Luttrell, ii, 561.
Repertory 96, fo. 504.
Repertory 96, fos. 312, 317; Luttrell, ii, 598.
Repertory 96, fo. 517. The lord mayor is said to have subscribed £300, each sheriff £150 and the aldermen £50 a-piece.—Luttrell, ii, 603.
Journal 51, fo. 213b.
Luttrell, ii, 603.
Journal 51, fo. 251. A Bill for this purpose had been introduced into the House of Commons on the 15th December, 1692. It was read a third time on the 20th January, 1693, and carried up to the Lords, by whom it was passed without amendment.—Journal House of Commons, x, 744, 784.
Luttrell, iii, 116, 125, 126, 131, 135-137, 139.
According to Luttrell (Diary, iii, 141, 142) the Turkey merchants had desired the Court of Aldermen to present a petition to the queen on their behalf, but the lord mayor declined on the ground that he ought to have been first consulted on the matter. The merchants afterwards made a similar application to the Common Council, but with no better success.
Journal 51, fos. 272b-273b, 275.