ii6 History of the Company. 



inform us that " His Majesty took well the care 

 the Company had that he should be well served " 

 and the coachmaker was dismissed from the office, 

 and a freeman of the Company appointed in his 

 place. 



In 1684 Charles H., who had long been vexed 

 1684. and incensed at the spirit of opposi- 



fn^fluence on^hr ^^^^ showu by the citizens to his papis- 

 Court party, tical tendencies, and with the ill-con- 

 Quo Warranto. ^q^\^^ intention of rendering the City 

 more amenable to his wishes and to the influence 

 of the Court party, proceeded against the Corpora- 

 tion by a writ of " Quo Warranto," and obtained 

 the arbitrary forfeiture of the City Charter. 

 Similar processes were issued against several of 

 the City Companies with the object of placing 

 their government in the hands of men well dis- 

 posed to the Court. There remained to the 

 Saddlers' Company no help for it but to pacify 

 the King by a surrender of their Charter, and by 

 a confession of implicit reliance upon his good- 

 will ; and on the loth April, 1684, we find it 

 recorded in the Company's Minutes that — 



1684. Ap'i/ lOt/i. 



" This Court taking notice that several ' Scire Facias ' 

 c 1 f*i, or Quo Warrantos have of late beene 



Surrender of the ^ 



Company's brought io his Ma^"^^ name by the At- 



Charter. torney-Generall against seuerall of the 



Companyes of this Citty and being informed that his 



Ma^^'^^ pleasure hath beene signified to some of them 



that he will only allow their Charters soe as to putt the 



