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to muster.
Protracted correspondence between the City and Fairfax. City
Commissioners sent to the Army. The Solemn Engagement. The City's
Militia placed under a Parliamentary Committee. Great Commotion.
Ordinance repealed. More correspondence with Fairfax. The Army
enters London. The City submits.
CHAPTER XXV.
Glyn the Recorder sent to the Tower. More loans. Aldermen sent to the
Tower. Threat to quarter the Army on the City. A rising of Apprentices.
Release of imprisoned Aldermen. John Everard. "The City to pay for
all." The protection of Parliament entrusted to the City. A Royalist
rising in Kent. The City's proposal that Charles should be invited to
London. Negotiations for a Personal Treaty with the King. Secret
enlistments in the City. Overtures from the Prince of Wales. The Army

loses patience both with King and Parliament. Fairfax seizes the
Treasure in the City. Royalists in the City. Abraham Reynardson,
Mayor and the Common Council. The King's trial and execution.
CHAPTER XXVI.
A Commonwealth declared. Analogy between the City and the
Kingdom. The Aldermanic Veto. Reynardson and other Aldermen
deprived. Mutinous troops in the City. The Commonwealth proclaimed
in the City. Aldermen punished for not attending Proclamation. The
Council of State entertained at Grocer's Hall. Richmond Park vested in
the City. Resignation of Glyn, Recorder. Trial of John Lilburne at the
Guildhall. Retrenchment of City's expenditure. A City Post started. The
Borough of Southwark desires Incorporation. The City asserts its title
to Irish Estate. The victory at Dunbar. Act touching Elections in
Common Hall. Removal of Royal Emblems. Matters in dispute
between Court of Aldermen and Common Council. Charges against
John Fowke, Mayor. The Scottish Army in England. The Battle of
Worcester.
CHAPTER XXVII.
The War with Holland. Barebone's Parliament. The Lord Protector
entertained at Grocer's Hall. Alderman Sir Christopher Pack and his
Remonstrance. Cromwell's City Peers. The Restoration of the Rump.
Re-election of John Ireton, Mayor. Parliament closed by Lambert.
Monk prepares to Act. A demand for a Free Parliament. Negotiations
between Fleetwood and the City. Revival of the City's Militia. The
Rump again restored. The Common Council dissolved by order of
Parliament. Monk enters London. Takes up his quarters in the City.
Mediates between the City and Parliament. Declines to leave the City
for Whitehall. The Common Council restored. The Long Parliament
dissolved. The Restoration discussed. The City publishes a Vindication
of its doings. Letter from Charles II to the City. The Declaration of
Breda. City Commissioners sent to the Hague. The King restored.
CHAPTER XXVIII.

Richmond Park restored to the King. Restoration of Royalist Aldermen.
The King and Parliament entertained at Guildhall. Fanatics in the City.
More City loans. Coronation of Charles II. The Cavalier Parliament.
The City an example to the Country. The Corporation Act. Proposals
for renewal of City's Charter. The Hearth Tax. The Act of Uniformity.
Sir John Robinson, Mayor. The Russian Ambassador in the City. The
French Ambassador insulted at Lord Mayor's Banquet. War with the
Dutch. The "Loyal London." The Plague. The City decimated. The
Great Fire. Sir Thomas Bludworth, Mayor. The Monument. Sympathy
displayed towards the City. Preparations for re-building the City. The
City and Fire Insurances.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The re-building of the City. Fire Decrees. Statute 19 Chas. II, c. 3. Four
City Surveyors appointed. Allotment of Market Sites. The Dutch War.
The Treaty of Breda. The City's Financial condition. Alderman
Backwell. The Lord Mayor assaulted in the Temple. The Prince of
Orange in the City. The Exchequer closed. Renewal of Dutch War.
Philip de Cardonel and his Financial Scheme. The Aldermanic Veto
again. Jeffreys, Common Sergeant, suspended from office. The Popish
Plot. Three Short Parliaments. The Habeas Corpus Act. Petitioners and
Abhorrers. City Addresses. A Parliament at Oxford. More City
Addresses. The City to mind its own business.
CHAPTER XXX.
A Tory re-action. The "Protestant joiner" Proceedings against the Earl
of Shaftesbury. Packed juries. The Mayor's prerogative in election of
Sheriffs. Election of Bethell and Cornish. Pilkington and Shute.
Another Address to the King. Sir John Moore, Mayor. Issue of a Quo
Warranto against the City. The City and the Duke of York. Election of
Sheriffs. Papillon and Du Bois. Dudley North and Box. Rich elected
loco Box discharged. Cornish assaulted at the Guildhall. Sir William
Pritchard, Mayor. Action for slander against Pilkington. Sir Patience
Ward convicted of perjury. Proceedings on the Quo Warranto.
Judgment pronounced. Terms offered the City. Pritchard arrested at suit

of Papillon. The Rye House Plot. Surrender or No Surrender? The City
taken into the King's hands.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Accession of James II. The question of Supply. A Tory Parliament.
Oates and Dangerfield. Richard Baxter. The Monmouth Rebellion.
Trial and execution of Cornish. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Popery in the City. The first Declaration of Indulgence. The
"regulation" of Corporations. William Kiffin, Alderman. Sir John
Shorter, Mayor. The second Declaration