo. 78b.

304 The mayor and aldermen to the lords of the council, 13 Feb.,
1626.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1625-1626), p. 254; _Cf._
Remembrancia, vi, 95 (Index, pp. 248-9, where the date of the letter
is given as "_circa_ 1625").

M119 The parliament of 1626.

305 Journal 33, fo. 164. "Here be daily proclamations come forth; one
strict enough against papists and recusants, if it may be duly
executed; but it is thought to look forward to the parliament, which
is to begin the 6th of February."—Chamberlain to Carleton, 19 Jan.,
1626.—"Court and Times," i, 72.

306 Mead to Stuteville, 18 Feb.—"Court and Times," i, 81.

307 "Court and Times," i, 111-113.

M120 A demand for a city loan of £100,000 not complied with, Jan., 1626.

308 Remembrancia, vi, 89 (Index, p. 195); Repertory 40, fos. 266b, 272.

309 Repertory 40, fo. 278b. "London has lent the king £25,000 _sic_,
scarce enough to buy a dozen points," wrote a contemporary. Cruse to
Lady Carnsew (July?).—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1625-1626), p. 392.

310 Lords of the council to mayor and aldermen, 6 July.—Remembrancia,
vi, 90 (Index, p. 195).

M121 A demand for 4,000 men and 20 ships, July-Aug., 1626

311 Journal 33, fos. 267b _seq._; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1625-1626), p.
376.

312 Journal 33, fos. 279b _seq._; Remembrancia, vi, 98 (Index, p. 249).

313 Mead to Stuteville, 24 July, 1626.—"Court and Times," i, 130.

314 Journal 33, fo. 280. Letter to Mead, 11 Aug.—"Court and Times," i,
136, 137.

315 Repertory 40, fo. 338b; Journal 33, fo. 280b, 282.

M122 The sum of £18,000 to be raised for fitting out the vessels.

316 Repertory 40, fos. 299b, 300b, 303b.

317 "Court and Times," i, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154; Repertory 40, fos.
400b, 407b; Journal 34, fos. 3b, 16b, 41, 56. As much as £6,000 was
paid out of the chamber in respect of the fleet of twenty ships in
the months of January and February, 1627.—Repertory 41, fos. 90b,
92, 104b, 133b.

M123 Unpopularity of the Duke of Buckingham.

318 Journal 33, fos. 304, 319; Journal 34, fo. 27; Remembrancia, vi, 96,
97 (Index, p. 249). Pory to Mead, 17 Aug., 1626.—"Court and Times,"
i, 141.

M124 The Forced Loan, 1626.

319 Letter to Mead, 6 Oct., 1626.—"Court and Times," i, 154. It was not
until June, 1627, that pressure was brought to bear upon the
citizens themselves to contribute. Beaulieu to Puckering, 20
June.—"Court and Times," i, 244.

320 Journal 33, fo. 318b.

M125 The loan declared illegal.

M126 Ten of the city’s ships to be victualled for a descent on Spain,
Nov., 1626.

321 Journal 34, 19b.

322 Id., fo. 20b.

323 Id., fo. 21.

324 Pennington to Buckingham, 28 Dec, 1626.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1625-1626), p. 507.

M127 The City and the Forced Loan, 1627.

325 Remembrancia, vi, 105 (Index, p. 195).

326 Letter to Mead, 30 June, 1627.—"Court and Times," i, 249.

327 Beaulieu to Puckering, 7 Nov.; Letter to Mead, 16 Nov.—"Court and
Times," i, 283, 285.

M128 The expedition to Rochelle, 1627.

328 Remembrancia, vi, 101, 102, 103 (Index, p. 250); Journal 34, fos.
88, 90b; Repertory 41, fos. 189b, 219b; Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1627-1628), p. 238; Letter to Mead, 30 March, 1627.—"Court and
Times," i, 209.

329 Journal 34, fo. 143b; Repertory 41, fo. 311b.

330 Journal 34, fo. 162b.

331 Gardiner, "Hist. of England (1624-1628)," ii, 163.

M129 The Royal Contract, 1627-1628.

332 In April, 1627, when the king’s proposal was first made known to the
Common Council, the amount due to the citizens from Charles exceeded
£200,000.—Journal 34, fo. 80b.

333 Journal 34, fos. 197b-201b.

334 Journal 34, fo. 196.

335 Remembrancia. vi, 144 (Index, p. 196); Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1627-1628), p. 554.

336 This occurred to the master and wardens of the several companies of
Plumbers, Sadlers, Founders, Joiners and Glaziers.—Repertory 42,
fos. 58b, 60, 60b.

337 John Chamberlain, a member of the Drapers’ Company and alderman of
Billingsgate, was fined £300, or double the amount he was originally
called upon to contribute.—Repertory 42, fo. 55b; _Cf._ Mead to
Stuteville, 19 Jan., 1628.—"Court and Times," i, 314.

338 Mead to Stuteville, 12 Jan., 1628.—"Court and Times," i, 311.

M130 £20,000 advanced by the aldermen, Feb., 1628.

339 Repertory 42, fos. 100b-101, 104.

M131 Buckingham and Dr. Lamb.

340 Mead to Stuteville, 21 June.—"Court and Times," i, 364, 365.

341 The same to the same, 29 June.—_Id._, 367, 368.

342 Remembrancia, vi, 150 (Index, p. 455); Letter printed by Rushworth
(Hist. Coll., i, 618).

343 Repertory 42, fo. 213b.

344 Remembrancia, vi, 151 (Index, p. 455).

345 Journal 36, fos. 37, 50, 51, 173-175.

346 The placards are said to have run thus:—"Who rules the kingdom? The
king. Who rules the king? The duke. Who rules the duke? The
devil"—ending with threats of personal violence against the
duke.—Mead to Stuteville, 29 June.—"Court and Times," i, 368.

347 Repertory 42, fo. 217b.

M132 Preparations for another expedition to Rochelle, 1628.

M133 The Duke of Buckingham assassinated 23 Aug., 1628.

348 Remembrancia, vi, 153 (Index, p. 197).

349 Journal 34, fos. 279-280b.

M134 Tonnange and Poundage, 1628.

M135 Dissolution of parliament 10 March, 1629.

350 Proclamation, dated 2 March.—Journal 35, fo. 44b.

M136 Sickness and famine, 1629-1631.

351 Journal 35, fos. 74, 112, 138, 270b.

352 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1629-1631), p. 387.

M137 The birth of Prince Charles, afterwards Charles II, 29 May, 1630.

353 Remembrancia, vii, 40 (Index, p. 419).

354 Journal 35, fo. 205.

355 The precise cost of the cup is given as £1,046 14_s._ 7_d._, and
that of the velvet case as £6 13_s._ 4_d._ There were fees besides,
paid by the City, comprising £20 to the queen’s midwife, £20 to the
prince’s nurse, and a like sum to the prince’s _rockers_!—Repertory
44, fos. 366-366b.

356 Repertory 47, fo. 1.

M138 Loss of the queen’s plate and jewels, 1631.

357 Journal 35, fo. 349.

358 Chamberlain to Carleton, 14 June, 1623.—"Court and Times of James
I," ii, 404.

359 Order of the Council, 12 Nov., 1634.—Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1634-1635), p. 288.

M139 City gifts to king and queen, May-June, 1633.

360 Repertory 47, fo. 226.

361 Id., fos. 273b, 287, 302b.

M140 Christening of the Duke of York, Nov., 1633.

362 Repertory 48, fo. 24.

363 Journal 36, fo. 185b.

M141 Demand for ship money, Oct., 1634.

M142 Search to be made for precedents, Nov., 1634.

364 Repertory 49, fo. 18.

365 Id., fo. 5b.

M143 Petition of Common Council against demand for ships, 2 Dec., 1634.

366 Journal 37, fos. 19-20; Rushworth, ii, 266.

M144 The City forced to submit.

367 Journal 37, fo. 21.

368 Id., fo. 18.

369 The king to the mayor, 19 Oct.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1634-1635),
p. 241; Repertory 48, fo. 464.

370 Remembrancia, vii, 132 (Index, p. 467). According to Dr. Gardiner
("Hist. of England, 1628-1637," ii, 89), the mayor and the city
lawyers were "reprimanded" and "intimidated" by the council, and a
"stormy meeting" of the citizens took place, but nothing of this
appears in the City’s Records.

371 Repertory 49, fos. 50b _seq._

372 Repertory 49, fos. 97b, 106b. The names of these ships were _The
Samson_, _The Freeman_, _The Royal Exchange_, _The William and
Thomas_, and _The Pleiades_.

M145 A fresh writ for ship money, 4 Aug., 1635.

373 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1634-1635), p. 531; _Cf._ Repertory 50, fo.
30.

374 Repertory 49, fo. 289.

375 Minutes by Nicholas, 29 Nov., 1635; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1635),
p. 509.

M146 Richard Chambers and ship money, 1636.

376 The mayor, etc., to the lords of the council, 13 July, 1638.—Cal.
State Papers Dom. (1637-1638), p. 563. Rossingham to Conway, 16
June, 1640.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1640), p. 307. Gardiner, "Hist.
of England (1637-1649)," i, 69.

M147 The City’s forfeiture of its Irish estate, 1635-1638.

377 In September (1635) the city presented a petition to the king at
Hampton Court against the exaction of the fine.—Remembrancia, vii,
155 (Index, pp. 63-64).

378 Journal 37, fo. 202; Remembrancia, vii, 181 (Index, p. 64).

379 Journal 37, fos. 257-258.

380 Id., fos. 288 _seq._, 296b, 307b, 345.

381 Journal 38, fos. 199b, 204; Repertory, 53, fo. 104.

M148 Other grievances of the City.

382 Remembrancia, vii, 171 (Index, p. 421); Journal 37, fo. 121.

M149 Corporation of tradesmen, etc., created, 1636.

383 Remembrancia, vii, 178, 191 (Index, pp. 227-229); Journal 37, fo.
291; Journal 38, fo. 21b; Repertory 50, fos. 191b, 205b.

M150 A third writ for ship money, Oct., 1636.

384 It was laid down that when the good and safety of the kingdom in
general were concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger, the king
might by writ command all his subjects to furnish such ships as he
should think fit.—Remembrancia, vii, 189 (Index, p. 468).

385 Journal 38, fo. 17; Repertory 52, fos. 19b, 83b.

386 Journal 38, fo. 174.

387 Repertory 53, fo. 81.

388 Journal 38, fo. 224b.

M151 Charter of Charles to the City, 18 Oct., 1638.

389 Journal 38, fo. 104.

390 The money was raised (or at least £8,000 of it) by the companies
according to their corn assessment.—_Id._, fo. 163.

M152 Disorders in Scotland, 1639.

391 Remembrancia, viii, 216 (Index, p. 256); Journal 38, fos. 208b-209b,
215.

392 Id., fos. 229, 297.

M153 Demand for a loan of £100,000, June, 1639.

393 The king to the mayor and aldermen, 4 June, 1639.—Cal. State Papers
Dom. (1639), p. 276.

394 Gardiner, "Hist. of England (1637-1649)," i, 239, 240. No mention of
this application for a loan appears in the City’s Records.