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ensuing w'' eleccon hath bin accustomed to bee made 

 publickly in o'" Hall at a generall assembly. And after 

 the saide eleccon soe made the said new elected Wardens 

 were to make a banquett to those that accompanyed 

 them to theire houses. It is this day ordered that the 

 said Olliver Houghton and Nathaniell Burte shall insted 

 thereof make a dynner upon the fifte of November 

 next fo'' our M"" Wardens and the rest of the Assistants 

 and Livery at there owne charge at such place as they 

 shall be appointed whereof they both gave their 

 consent." 



1625. July igtk. 



" It is this dale ordered that Toby Harvest and 

 Thomas Hough (by and w^^ their assente and consente) 

 shall pay or cause to bee paid to this fellowship in lieu of 

 the charge they should have borne at the yeomandries' 

 dynner and the Lord Maior's dale The some of xx^ a 

 peece if either of them shalbe livinge^ the Tuesdaie 

 next after Bartholomew daie next coming viz., ffifteene 

 pounds a peece and the other ffive pounds a peece is 

 to be paid by them on the Lord Maior's daie next 

 ensuing." 



1625. MarcJi 2nd. 



" At this Court Toby Harvest brought in his ffine of 

 twenty pounds w^' was delivered to the Wardens. 



" It was likewise ordered that upon the delivering 

 of a good sweete and fatt buck of seazon there 

 shalbe given unto the said Toby Harvest the some of 

 ffower pounds." 



^ This saving clause refers to the plague than devastating 

 London, in which over 35,000 persons perished. 



