held up, and the City sword and mace borne before him. He keeps
open house during his mayoralty, and the sword-bearer is allowed
1,000 pounds for his table. The Lord Mayor usually goes to St.
Paul's, attended by the aldermen in their gowns, and his officers,
every Sunday morning; but especially the first Sunday in term-time,
where he meets the twelve judges and invites them to dinner after
divine service is ended.

The sheriffs are chosen into their office on Midsummer day annually
by the liverymen also; to which end the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and
sheriffs meet in the council-chamber at Guildhall, about eight in
the morning, and coming down afterwards into the Court of Hustings,
the recorder declares to the livery men assembled in the hall that
this is the day prescribed for the election of these magistrates for
the year ensuing: then the Court of Aldermen go up to the Lord
Mayor's Court till the sheriffs are chosen; the old sheriffs, the
chamberlain, common serjeant, town clerk, and other City officers
remaining in the Court of Hustings, to attend the election. After
the sheriffs are chosen, the commons proceed to elect a chamberlain,
bridge-masters, auditors of the city and bridge-house accounts, and
the surveyors of beer and ale, according to custom. The old
sheriffs are judges of these elections, and declare by the common
serjeant who are duly chosen. The sheriffs thus elected take the
usual oaths in this court on Michaelmas eve, and the day after
Michaelmas day are presented to the Barons of the Exchequer, where
they take the oath of office, the oaths of allegiance, &c. The
chamberlains and bridge-masters are sworn in the court of aldermen.

Where a Lord Mayor elect refuses to serve, he is liable to be fined;
and if a person chosen sheriff refuses to serve, he is fined 413