Journal House of Lords, xiv, 490, 491, 495, 498.

The result of the poll is given as follows: Pilkington 2,097 votes, Clayton 1,885, Raymond 2,120 and Daniel 1,860.—Journal 51, fo. 45; Repertory 95, fo. 139.

Journal 51, fo. 45; Repertory 95, fo. 139b.

Journal 51, fos. 4, 45b.

Id., fo. 58; Luttrell, ii, 55.

Repertory 95, fo. 137.

Journal House of Commons, x, 492.

On the 4th December the Court of Aldermen appointed a committee to draw up a defence.—Repertory 95, fo. 201b.

Journal House of Commons, x, 501, 503.

Luttrell, ii, 141. The diarist ascribes the petition to Papist influence and to "the hotspurs generally."