| | | | [5] Sir John Robinson was a clothworker, and elected Alderman | | of Dowgate, December 18th, 1655, and chosen Sheriff, June 24th, | | 1657. He was removed to Cripplegate, December 7th, 1658, and | | made Lord Mayor in 1662, being appointed Lieutenant of the Tower | | on September 22nd, 1663. He was the eldest son of the Reverend | | William Robinson, Archdeacon of Nottingham, and was knighted at | | Canterbury on 26th May 1660, and created a baronet in the June of | | the same year.... He was a nephew of Archbishop Laud, and married | | Anne, daughter of Sir George Whitmore, a knight and an alderman. | | He was Lieutenant of the Tower from 1661 to 1678. King Charles | | II. and his Queen, the Queen-mother and the Duke and Duchess of | | York, dined with him at the Clothworkers’ Hall, where he kept his | | mayoralty on the 23rd of June 1663. The pageant performed by his | | Company at his inauguration was entitled “London’s Triumph.” The | | _Gazette_ of April 23rd to 26th, 1666, contains an account of the | | trial of certain persons for high treason for conspiring to kill | | him and other officers of the Tower, and to fire the city. He was | | a benefactor to the Clothworkers’ Company, who still preserve his | | portrait in their hall. | | | | [6] The pamphlet has been copied _in extenso_, and will be found | | in the Appendix. The illustrations, with the exception of one | | which I was allowed to reproduce by the kindness of Mr Birch, the | | Curator of the Soane Museum, were also lent me by Mr Gardiner. | | | | [7] See Appendix. | | | | [8] The office had been hereditary, but ceased to be so under | | Stephen. | | | | [9] Appointed by Lady Jane Grey’s party. There is no record of | | Constables during the reign of Elizabeth, Sir John Gage being | | restored to office at Mary’s succession. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Transcriber’s Notes: - Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - Text enclosed by equals is in bold (_bold_). - Blank pages have been removed. - Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.