May 1st. Earl of Yarmouth invited Sir A. Dean and Sir H. Shiers to view the Haven and Piers. The latter was presented at the “Three Feathers” Inn with 100 guineas for his journey. He also visited the town in 1687, accompanied by Lord Dartmouth, who recommended that a ship be sunk, or jetty made, northward of the north Pier, to prevent the sand from coming into the Haven, and that a basin be formed westward of the “brush,” with a sluice to let out the water forcibly into the Haven towards the latter ebb. 1686. Lord Huntingdon and George England, Esq., elected by the Freemen to serve in Parliament. The right of Freemen to vote was ever acquiesced in by the Corporation. 1687. Aug. 12th. Prince George of Denmark landed at Yarmouth, and went post to Windsor. James II. ejected 5 Aldermen and 12 Common Councilmen from the Corporate Body; and in the following year 3 Aldermen and 4 Councilmen, and placed others in their stead. This right of displacing the Corporate body was reserved by the King. 1688. June 24th. Tumult and riotous proceedings took place in the town through the bigoted conduct of King James II. Lord Huntingdon and G. England, Esq., again elected, and sent to the Convention Parliament the same year. Re-elected in 1690 and 1695. Prince George of Denmark’s regiment of Dragoons sent to Yarmouth; and in 1696, two companies of Lieut.-General Bellasis’ Royal Fusiliers were quartered in the town. The office of Mayor ceased, and the Government of the town again reverted to two Bailiffs, under King James II.’s proclamation. This continued till the time of Queen Anne. (See 1702.) Haven expenses for the year, £2,323 5s. 4d. 1689. Feb. 16th. Prince of Orange and the Princess Mary proclaimed in the Market Place. George England and Samuel Fuller, Esqs., returned to Parliament; also in 1695, 1698, and 1700. 1690. May 16th. Edmund Thaxter, Alderman and twice Bailiff, died, aged 62. The Maces carried by the Mayor’s officers ordered to be made. At New Romney are now (1884) two maces used here at Herring Fair. 1691. Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St. David’s, and author of several theological works, was born at Yarmouth. Died in 1761. 1692. Oct. 18th. William III. landed at Yarmouth, and received with great enthusiasm. The Corporation spent £106 in entertaining him. All Boroughs were reduced by proclamation to the same state of government as before the surrender of charters to Charles II. (See 1702.) Two hundred vessels and nearly 1,000 lives lost in one night off this coast. 1693. Sept. 11th. Thomas, second son of Sir George England, Alderman and twice Bailiff, died, aged 48 years. Oct. 28th. John Albertson, Esq., Alderman and Bailiff in 1655, died, aged 71 years. 1694. A Bar having formed across the Harbour’s mouth, the dangerous state of the Haven was made known by the beat of a drum, and the inhabitants desired to cut and dig a “gut” or trench through the Bar.