The burgesses or representatives sent by this town to the _short_ parliament, which met in the spring of 1640, as well as those sent to the _long_ parliament, which met the ensuing autumn or winter, were chosen from among its principal and responsible inhabitants; which seems to have been strictly proper and unexceptionable.—The representatives in the former or _short_ parliament were _Mr. Wm. Doughty_ and _Mr. Tho. Gurlyn_, the two _senior aldermen_; those in the latter, or _long_ parliament, were _Mr. John Percival_ and _Mr. Tho. Toll_; who were also chosen from among the aldermen. To each of those representatives their constituents allowed _five shillings a day_ for their trouble, while they attended their duty in parliament. With this trifling allowance, while it was paid, the recipients appear to have been quite satisfied. But their constituents soon grew tired of it, and withheld it from them, which occasioned the interference of parliament, as appears by the following order. “October 15. 1642—It is this day ordered by the Commons, now assembled in parliament, that the mayor, aldermen, and common counsell of the town of King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, shall pay and allow, out of the town stock, as formerly, unto John Percevall {765a} and Tho. Toll, their burgesses for this present parliament, as large an allowance, per diem, as they have hitherto {765b} allowed any of their aldermen that have been burgesses in parliament for that towne, notwithstanding the _freemen_ {765c} of that town _had their voyces_ in the choice of the said John Percevall and Tho. Toll to be their burgesses in the present parliament. If the mayor of Lynn can shew any cause to the contrary wee shall be ready to hear him.” The Corporation appear to have been pretty much at a loss how to act in this affair. No public notice appears to have been taken of it from the middle of October till the beginning of January. On the 2nd. of that month the Corporation had a meeting on the occasion, when the above order was taken under consideration. On the next day they met again, when it was resolved and ordered that the following Letter or address should be presented to the House of Commons, by way of answer.