At Temple Bar she was again enter-
tained with songs, sung in concert by a
choir of men and boys, and having from
thence proceeded to Westminster, she re-
turned the Lord Mayor thanks for his
good offices, and those of the citizens
that day.  Stow's Annals.

The day after, the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Sheriffs, performed their several
offices at the coronation; and, in return
for the great expence the city had been at
upon the above occasion, the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and forty of the principal citi-
zens, had the honour of being afterwards
invited to the christening of the Princess
Elizabeth.

In the year 1551, King Edward VI.
gave the city a charter, by which he
not only confirmed all its former privileges,
but granted the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and citizens, several lands and tenements
in Southwark, with the manor thereof,
and its appurtenances; the assize of
bread, wine, beer, and ale; a fair for
three days; and the offices of Coroner,
Escheator, and Clerk of the market, which
are for ever vested in the Lord Mayor and
his successors.

In the beginning of the year 1552,

Upon the breaking out of the rebellion
under Sir Thomas Wyat, occasioned by
the report of Queen Mary's intended mar-
riage with Philip of Spain, the city was
thrown into a violent commotion, and on
his marching to Deptford, the Lord May-
or, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and citizens, had
not only recourse to arms; but, it being
term time, the Judges sat, and the Coun-
cil pleaded in Westminster Hall in ar-
mour.  In this general confusion the
Queen came to Guildhall, where she was
attended by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
Sheriffs, and several of the city companies
in their formalities, to whom she made a
long and flattering speech, in which she
professed, that she loved them as a mother
loves her child, and that she would not
engage in this marriage, if she thought it
inconsistent with the happiness of her lov-
ing subjects: but that she desired to leave
some fruit of her body to be their go-
vernor.