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having been guilty of such enormitys as forfeited his 
office- — never done befor by 260 y* preceded him in it. 
" R. Opie succeeded Roche ; but though ejected, Roche kept the maces 
during the remainder of his term of office, and used to put them out of 
his window on Sunday while Opie was going to church."— Harris's MS S. 
711- 12 262. Rob. Cown. 
Was chosen the usual day. A tool, & a fool, dyed 
soon after, and was succeed by B. Berry, who served 
the rest of the yeare : and having no house in town, 
lodged and kept the Mayoralty at an house that 
was comon for quarting strangers, and selling punch, 
Ale. to the great scandal of the office, but they 
stuck at nothing, seemed to regard neither the 
credit, or welfare of the town, filled up y e benches 
with men that were of mean scandalous as if they 
had been sworn to chose the worst and did many 
things contrary to the constitution, and custom of 
the Burrough, chose a mayor that did not Inhabit, 
filled the Benches with Lawyers, accepted y e Resig- 
nation of Webb a Justice, see Lo 11 Reporte. 
712- 13 263. And. Philips. 
An Atturney, in whose time nothing memorable 
hapned. but the B. of Winchester coming to toun, 
& being entertained by the Corporation, this yeare 
W. Davys, and R. Opy dyed. Jo Webb Abdicated, 
and the whigg Interest advanced. 
713- 14 264. W^Hurrill. 
A man honest, more sense than many, much on 
the whigg side : made no figure. 
Aug 1. our gracious Queen Ann dyed, & King 
George proclamed the thursday following in this 
town, and the whole Kingdom quietly submitted, 
not one man appearing for the pretender. Altho 
the whiggs had long Reported he lay ready with 
an Army & fleet, &c. 
714- 15 265. [John] Pike. 
[Here the record ends, but there is written on a 
loose piece of paper pinned in : ] m r Pike A Joy 
Jn Beer, men whose characters I forbear for the 
credit of the chair which was not In 20 mayors 
