History of the Company. 12^ 



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The Intelligence of the preparations of the 

 Prince of Orange forced James In dismay to 

 restore the City Charter and the privileges of 

 which the Liverymen had been deprived, but the 

 concession came too late to give him any favour 

 with the citizens. 



On the loth October, 1688, the Company re- 

 ceived an order from the Lord Mayor restoring 

 the displaced members, consisting of all those 

 already enumerated, and one or two others re- 

 moved at a subsequent period. The same were 

 accordingly restored to their former places and 

 privileges and were re-admitted Assistants. 



On the 4th December following, the Master 

 and Wardens of the Company received a sum- 

 mons from the Lord Chancellor to attend him at 

 Whitehall, which they obeyed, when his Lordship 

 informed them — 



" That by his Ma^^*^^ order he had delivered back to 

 the seuerall Companyes of this Citty the seuerall Deeds 

 of Surrender by them made upon their taking new 

 Charters. And that the surrender made by this Com- 

 pany to his late Ma^^*^, bearing date the xijth Aprill, 1684, 

 was lately come to his Lordshipp's hands, and he now 

 delivered it back to the said Wardens to cancell, and his 

 Lordshipp declared the said surrender was not enrolled 

 and for want thereof it did not amount unto any sur- 

 render of the Companye's old Franchises or Libertyes 

 menconed in such surrender. And that it was his Ma^^^^ 

 pleasure to leave them in the same state and condicon 

 they were in at the tyme of the makeing of the said 

 surrender, and that his Ma^^^ would give the Comp*^ any 

 new Grant or Charter. But his Lordshipp declared the 



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