ll silver except foreign
silver was prohibited, and certificates to the effect that silver
about to be exported was foreign silver and not plate or clipt money
had to be obtained in the city from the aldermen before exportation
was allowed. Three volumes of these "bullion certificates" are
preserved in the Town Clerk's office.

1854 Luttrell, iv, 55. It is said that the goldsmiths of the city had
collected all the available paper of the Bank for the express
purpose of presenting it for cash at a time when they knew full well
that the Bank was short of milled money, hoping thereby to injure
the credit of the institution which was ruining their business.

M928 City loans, July-Nov., 1696.

1855 Luttrell, iv, 90.

1856 Id., iv, 91.

1857 Id., iv, 97.

M929 The Peace of Ryswick, 10 Sept., 1697.

1858 Id., iv, 216.

1859 Luttrell, iv, 278.

M930 Preparations to welcome the king on his return.

1860 Repertory 101, fos. 369-377.

1861 Repertory 101, fos. 381-384.

1862 Repertory 101, fos. 420-424; Repertory 102, fos. 4, 16; Journal 52,
fo. 157.

1863 Repertory 102, fo. 18.

1864 Letters patent appointing commissioners for converting the palace
into a hospital, and dated the 12th March, 1695, are preserved among
the Records in the custody of the city Chamberlain.--See Report on
Corporation Records, 16 Dec., 1869., Appendix iii, p. 50.

M931 The king met at Southwark by the mayor, aldermen, etc., 16 Nov.,
1697.

1865 Journal 52, fo. 142.

1866 Id., fo. 157b.

1867 Repertory 102, fos. 4, 18-27; Luttrell, iv, 306.

M932 Congratulations offered by the city, 17 Nov., 1697.

1868 Luttrell; iv, 307.

M933 A day of public thanksgiving, 2 Dec.

1869 Journal 52, fos. 158, 158b; Repertory 102, fo. 49; Luttrell, iv,
313, 314.

M934 Parliamentary elections for the city, 1698-1701.

1870 Luttrell, iv, 720.

1871 Id., v, 10.

1872 Journal House of Commons, xiii, 351, 352; Luttrell, v, 20, 29.

M935 Death of James II, 5 Sept., 1701.

M936 The City's address of loyalty to William.

1873 Journal 53, fos. 123, 149; Luttrell, v, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99. The
address is printed in Noorthouck, "Hist. of London" (p. 287, note).

1874 Luttrell, v, 100.

M937 Sir William Gore elected mayor, Sept., 1701.

1875 Evelyn (Diary, 11 June, 1696) writes of him as having been formerly
a "mean