London
The Jurors for our
Sovereign Lord< no role >
the King upon their
Oath present That the City of London
is an Ancient City and that
according to the Custom of the said City from the Time whereof the
Memory of Man is not to the Contrary used and approved in the same
at a Court of Wardmote
held for the Ward of Broad Street
[..] in London that is
to say in the Parish of Saint Peter le poor
[..] within the said Ward
according to the Custom of the said City and COurt aforesaid on the
21st day of December in the 21st
16th.Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
the Third King of Great Britain Etc before
Richard Clarke< no role >
Esquire
[..]
then and now one of the Alderman of the said City and then and yet
Alderman
of the said Ward One
Alexander Anderson< no role >
Thomas Cook< no role >
late of London
Merchant
then and long before being an Inhabitant and Resiant within the
Ward aforesaid to wit in the Parish of Saint Christopher be Stocks
within the said Ward and a fit and proper presents Execute the Office of
one of the Inquest of the said Ward called the Wardmote Inquest
was lawfully and in due manner according to the Custom of the
said City and Court of Wardmote
aforesaid then and there elected