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A PAPER SUBSCRIBED And Delivered by divers Eminent and Worthy CITIZENS to the RIGHT HONOURABLE The Lord MAYOR And Court of ALDERMEN, At GƲILD-HALL, July the 20th 1682.
To the Right Honourable the Lord MAYOR and Court of Aldermen.
WHereas Thomas Papillon Esquire, Citizen and Mercer, and John Dubois Esquire, Citizen and Weaver, have been duely Elected Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex for the Year ensuing, by the Citizens of this City; And Whereas We did on Tuesday last, for our selves and on the behalf of the rest of the Citizens of London, Desire your Lordship and this Honourable Court, to Cause Proclamation to be made for the said Persons to Appear, and to take the said Office upon them, under the Penalties contained in the Act of Common Council, according to the Usual Custom in the like Case Practised: To which we received an Unexpected Answer; That your Lordship and this Court would Consider of it; which An∣swer, as it Imports a Delay of the Citizens Right demanded, so it gives Incouragement to several Reports, as if there were an Intention to Cause some other Persons not Elected to the said Offices to be Sworn into the same, which would be a ma∣nifest Violation of Law, and of the Rights and Priviledges of the Citizens, and tend to the Endangering of the Liberties of this City, which your Lordship and all other Citizens are bound by Oath to Preserve; We Doe therefore renew our Request to your Lordship and this Court, and do Desire, and of Right Demand, that your Lordship and this Court will forthwith Cause Proclamation to be made for the said Thomas Papillon and John Dubois to Appear, and Seal their Bonds to take upon them the said Office, according to Custom; Whereby the Citizens may re∣ceive their just Satisfaction, and the said Reports, which Reflect upon your Lordship and the Court of Aldermen in Relation to the Duty of your Oaths and Office, may be Silenced.