2 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1629-1631), p. 387.

M137 The birth of Prince Charles, afterwards Charles II, 29 May, 1630.

353 Remembrancia, vii, 40 (Index, p. 419).

354 Journal 35, fo. 205.

355 The precise cost of the cup is given as L1,046 14_s._ 7_d._, and
that of the velvet case as L6 13_s._ 4_d._ There were fees besides,
paid by the City, comprising L20 to the queen's midwife, L20 to the
prince's nurse, and a like sum to the prince's _rockers_!--Repertory
44, fos. 366-366b.

356 Repertory 47, fo. 1.

M138 Loss of the queen's plate and jewels, 1631.

357 Journal 35, fo. 349.

358 Chamberlain to Carleton, 14 June, 1623.--"Court and Times of James
I," ii, 404.

359 Order of the Council, 12 Nov., 1634.--Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1634-1635), p. 288.

M139 City gifts to king and queen, May-June, 1633.

360 Repertory 47, fo. 226.

361 Id., fos. 273b, 287, 302b.

M140 Christening of the Duke of York, Nov., 1633.

362 Repertory 48, fo. 24.

363 Journal 36, fo. 185b.

M141 Demand for ship money, Oct., 1634.

M142 Search to be made for precedents, Nov., 1634.

364 Repertory 49, fo. 18.

365 Id., fo. 5b.

M143 Petition of Common Council against demand for ships, 2 Dec., 1634.

366 Journal 37, fos. 19-20; Rushworth, ii, 266.

M144 The City forced to submit.

367 Journal 37, fo. 21.

368 Id., fo. 18.

369 The king to the mayor, 19 Oct.--Cal. State Papers Dom. (1634-1635),
p. 241; Repertory 48, fo. 464.

370 Remembrancia, vii, 132 (Index, p. 467). According to Dr. Gardiner
("Hist. of England, 1628-1637," ii, 89), the mayor and the city
lawyers were "reprimanded" and "intimidated" by the council, and a
"stormy meeting" of the citizens took place, but nothing of this
appears in the City's Records.

371 Repertory 49, fos. 50b _seq._

372 Repertory 49, fos. 97b, 106b. The names of these ships were _The
Samson_, _The Freeman_, _The Royal Exchange_, _The William and
Thomas_, and _The Pleiades_.

M145 A fresh writ for ship money, 4 Aug., 1635.

373 Cal. State Papers Dom. (1634-1635), p. 531; _Cf._ Repertory 50, fo.
30.

374 Repertory 49, fo. 289.

375 Minutes by Nicholas, 29 Nov., 1635; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1635),
p. 509.

M146 Richard Chambers and ship money, 1636.

376 The mayor, etc., to the lords of the council, 13 July, 1638.--Cal.
Sta