[199] Macaulay, History of England, Vol. I. p. 164.

[200] Through England on a Side Saddle in the time of William and Mary, being the Diary of Celia Fiennes.

[201] From the dedication to The Recruiting Officer.

[202] Thackeray, The Four Georges, p. 320.

[203] Perry, Church History, Vol. II. p. 512.

[204] Glovers’ records, 1781. “Item, 1/- for carrying the Flag to Church on Show Day.”

[205] Saddlers’ records, 1810. “Treasurer to pay 2 guineas to the apprentices to go to Kingsland on Show Monday, and that they may have the use of the Cloth, Flag and Streamers belonging to the Company.”

[206] Saddlers’ records, 1812. “That £10 be allowed to dine the company instead of going to Kingsland.”

[207] Cf. infra, p. [138].

[208] Britannia Languens, p. 355.