See a scarce tract (preserved in the Guildhall Library, M 4, 5), entitled "Observations on the Proposals of the City to insure houses in case of fire," and printed "for the gentlemen of the insurance office on the backside of the Royal Exchange, where these papers are to be had gratis, 1681."
Sir William Morice to the lord mayor, 10 Sept., 1666 (original letter preserved in the Town Clerk's office).
The king to the mayor, etc., 10 Sept., 1666.—Cal. State Papers Dom.(1666-1667), p. 111.
Journal 46, fo. 121.
Journal 46, fo. 123.
Stat. 19 Car. II, c. 2.
The judgments of the court—known as "Fire Decrees"—extend from 1667 to 1673, and are contained in 9 volumes. The portraits of the judges were painted by Michael Wright, by the order of the Court of Aldermen, 19 April, 1670 (Repertory 75, fo. 160b). Warrants for the payment of the artist, and also Jeremiah Wright for painting arms and inscriptions on the frames, are preserved in the Chamberlain's office.—See Report on Corporation Records, 16 Dec., 1869, Appendix iii, p. 49.
Repertory 72, fo. 1b; Journal 46, fo. 129.
Repertory 72, fo. 20b.
Id., fo. 2.