M247 The City's petition to the king at Oxford, 2 Jan., 1643.

M248 The king's reply read at a Common Hall, 13 Jan., 1643.

566 Journal 40, fo. 45b.

567 Journal 40, fo. 46. The account is printed _verbatim_ in the Journal
of the House of Lords, v, 548, 549.

568 Journal 40, fo. 46b.

569 Journal 40, fo. 47; Journal House of Commons, ii, 921.

570 Gardiner, "Hist. Great Civil War," i, 95, 96. The proceedings are
not entered in the Common Hall Book.

M249 His terms rejected by the City.

571 Journal House of Commons, ii, 927.

572 Journal House of Commons, ii, 941.

M250 Speech of Alderman Garway in Common Hall, 17 Jan., 1643.

573 See Garway's speech bound up with "Eight Speeches.... 27 Oct., 1642"
(Guildhall Library); _Cf._ Cal. State Papers Dom. (1641-1643). pp.
438, 439.

M251 Alderman Whitmore and the parliamentary tax, 20 Jan.

574 He was the owner of Balmes House and an estate at Hoxton, not far
from the Kingsland Road, and had already once suffered imprisonment
for the royal cause. Particulars of his staunch adhesion to Charles,
of his liberality and his family are given in Remembrancia (Index),
p. 296, note.

575 Journal House of Commons, ii, 935.

M252 A fresh loan of L60,000 by the City, 18 Feb., 1643.

576 Id., ii, 971.

577 Journal 40, fos. 47b, 48.

M253 The City's weekly assessment.

578 Journal 40, fos. 48-50; Journal House of Commons, ii, 972.

M254 The propositions of parliament presented to the king, 1 Feb., 1643.

M255 Fresh proposals to parliament by the City.

579 Journal House of Commons, ii, 976; Journal 40, fos. 50b, 51.

M256 Scheme for the fortification of the city and suburbs, 23 Feb.

580 Journal 40, fo. 52. "A plan of the city and suburbs of London, as
fortified by order of parliament in the years 1642 and 1643," is
engraved in Maitland's History, i, 368-369. The remains of some of
the earthworks and masonry erected during the civil war might have
recently been seen in the neighbourhood of Hackney. The name of
Castle Street is said to commemorate a rampart at Southampton House,
in Holborn, whilst Mount Street is believed to take its name from a
large earthwork known as "Oliver's Mount."--Loftie, "Hist. of
London," i, 345.

581 Journal House of Commons, ii, 993.

582 Journal 40, fos. 56, 59, 59b, 61, 65, 66b.

M257 An ext