[25] Stat. 1 Geo., i, c. 13. "An Act for the further security of his majesty's person and government ... and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales...." _Id._, xviii, 279. [26] Repertory 120, fos. 50-70. Rolls of quarter sessions of this period containing the signatures of those who had not previously subscribed to the oaths are preserved at the Guildhall. [27] Repertory 119, fo. 386. Journal 56, fo. 203. [28] Journal 56, fos. 217, 217b, 218b. [29] _Id._, fos. 217b, 218b, 270b. Journal 57, fo. 3b. [30] Journal 67, fo. 267. [31] Journal 56, fos. 216b, 218. [32] Stat. 1, Geo. i, c. 38. [33] Rapin, History of England (contd. by Tindal) iv, 550. [34] Repertory 121, fos. 250, 265, George Seton, the 5th Earl of Winton, had joined the rising of 1715. He was taken at Preston, and being brought to trial was condemned to death. He managed, however, to make his escape from the Tower and fled to France. [35] Rapin iv, 541-545. [36] Repertory 123, fo. 17. [37] _Id._, 123, fo. 19. [38] Journal House of Commons, xix, 47. [39] Journal House of Lords, xxi, 72, 145-147. [40] A mistake for 19th Jan., 1641-2. See Journal 40, fo. 16. [41] Journal 50, fo. 32b. [42] Journal House of Lords, xxi, 148, 149. [43] See Maitland i, 521-525; Noorthouck, 312. [44] Repertory 123, fos. 210-215. [45] Repertory 123, fos. 223, 242. [46] Journal 57, fo. 22b; Repertory 123, fo. 401. [47] Repertory 125, fos. 149-156. [48] Letter from Secretary Craggs to Alderman Ward "at his house upon Lambeth Hill," 8 Nov., 1720. Repertory 125, fo. 151. [49] Macleod, "Rise and Progress of Banking in England," ii, 55. [50] Journal House of Commons, xix, 476. [51] _Id._, xix, 482. [52] _Id._, xix, 472-473, 532. [53] Gibbon, Miscellaneous Works, i, 16-18. [54] Journal 57, fo. 85. Journal House of Commons, xix, 502. [55] Rapin v. 645.--Journal House of Lords, xxi, 584. [56] Only one of the old members (viz., Peter Godfrey) was returned for the City, the remaining seats being gained by Francis Child, of the banking firm, who in the next Parliament sat for Middlesex, Richard Lockwood and John Barnard, who afterwards became Lord Mayor and one of Walpole's strongest opponents. [57] Charles Edward Stuart, better known as the young Pretender. [58] Repertory 126, fo. 344. [59] _Id._, fos. 344-352. The address as well as the king's reply are set out by Maitland (i, 531-532). [60] Repertory 126, fo. 355. [61] Journal House of Commons, xx, 11. [62] Journal House of Commons, xx, 363. [63] By the custom of the City a freeman disposing by will of his personal estate was obliged to leave his wife one-third of that estate, and to his children, if any, another third. [64] Journal House of Commons, xx, 383, 387, 389. [65] Repertory 129, fo. 123. [66] Repertory 128, fos. 149-150, 204. Journal 57, fo. 110. [67] Journal 57, fos. 119b. 120. [68] Journal House of Commons, xx, 403, 426, 462. [69] Journal 57, fos. 121, 121b.