Luttrell, i, 378.

M814 The Declaration of Indulgence, 4 April, 1687.

1582 Journal 50, fo. 191a.

M815 Corporations further "regulated," 1687.

1583 Luttrell, i, 420, 421.

1584 "There has been a review in the several companies of London: great
alterations have been made therein; those of the violent Tories are
generally removed out of the Court of Assistants, 'tis said to the
number of about 900 persons, insomuch that some have esteemed it a
scandall to be kept in."--Luttrell, i, 415.

M816 The king and the Court of Aldermen, June, 1687.

1585 Repertory 92, fo. 274.

1586 Id., fo. 275.

1587 Luttrell, i, 410, 411; Repertory 92, fos. 277, 283, 287, 291, 293,
299-301, etc.

M817 Thanks from Court of Aldermen for Declaration, 26 July, 1687.

1588 Repertory 92, fos. 330, 334.

1589 Luttrell, i, 411.

M818 William Kiffin appointed by the king alderman of Cheap, 6 Aug.,
1687.

M819 His reluctance to accept office.

M820 At last consents, and is sworn, 27 Oct., 1687.

1590 See "The life of Mr. William Kiffin, upwards of sixty years pastor
of the Baptist church, Devonshire square, London, from 1639 to 1701;
and one of the five aldermen appointed by James II, in the year
1687, when that popish and despotic monarch disfranchised the city
of London," by Joseph Ivimey, London, 1833.

1591 Repertory 92, fo. 525.

M821 Sir John Shorter, mayor, Oct., 1687.

1592 Diary, i, 643.

1593 Luttrell, i, 414.

1594 Repertory 88, fos. 43b, 90b.

1595 Original commission preserved in the Town Clerk's office.

1596 Repertory 92, fo. 496.

1597 Kiffin's Autobiographies ("Life of Kiffin," by Joseph Ivimey), pp.
88, 89.

1598 Luttrell, i, 417, 418.

M822 The Dissenters supreme in the city.

1599 Luttrell, i, 416, 418, 420.

1600 Id., i, 419.

1601 "The 27th (Nov.) Dr. Stillingfleet preached at Guildhall chappel,
and afterwards was invited to dine with the lord mayor, and his
lordship's coach was sent for him, but he refused to goe, his
lordship not being to hear him preach."--Luttrell, i, 422.

1602 Repertory 93, fos. 44, 46b, 48b; Luttrell, i, 427, 428. The Court of
Aldermen not being able to come to a decision whether to allow the
Chapel to be turned into a conventicle or not, a compromise appears
to have been effected by shutting up the Chapel
altogether.--Luttrell, i,