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LR83 - Corporation of London Record Office - Repertory of the Court of Aldermen, 46, Whitmore Mayor, fol. 6v-8

Notice in the Repertory of the Court of Aldermen that Jonson 's fee for being City Chronologer be suspended until he produces work, 10 Nov. 1631. The decision is authorised by George Whitmore (d. 1654, mayor)   and the aldermen, Sir Edward Barkham   , Sir Martin Lumley   , Sir Hugh Hammersley   , Sir Richard Deane   , Sir James Cambell, alderman (1570-1642)   , Sir Robert Ducy   , Nicholas Rainton (1569-1646)   , Ralph Freeman   , Thomas Moulson   , Robert Parkhurst (d. 1636)   , Poole, Christopher Cletherowe   , Edward Bromfield   , Richard Fenn   , Maurice (Morris) Abbot (1565-1642)   , Henry Garraway (1575-1646)   , Backhouse, William Acton   , and Abdy. The record appears bound in the folio-sized repertory containing records from Nov. 1631 to Oct. 1632. The records for 10 Nov. 1631 occupy fols. 6v-8.
Eugene Giddens


[fol. 6v]
Jovis decimo die Novembris 1631 Annoqr Regni Regis Caroli Anglie etc. Septimo
[Trans.: Thursday 10th of November 1631 in the seventh year of the reign of King Charles of England etc.]

Whitmore Maior, Barkham, Lumley, Hamersley, Deane, Cambell, Ducie, Raynton, Freeman, Mowlson, Parkhurst, Poole, Clitherowe, Bromfeild, Fen, Abbott, Garroway, Backhouse, Acton, et Abdy,


[fol. 8]
Beniamine Johnson

Item it is ordered by this Court that mr Chamberlen shall forbeare to pay any more fee or wages vnto Beniamine Johnson the Citties Cronologer vntill he shall have presented vnto this Court some fruits of his labours in that his place

Bibliography
JAB, 167
H&S, 1.240

Whitmore became Lord Mayor in 1631. He was alderman for the Langbourne Ward from Nov. 1626-May 1643. He was knighted in 1632, and his mayoral pageant was Thomas Heywood's London 's Ius Honorarium.

Barkham had been Lord Mayor in 1621-2.

Lumley had been Lord Mayor in 1623-4.

Hammersley had been Lord Mayor in 1627-8.

Deane had been Lord Mayor in 1628-9. He was known as a puritan.

Cambell was an Ironmonger, alderman of Lion Street Ward (1625-), and Lord Mayor in 1629-30. His mayoral pageant was Dekker's London 's Tempe. It is less likely that this record refers to his brother Robert, who also became an alderman.

Ducy had been Lord Mayor in 1630-31.

Rainton was alderman for Aldgate ward in 1621 and for Cornhill in 1634. He was sheriff in 1621 and Lord Mayor in 1632-3: his mayoral pageant was Thomas Heywood's London 's Fountain of Arts and Sciences .

Freeman was Lord Mayor in 1633-4.

Moulson became Lord Mayor in 1634. It appears that he may have died in office.

Parkhurst was a clothworker, who became Lord Mayor in 1634: John Taylor 's The Triumph of Fame and Honour marked the occasion. His elder brother John Parkhurst was Master of Balliol.

Cletherowe became Lord Mayor in 1636.

Bromfield became Lord Mayor in 1637.

Fenn became Lord Mayor in 1638.

Abbot was a merchant, governor of the East India Co., and Lord Mayor of London in 1638-9, when Heywood's Porta Pietatis was his inaugural pageant. He became alderman of Bridge Without in 1626, sheriff of London in 1627, and was translated to Coleman Street in 1631. His brothers Robert and George were respectively bishop of Salisbury and archbishop of Canterbury.

Garraway was a draper and merchant, and was Lord Mayor in 1639-40: his inaugural pageant was Heywood's Londini Status Pacatus . He had become sheriff in 1627, and subsequently alderman for the Vintry ward.

Acton became Lord Mayor in 1641.