The Colonel Tichborne referred to in some of the entries of 1648 was Sir Robert Tichborne who gained an unfortunate prominence in the times of the Commonwealth. After successful trading he became a Colonel in the Parliamentary army, and was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London. He also obtained a seat in Parliament, and in 1649 presented a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the execution of Charles I. He was a member of the High Court by whom the King was condemned, and signed the warrant for his execution, in January, 1649. In 1650 he was Master of the Company, and in the same year he served as Sheriff of London, his colleague being another Skinner, Richard (afterwards Sir Richard) Chiverton, whose Mastership, in 1651, succeeded his own. In 1655 he was knighted by the Lord Protector, and in 1656 he filled the office of Lord Mayor, in which he was again succeeded, in 1657, by Chiverton. In 1657 he was nominated one of Cromwell’s peers, and became known as Lord Tichborne. A pageant was provided by the Company on his accession to the Civic Chair, at a cost of several hundreds of pounds. As has been seen, the Company availed themselves of his influence to secure the removal of the soldiers who had been quartered at the Hall in 1648, and they were not ungrateful for his protection. The following further entries in the Renter Warden’s accounts refer to him:— “1650, Maye 30. Paid for a dinner when our M’r. and Wardens went to the Court of Aldermen about Alderman Tichborne 0000 13 00 June 15. Paid Mr. Woodall for warning a Courte of Assistance about Alderman Tichborne 0000 02 06” In the same year there appears among the “good debts due to the house” the following:— “Alderman Tichborne, our M’r., for his fyne to come into the Assistants 0025 00 00” while in 1650–51 there appears among the payments:— “Paid, allowed Alderman Tichborne out of his fyne according to an order of Courte 0025 00 00” 1656–7. “Paid, given the Lord Maior by order of Courte towardes the tryming of his house 0060 00 00” In 1653–4, under date February 8th, appears the entry:— “Paid for a dynner when the Lord Protector was feasted att Grocers’ Hall 0026 04 02” After Cromwell’s death, when the Restoration was approaching, “the Lord Tichborne” was appointed one of a large committee to arrange for a banquet to the Lord General Monk and his lady, which took place on the 5th April, 1660. The following entry refers to this occasion:— “Paid for a dynner, April Vth, for the Lord Generall Moncke, the Councell of State, and the Feild Officers