VNDE.
Many pieces of ordnance bore the arms of the several city companies
of Fishmongers, Vintners and Merchant Taylors. One gun, the gift of
the first-mentioned company, acquired the name of Roaring Meg from
the loudness of its report.
1677 "A true account of the siege of Londonderry," by the Rev. Mr. George
Walker, rector of "Donoghmoore in the county of Tirone," and late
governor of Derry in Ireland (1689). The Guildhall copy of this work
contains a modern photograph of the interior of the porch of the
cathedral of Londonderry, showing a shell which was used for the
purpose above mentioned and the mural tablet mentioned in the
preceding note.
1678 Luttrell, i, 575.
1679 Id., i, 577.
M857 Intercepted letters laid before the Common Council, 19 June, 1689.
1680 Journal 50, fo. 371.
M858 The king and queen entertained at the Guildhall, 29 Oct., 1689.
1681 Luttrell, i, 585, 586.
1682 Journal 51, fos. 11b, 12, 24, 24b.
1683 Journal House of Commons, x, 276.
1684 Luttrell, i, 597.
M859 The king's picture in the Guildhall mutilated, Nov., 1689.
1685 Repertory 95, fo. 72b; Luttrell, i, 606, 607.
M860 Bill for restoring corporations passed. 6 Jan., 1690.
1686 Journal House of Commons, x, 277, 284, 312.
1687 Id., x, 322, 323, 329, 330.
1688 Id., x, 322.
M861 The Convention Parliament dissolved, 6 Feb., 1690.
1689 Journal 51, fos. 25b, 28b, 29, 32, 101.
1690 Id., 51. fo. 26.
M862 Parliamentary elections, Feb., 1690.
1691 Journal House of Commons, x, 363.
1692 Journal 51, fos. 26b, 28, 28b.
1693 Luttrell, iii, 32, 47, 48.
1694 "We hear from all parts the great contests that are about the
election of parliament men, that there is hardly any county or town
but they stand double."--Luttrell, ii, 16.
M863 The reversal of judgment on the _Quo Warranto_, 14 May, 1690.
1695 Journal 51, fos. 12b, 30, 32b-36b.
1696 Journal House of Commons, x, 371, 372.
1697 Id., x, 377.
1698 Id., x, 407, 408.
1699 Journal House of Lords, xiv, 490, 491, 495, 498.
M864 Election of City officers, pursuant to the Act, 26 May, 1690.
1700 The result of the poll is given as follows: Pilkington 2,097 votes,
Clayton 1,885, Raymond 2,120 and Daniel 1,860.--Journal 51, fo. 45;
Repertory 95, fo. 139.
1701 Journal 51, fo. 45; Repertory 95, fo. 139b.
1702 Journal 51, fos.
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