of Common Hall to the 5 July.

M762 Again adjourned to 7 July, 1682.

M763 Papillon and Du Bois declared elected.

1499 The fact of a poll having been taken on the 7th July is not
mentioned in the Journal; Luttrell (who by the way is often wrong in
his figures) gives the result of the poll thus, Papillon 2,754,
Dubois 2,709, Box 1,609 and North 1,557 (Diary, i, 203).

M764 Counsel's opinion as to right of adjourning Common Hall.

1500 Luttrell gives the names of Sir George Jeffreys, the late recorder,
and Mr. Sanders as the counsel consulted by the lord mayor, and of
Mr. Williams and Mr. Pollexfen for the sheriffs (Diary, i, 204).
Another writer remarks that "it is to be observed that on reference
to the recorder [Sir George Treby] upon this occasion by the Court
of Aldermen he declared, without hesitation, that the full right of
election was in the livery. The mode of taking the poll and of
adjournment by the sheriffs was strictly consonant to ancient usage"
(Norton, "Comment. History of London," 3rd ed., pp. 231-2). From a
printed tract preserved in the Guildhall Library (A* No. 27)
entitled "An Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Common Hall
of the City of London of Guildhall, June the 24th, 1682, for
electing of sheriffs," it appears that the opinion of the recorder
had been asked and delivered to the Court of Aldermen on the 23rd
June.

M765 A fresh election ordered.

1501 Repertory 87, fo. 209b; Luttrell, Diary, 13 July (i, 205, 206).

M766 The City's account of proceedings of Common Hall, 14 July, 1682.

1502 ._Cf._ Repertory 87, fo. 209b.

1503 "The Domestick Intelligence" (Tracts A* No. 18).--Luttrell Diary, 15
July, 1682 (i, 206).

M767 Petitions for Papillon and Du Bois to be called upon to take office,
July, 1682.

1504 Repertory 27, fos. 212, 214.

M768 The mayor's unsatisfactory reply, 27 July.

1505 Repertory 87, fos. 216b.

1506 Luttrell, Diary, 27 July, 1682 (i, 209, 210).

M769 Box discharged sheriff, 5 Sept.

1507 Repertory 87, fos. 221b, 222; Luttrell, Diary, 5 Sept. (i, 217).

M770 More petitions to the Court of Aldermen, 12, 14 Sept.

1508 Luttrell, Diary, 12 Sept., 1682 (i, 218, 219).

1509 A printed copy will be found, Tracts preserved in the Guildhall
Library (A* No. 28).

1510 Repertory 87, fos. 230b-231.

M771 Proceedi