London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 / A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

by Reginald R. Sharpe

Id., fo. 219.

Cal. State Papers Dom. (1650), pp. 453, 484-485.

Repertory 61, fo. 74b.

Journal 41, fos. 34, 35, 40b.

Journal 41, fo. 44b. Cromwell's letter having been read before the Common Council, was, we are told, "delivered back to the lord mayor who presented it." The custom of the lord mayor for the time being keeping as private property letters addressed to him in his official capacity continues to deprive the Corporation of a valuable addition to their records.

Journal 41, fo. 46b.

Journal House of Commons, vi, 554, 556.

Journal 41, fo. 47b.

Journal 41, fo. 48.

Letter of Council of State, 6 May.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1651), p. 181.