Journal 40, fos. 309-311.
Journal House of Commons, vi, 99, 101; Journal House of Lords, x, 633.
Journal House of Commons, vi, 103-104, 105, 111; Rushworth, vii, 1370, 1376, 1384.
Journal 40, fo. 309b.
Dated "Queenstreet," 9 Jan.—Rushworth, vii, 1387, 1388.
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.
Journal 40, fo. 313b.
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.
Journal 40, fo. 313.
"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.