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

Luttrell, iii, 203.

He was elected alderman of Queenhithe ward on the 11th February, 1692, in succession to Sir John Lawrence, deceased (Repertory 96, fo. 153). A goldsmith by trade (at the sign of the Griffin in Change Alley), he became one of the greatest merchants of London. He was a near kinsman of Sir Josiah Child, and sat for Colchester from 1689 down to Queen Anne's first parliament (Parliamentary Returns, 1878, part i, pp. 556, 580, 587, 594, 602). He was sheriff in 1692-3, but was never lord mayor.

The charter was dated the 11th November, 1693.—See Journal House of Commons, xi, 43.

Journal House of Commons, xi, 43.

Id., xi, 49, 50.

Id., xi, 64, 65.

In 1813 the City petitioned parliament that trade with India and China might be exclusively with the port of London.—Journal 87, fos. 208 seq., 442b seq., 457 seq.; Journal House of Commons, lxviii, 145.

Journal 51, fos. 142-144; Luttrell, ii, 307.

Journal House of Commons, x, 562, 571.

Journal 51, fos. 214-215.