[243] _London and the Kingdom_, i. 275. [244] 'Dinner being concluded, the Lord Mayor and twelve principal citizens of London, as assistants to the Chief Butler of England, accompanied by the King's cupbearer and assistant, presented to His Majesty wine in a gold cup; and the King having drank thereof, returned the gold cup to the Lord Mayor as his fee.'--L. G. Wickham Legg, _English Coronation Records_, 1901, p. 361. [245] The Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London, containing their claims fully set forth, is printed in _Coronation of King Edward VII. The Court of Claims. Cases and Evidence_, by G. Woods Wollaston, London, 1903, p. 52. [246] _Constitutional History_, iii. 587. [247] Cal. Letter Book C, p. 32. [248] Riley's _Memorials_, p. 41. [249] _Ibid._, p. 46. [250] _Ibid._, p. 78. [251] _Liber Albus_, trans. by Riley, p. 291. [252] _Liber Albus_, p. 276. [253] _The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward_, by John James Baddeley, 1901, p. I (Calendar of Letter Book A, pp. 209, 226). [254] Cal. Letter Book C, pp. 11, 12. [255] In 1711 a return was made to the practice of nominating two persons only, followed in 1714 by 'an Act for reviving the ancient manner of electing aldermen'(13 Anne), which restored to the 'inhabitants their ancient rights and privileges of choosing one person only to be their alderman.' These particulars respecting the election of aldermen are taken from _The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward_, from 1276 to 1900, by Mr. Deputy John James Baddeley, who has collected in his valuable book a considerable amount of fresh information on the office of aldermen, etc. [256] _Liber Albus_, translated by H. T. Riley, 1861, p. 29. [257] Sharpe's _London and the Kingdom_, vol. i. p. 217. [258] Riley's _Memorials_, p. 655. [259] Cal. Letter Book A, p. 76. By the Local Government Act of 1888 the citizens of London were deprived of all right of jurisdiction over the county of Middlesex, which had been expressly granted by various charters. [260] _Liber Albus_, English translation, p. 399. [261] _The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward_, 1900, p. 235.