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

This is the date given by Burnet (v, 373), who follows the old style. Stanhope ("Hist. of England," temp. Queen Anne, p. 350), who, as we have already said, adopts the new style, gives the date of the battle as the 11th July.

Journal 54, fo. 701.

Thursday, the 16th February, 1709, was ordered by royal proclamation (30 Dec., 1708) to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving for these successes throughout the kingdom.—Journal 55, fo. 17.

Luttrell, vi, 366.

Repertory 112, fo. 485.

Journal 55, fo. 11b.

Luttrell, vi, 367.

Luttrell, vi, 484. According to new style the 11th September.—Stanhope, op. cit., p. 392.

The address was voted by the Common Council on the 6th September.—Journal 55, fo. 121.

Journal 55, fo. 137b; Burnet, v, 426.