Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849 by Various
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signed by all the Lords who were present, it affords evidence of the
names of the Peers who took part in the business of the Assembly, and contains a very interesting collection of autographs. "The MS. itself is a small folio, but not above fifty pages are filled. It comprises the period between the 11th and the 28th December, 1688, both days inclusive, and appears to be a perfect Record of every act of that memorable Assembly. The indorsement on the cover merits notice: it states with singular minuteness the precise hour of James's abdication, namely at _one in the morning_ of the 11th of December, 1688." Sir Thomas Miller also possessed a manuscript, containing an "Account of the Earl of Rochester, Captain Kendall, and the Narrator's Journey to Salisbury with King James, Monday, Nov. 19. to Friday, Nov. 23. 1688, inclusive." In connection with this subject, it may be noticed that there is no entry of any payment in the _Issue Books_ of the clerks of the Pells between Tuesday, 11th December, and Monday, 24th December, 1688. J.E. [Perhaps some of our correspondents could inform us where the MSS. in question are now deposited.] [5] After mentioning the excesses committed by the mob, and the arrest of Judge Jefferies, Bishop Burnet says: "The Lord Mayor was so struck with the terror of this rude populace, and with the disgrace of a man who had made all people tremble before him, that he fell into fits upon it, of which he died soon after. |
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