Francis Blomefield

“ Mr. John Larwood, an independent, was nominated sheriff, by the court, but would neither fine nor serve; upon which he appeared at the board of privy council, and declared that he had never received the sacrament according to the church of England, and would not, and therefore insisted that he was not qualified by law, so that they were ordered to sue out a mandamus to choose another sheriff, and Gamaliel Sugden was chosen thereupon. ”

“ Stevenson, heir to alderman Tooley, of all his interest in the two closes without (St. Giles'sgates) of the gift of Sir John Pettus, to the 12 youngest aldermen, which closes were then leased at 20l. per annum. ”