BIB_ID
80794
Accession number
MA 9416
Creator
Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685.
Display Date
1681 December 29.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 30.1 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Written from Whitehall.
Addressed, with intact seal: "For the right honorable Sir John More / Lord Mayor of the City / London."
Docketed.
Addressed, with intact seal: "For the right honorable Sir John More / Lord Mayor of the City / London."
Docketed.
Summary
Concerning the privilege accorded to the royal servants, not to be forced into another office; referring specifically to one Matthew Banks, His Majesty's Servant in Ordinary, who is "also personally employed in the Kings service dayly in his Works & Buildings"; asking that the Lord Mayor respect this "antient Priviledge," as his predecessors have done.
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