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A63352 A true and brief relation of the proceedings of the Common-Council of the city of London, the 13th of May, 1681 City of London (England). Court of Common Council. 1681 (1681) Wing T2419A; ESTC R25678 2,173 2

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A True and Brief RELATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Common-Council OF THE CITY of LONDON The 13th of MAY 1681. A PETITION was presented to the said Court by divers Citizens of the said City as followeth To the Right Honourable Sir Patience Ward Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Right Worshipful the Aldermen and Commons in Common-Council Assembled The Humble Petition of Us whose Names are hereunto Subscribed Citizens of the said City Sheweth THAT notwithstanding the late Parliament Summoned to meet at Oxford was Dissolved before any thing was done yet your Petitioners being satisfied That those Worthy persons Chosen to represent this Honourable City did not only give their Attendance there but faithfully discharged their duties according to the Representation and desire made to them by the Common-Hall at their Choice do humbly conceive That they deserve the Thanks and Acknowledgments of the City That on the 28th of April on occasion of another Petition some of the Petitioners and other Citizens did humbly Petition the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen for the Calling of a Common-Council c. Which Petition not being Transcribed till the Court was sitting there were but few persons who did then Sign the same for want of time and even now are straitned in that respect but your Petitioners below and many thousands would have subscrib'd it had the same been sent abroad and offered as the other was That tho' on the Answer given by the Court of Aldermen your Petitioners went away sutisfied and hoped the others had done the like yet afterwards they found in Print a Declaration put in the Name of the Subscribers to the said other Petition without the consent or knowledge of most of them as your Petitioners believe tending to a Defamation of all that differed from their way of proceeding thereby to beget feuds and divisions in the City which might endanger the Peace and bring a scandal on the good Government thereof Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that this Honourable Court would be pleased in some publick way to own the faithful Endeavours and Service of their late Representatives in Parliament And also to take into their serious Consideration the matter of the said Petition a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed which Petition was formerly printed and thereupon to resolve on what they shall find most for the Honour of his Majesty the Safety of his Royal Person the Security of the Protestant Religion to Posterity and the Peace and Prosperity of this City And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray c. The said Petition being after some debate relating to the Petitioners that presented it the Court took the same into consideration and on the debate touching the first part the Court being well satisfied that the Members who served for this City in the three last Parliaments had faithfully discharged their duties Ordered That the thanks of this Court in the name of themselves and all the Citizens of this City be given to the said Members viz. Sir Robert Clayton Sir Thomas Player Alderman Thomas Pilkington and William Love Esq for their faithful and unwearied service in the said Parliaments and particularly in the Parliament at Oxford After which it being late about Three of the Clock a debate arose whether the Court would then at that time proceed to the consideration of the other part of the Petition now or not and on the question it was resolved in the Affirmative there being 84 Commons and 7 Aldermen which make 91. together for a present proceeding therein and but 66. Commons and 11. Aldermen which is together but 77. for deferring the same The Court then proceeding on the consideration of the said matters it was on the debate with a general consent resolved and the Court did nominate and appoint Sir Robert Clayton Knight and Alderman Mr. Recorder and Thomas Pilkington Alderman Sir Thomas Player Knight Mr. Dubois Mr. William Ashurst and Thomas Westerne Esq Commoners to withdraw and immediately to prepare a Petition to His Majesty upon the debates then had and the subject-matter of the said Petition The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew and after some time returned again to the Court and there presented the draught of a Petition to His Majesty which Petition is already Printed On the reading of the said Petition it was so well approved that on the question there appeared not above 4. or 6. hands against the presenting the same to his Majesty which the Court ordered should be done to morrow or as soon as conveniently might be and the Court nominated and appointed Sir Robert Clayton Mr. Recorder Sir Henry Tulse and Mr. Sheriff Cornish Mr. Swynock Tho. Westerne Esq Mr. Michael Godfrey and Mr. Deputy Flawell to present the same to His Majesty accordingly Then the Court resolved and ordered That the thanks of the Court be given to those persons who signed and delivered the Petition now presented to and read in this Court for their Care and good intentions therein exprest The said persons were then called in and Mr. Recorder in a very elegant and excellent Speech gave them thanks accordingly On Saturday the 14th of May Sir Robert Clayton and others of the persons appointed did repair to Windsor to have presented the said Petition but were acquainted that on Thursday the 19th of May His Majesty would be at Hampton-Court where they might attend him which accordingly they did and presented the said Petition to His Majesty in pursuance of the Order of Common-Council On Saturday the 21st of May at the Sessions of Peace and Gaol-delivery held at the Old-Bayly for the City of London The Foreman of the Grand-Jury in the name of 15 of the said Jury which were 17 in all did in open Court return their Thanks to the Right Honourable Sir Patience Ward Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London for his taking care to have the Petition of the City of London to his most Gracious Majesty for the Sitting of a Parliament presented according to the Order of Common-Council And one of the other two Jury-men that dissented declared himself in Court that he did thank his Lordship for that in particular but that his Lordship had done many other Services and he intended to have joyned in a general Thanks to his Lordship LONDON Printed for Ric. Janeway in Queens-head Ally in Pater-noster-Row 1681.