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The proceedings at the Guild-Hall in London, on Thursday July the 29th, 1680
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Guildhall (London, England)
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1680
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The Proceedings AT THE GUILD-HALL IN LONDON On Thursday July the 29th 1680. THe Poll having been cast up on Munday the 26th before Sir Jonathan Raymond and Sir Simeon Lewes the present Sheriffs and Henry Crispe Esquire Common Serjeant together with Sir Thomas Player Knight John Ellis Nicholas Delue Thomas Papillon Esquires and Mr. Peter Houblon Mr. Lucy Knightley and Mr. Samuel Swinnock Merchants all eight on behalf of Slingsby Bethel and Henry Cornish Sir William Dodson Kt. Nicholas Charleton Esquire George Toriano and Henry Loads Merchants on behalf of Mr. Ralph Box and Mr. Nicholson it did appear before them that Mr. Slingsby Bethel had Votes 2276. Mr. Henry Cornish had Votes 2483. Mr. Ralph Box had Votes 1428. Mr. Humph. Nicholson had Votes 1230. Upon which a Common-hall was Summon'd on Thursday July 29 which being met made a very numerous Assembly crowding one another from Ten until half an hour past Twelve at which time the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen came upon the Hustings and being sate and silence commanded the Common-Sergeant thus declared the occasion of the Meeting Gentlemen MY Lord Mayor hath met you here to day that the Sheriffs may declare to you how they have found it upon the Poll and that they may make the same return to my Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen according to Custom Having so said and Sir Thomas Player Mr. Pilkington Mr. Papillon and others standing without the Hustings Bar directly opposite to the Lord Mayor Mr. Papillon delivered into the Common-Sergeants hand the following paper with these words Mr. Papillon My Lord Mayor The Commons of London do make a request to your Lordship in reference to their own just vindication To the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT CLAYTON Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of LONDON WE the Commons of this City now in Common-hall assembled cannot but take notice how our last meeting here on this occasion hath by some of this City been misrepresented to His Majesty as Tumultuous and disorderly and though we did not observe any thing of that kind but what might commonly happen in such great Assemblies on like occasions yet not knowing how far the indiscretion of the Informers may have carried that scandal in prejudice of us we hold our selves bound in duty to declare as hereby we do That the heat that then appeared among us was no other than the effect of emulation for His Majesties Sâ—rvice and the preservation of our own just Rights and therefore we do utterly detest any thought of violating our Allegiance to our Sovereign or of doing the least thing that may bear the Interpretation of an affront to His Government or a dis-affection to His Royal Person We pray your Lordship to represent us as such to the King that he may be no longer deceived in that matter nor His gracious intentions towards us be in any sort diverted and withal humbly to assure His Majesty that we will with one heart and one hand to the uttermost peril of all that is dear to us joyn in the defence of His Royal Person and the Protestant Religion against all Attempts and Plots to the contrary though never so often repeated upon us And being deeply sensible it hath been the design of the Popish Party for many years and still is for to destroy him and it And that there is under God no way so effectual to prevent these their cruel and bloody purposes as by His Majesties Authority in Parliament We therefore further pray your Lordship humbly to beseech His Majesty in our Names That for the preservation of His Royal Person and Government and the Protestant Religion to us and our Posterity he would graciously please to order that this Parliament his great Council may assemble and sit that the most speedy and effectual course may be taken to search into and prevent those grievous cruelties desolations and destructions which the Councils of Rome have determined and are still endeavouring to execute on this Kingdom and as by that means we have hopes we shall be secured against all our fears so we shall have cause to thank your Lordship for thus representing us to His Majesty and humbly to pray for His long Life and happy Reign over us as becomes us who profess our selves to be His Majesties Obedient Loyal and Dutiful Subjects This was assented to and strengthened by the unanimous shouts and acclamations of all the assembled Citizens as generally holding up their hands in farther testimony of their Approbation After which the Lord Major and Aldermen went off the Hustings into the Council-Chamber leaving the two present Sheriffs and the Common-Serjeant behind who then delivered himself again in these words Common-Serjeant Gentlemen at your Meeting on the 14th of Julylast for the choice of Sheriffs to serve you for the year ensuing these persons were put in nomination Sir William Russel Kt. Slingsby Bethel Henry Cornish Ralph Box Humphrey Nicolson and the Sheriffs declared the choice to fall on Slingsby Bethell and Henry Cornish but there was a Poll demanded for Mr. Ralph Box and Humphrey Nicholson and upon the Poll the Sheriffs do find that Slingsby Bethell hath 2276 Votes Henry Cornish 2483. Ralph Box 1428 Humphrey Nicholson 1230. and so the majority is for Mr. Slingsby Bethell and Mr. Henry Cornish Whereupon the whole Hall gave a second acclamation as before Immediately after this the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen returned again to the Hustings at which time the Common-Serjeant expressed himself to the Citizens as follows Common-Serjeant Gentlemen I have acquainted my Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen that on the 14th of July last several persons were put in nomination to be Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex for the year ensuing that there was a Poll demanded and that upon the Poll Mr. Slingsby Bethell and Mr. Henry Cornish had the majority of Votes and I am commanded by the Court to declare That Slingsby Bethel and Henry Cornish are your Sheriffs for the year ensuing and this is your free choice Upon the words Free Choice there was a third acclamation by which nothing more of general consent and unanimity could be expressed THE Lord MAYOR's Speech Gentlemen I Must confess I have always had this apprehension that nohing could contribute more to the safety of His Majesties Person and the Welfare of his people than a right understanding between the King and His People and more immediately between the King and this his great City If there have been any such misrepresentations as you seem to intimate in your Petition I call God to witness I am free from it and I do not easily believe any body else would be guilty of such a thing however as to that matter Gentlemen I shall readily comply with your request and inform the King truly of the fact For the other matter I am obliged to say so much to you that I had the honour not long since to wait upon His Majesty when he was pleased to declare to me and assure me that this Parliament should sit in November next and I am informed likewise that he hath acquainted all his Judges with the same thing for them to satisfie the Countreys in their several Circuits If that be so I hope your great concern for that matter might have been spared being anticipated by His Majesties gracious intention However I shall not be wanting with all humility to lay the whole matter before him My Lord having ended his Speech the whole Hall returned their humble thanks to his Lordship by a fourth acclamation not inferiour to the rest testifying their full satisfaction in what his Lordship had declared FINIS