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1672. October 6th. Repairing stocks and cuckstool, 10s. 



1688. For wine and ale at the Crown the thanksgiving-day for 

 the Prince of Wales (son of James the Second), and the day after, 

 when the Bishops were released, 21. 2s. 6d. 



A load of coals that day for bonfires, 8s. 6d. 



Ale at High-street bonfire, 4s. 



Ditto at the Church-yard bonfire, 4s. 



Ditto at the Cross bonfire, 4s. 



Ditto for the watchmen and others the night after the Bishops 

 were released, 9s. 6d. 



Given to two drummers at the same time, 2s. 



. June 8th. King James the Second sent seven Bishops 



to the Tower; but they were afterwards released. 



. William Prince of Orange, afterwards king William the 



Third, came to England to oppose the Popish proceedings of king 

 James the Second, whose daughter, Mary, he had married. Great 

 exertions were made by the Protestants to dethrone James. They 

 employed a number of active, intelligent, and resolute men to run 

 or ride through all parts of the kingdom in the day-time, crying 

 "Fire and Sword! theFrench are coming!" which filled the people's 

 minds with terror. Uttoxeter shared the alarm with the rest, as 

 may be seen by the following record : 



1688. December. Given to four lads for gathering coals, and 

 for making fires when the alarm was, 4d. 



~. December 25th. Paid Mr. Moreton for ale for strangers 



and townsmen when the alarm was, 11. Is. 



When the Prince of Orange landed in 1688, king James fled 

 from London : on the 12th of December he was seized and brought 

 back to Whitehall, but on the 23d of the same month he fled out of 

 England. King William and Queen Mary were crowned April 

 llth, 1689. 



The late distinguished Admiral Lord Gardner was born here on 

 the 12th April, 1742. He was the eighth son of Lieutenant-Colo- 

 nel Gardner, of the llth regiment of dragoons. Having at an 

 early period shewn a strong bias towards the naval service, he was 

 rated, when 14 years old, as a midshipman, on board the Medway 



sixty guns, then under the immediate orders of captain Sir 

 eter Denis, an officer of distinguished merit. In this vessel Mr. 



rdner remained for two years, during which time, he was present 

 in an action, in which the Due d'Aquitaine French ship of the line 

 was taken. From the Medway, our young midshipman afterwards 



