0476 12 09” In May following the Company provided £504 towards a present from the City to the King and the Dukes of York and Gloucester: and various other sums were paid in connection with the reception of Charles II, including “the interteynement of his Ma^{tie} to a Feast att Guildehall.” The change of circumstances is further attested by the following entries:— “1660–61. Paid the vergers att Poulis, Januarye 30, being a daye of humiliation 000 05 00 Paid June 12, att the Myter Taverne, being a daye of humiliation which turned to a daye of rejoycing by meanes of faire weather 000 15 10” In the autumn of the year 1660 Tichborne was tried as a regicide by the Special Commission, and sentenced to death, but was not executed. His property was, however, confiscated, and he passed the remainder of his life in confinement, and died a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1682. The following entries in 1661–62 show that the Company were not prevented by the heavy taxes on their loyalty from giving effect to their interest in learning:— “1661–2. Paid the royall present for the Kinge’s Ma’tie according to an order of Courte of the xxixth of August 200 00 00 Paid to the M’r and Fellows of Pembrooke Hall in Cambridge towardes the charge of their building according to an order of Courte of the viiith of Julye 66 13 04”