A humble address to the Queen was read and approved. It was ordered that it should...

A humble address to the Queen was read and approved. It was ordered that it should be engrossed and sealed, and sent to Mr. Shakerley in order to be presented to Her Majesty by Sir Henry Bunbury and Mr. Shakerley, or, if Sir Henry were not in London, by Mr. Shakerley alone.

Upon reading the report on the petition of Edward Partington, Alderman, it was ordered that he might have a lease of the ground desired for three lives and twenty-one years at the yearly rent of 1s.

Upon reading the report on William Adshead's petition, it was ordered that he might have liberty to erect pales before his houses in the Northgate Street rent free.

The report on the petition of Richard Heath was read and confirmed.

(ZA/B/3/197v) A petition was read from Thomas Bolland, barber surgeon, stating that from time out of mind his ancestors had enjoyed a shop in the row over against his house in the Bridge Street (dimensions stated) as tenants of the City at the yearly rent of 1s. In his infancy the shop was taken down without his knowledge or direction, and no rent had since been paid for it. He wished to build a new shop in the place where the old one formerly stood and asked for a grant thereof in fee-farm. An order was made for viewing and reporting.

It was ordered that Roger Mostyn, esq., might have a lease for twenty-one years under the Common Seal of the lands heretofore mortgaged to the City by William Griffith, esq., at the yearly rent of £12.

Further time was given until the next Assembly for the views and reports to be made on the petitions of Samuel Dyason, Thomas Duke, Samuel Dannald and Robert Gregg.

It was recommended that the Mayor, the Justices of the Peace and Treasurers, or any three of them including two Justices, should appoint convenient places for the stacking of gorse within the City, and should report to the next Assembly.

The Recorder was desired to write to Mr. Ellison for a printed copy of the Act of Parliament for selling the estate late of Sir Thomas Smith, whereby provision was made for the perpetual maintenance of poor persons in certain almshouses in Common Hall Lane.

It was ordered that Alderman Hewit's salary as Receiver of the duties on coals and lime in the City should be doubled. He was to produce the money which should appear to be in hi hands to the Committee for the Navigation upon the stating of his accounts from time to time. After the end of that week, no further work was to be done on account of the navigation without a special order of the Committee for that purpose.