The death of the queen, 1 Aug., 1714.
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.
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Footnotes
Journal 26, fo. 73.
Letter to the mayor, etc., of London, 28 March.—Journal 26, fo. 75b.
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.
Letter dated Newcastle, 11th April, 1603.—Journal 26, fo. 80. See Appendix.