A Collection of Several Tracts of the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Author of the History of the Rebellion, and Civil Wars in England (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Collection of Several Tracts of the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Author of the History of the Rebellion, and Civil Wars in England Many Months paired before the Charter was drawn, in which Time I never heard of the leaft new Objeétion made againft it, or that any Man was unfatisfied with it. After it was ingrofled, and paffed the King's Hand, it was brought to the Great Seal, and then the Lord Mayor of London and the Court of Aldermen had enter'd a Caveat, and I appointed a Day to hear all Parties. The City alledged an Order made a Year or Two be fore by the King in Council, upon a Complaint then exhibited by the Court of Aldermen againit the Turkey Company, and other Corporations, in which they faid there were very many Merchants of the heft Trades and greateft Bi'cares in the City, who would never take out their Freedom of the City, and f0 refuied to bear any Charge or Office in it, to the Very great Prejudice and Diihonour of the City, and of the Government there of, they being by this Means compelled to call inferior Citizens to be Al dermen, before they had El'tates to bear the Charge of it, whilfi the graa veft and the ticheli could not be compelled to take it, becaufe they were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.