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meetings be forborne except Midsomer daie for the 

 elecon of officers at the Guyldhall and on q^®'' daies." 



On the same day we read that — 



"At this Court their was given to Captayne Whistler 

 our old Armor and 14 Calervers compleate The Armor 

 when hee sawe them refused it and toke onely the 

 Calervers." 



In 1628 a noteworthy incident took place In 

 the City. On the i8th June, Dr. 



A.D. 1628. T u • J ^ r 



Dr Lamb Lamb, a conjuror, and a creature 01 

 the unpopular Duke of Buckingham, 

 was mobbed by a crowd In Cheapside, and so 

 severely handled that he died the same day In the 

 Poultry Compter, where he had been taken for 

 attention to his Injuries. Tidings of the Incident 

 reached the ears of the King, who was so incensed 

 thereat, that he Imposed a fine of ^6,000 upon 

 the City, and threatened to withdraw Its Charter. 

 The fine was subsequently reduced to 1,500 marks, 

 the burden, as usual, falling heavily upon the 

 Companies. The Saddlers' Company's proportion 

 was £10 and Is thus alluded to : — 



1633. January 30/'//. 



" This Court beinge called by p'cept from the Lord 

 Maior and Court of Aldermen for the Levyinge of x^ by 

 the pole accordinge to the p'cept for the death of Doctor 

 Lambe was leavyed the same daie accordingly." 



On the 25th May, 1630, we learn that — 



