921 Journal 40, fo. 313b.

922 Robert Michell, the Town Clerk, was soon afterwards (3 July)
dismissed from office; and the same fate threatened Henry Proby, the
Common Sergeant, but the Common Council relented and Proby was
allowed to hold his office until his decease.--Journal 41, fos. 1b,
248.

923 Journal 40, fo. 313.

M471 Petition to parliament by the "commons of the city," 15 Jan., 1649.

924 "A narrative of the proceedings of the court of Common Councell held
in Guildhall, London, the thirteenth of January, 1648, humbly
presented by the order of the said courte to the honorable the
Commons of England assembled in parliament."--Journal 40, fo. 314.
See Appendix.

925 Journal House of Commons, vi, 117, 118. A printed copy of the
petition and narrative, as well as of Tichborne's speech and vote of
the House, is preserved in the Guildhall Library (A.5.5.)

M472 L4,000 still due to the army, 23 Jan.

926 Repertory 59, fo. 333.

M473 The trial and execution of the king, Jan., 1649.

927 Journal 41, fo. 131b.

928 Howell's State Trials, iv, 1051, 1052.

929 Of Farringdon Within.--Repertory 59, fo. 456b.

930 Noble's "Lives of the English Regicides," ii, 274, 275.

M474 The Council of State, 14 Feb., 1649.

931 Journal House of Commons, vi, 132, 133.

932 Id., vi, 140, 141.

M475 Analogous changes in national and municipal government.

M476 The right of veto by mayor and aldermen impugned, 24 Jan., 1645.

933 Journal 40, fo. 121b.

M477 Act of Parliament regulating proceedings of Common Council, 28 Feb.,
1649.

934 Journal 40, fo. 312. This Act is recorded neither in the Journals of
the House of Commons nor in Scobell's collections.

M478 Proceedings of the Common Council, 14 June, 1650.

935 Repertory 60, fo. 159b.

936 On the 9th May, 1644, the Common Council--in consideration of the sad
distractions and divisions among them, and the heavy judgments of
God justly drawn upon the land for its manifold sins and
transgressions--resolved that their proceedings in the future should
be opened with prayer.--Journal 40, fo. 96.

937 Journal 41, fo. 26b.

M479 A further purge to be administered to the Common Council, 17 March,
1649.

938 Journal 40, fo. 314b. This committee reported to the court on 29 May
(when the court decided, after long debat