[243] London and the Kingdom, i. 275.
[244] ‘Dinner being concluded, the Lord Mayor and twelve principal citizens of London, as assistants to the Chief Butler of England, accompanied by the King’s cupbearer and assistant, presented to His Majesty wine in a gold cup; and the King having drank thereof, returned the gold cup to the Lord Mayor as his fee.’—L. G. Wickham Legg, English Coronation Records, 1901, p. 361.
[245] The Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London, containing their claims fully set forth, is printed in Coronation of King Edward VII. The Court of Claims. Cases and Evidence, by G. Woods Wollaston, London, 1903, p. 52.
[246] Constitutional History, iii. 587.
[247] Cal. Letter Book C, p. 32.
[248] Riley’s Memorials, p. 41.
[249] Ibid., p. 46.
[250] Ibid., p. 78.
[251] Liber Albus, trans. by Riley, p. 291.
[252] Liber Albus, p. 276.