goldsmith" and become rich by extortion. He had purchased an
estate at Helmsley, co. York, once the property of the Duke of
Buckingham, a transaction which drew forth the following lines from
Pope (Imitation of Bk. ii, Satire ii, of Horace _sub fine_):--

"And Helmsley, once proud Buckingham's delight,
Slides to a Scrivener or City Knight."

He had received a commission as alderman from James II in 1685, was
discharged the following year, and in 1700, when he was sheriff, got
himself elected alderman of Bridge Ward (Repertory 90, fo. 71; _Id._
91, fo. 83b; _Id._ 104, fo. 345). The city Journals of the period
are very imperfect, and there are no Common Hall books of the day,
but Luttrell gives us the result of the mayoralty election of 1700,
when Duncombe promised to lay out L40,000 for the good of the city,
or build a Mansion House for future mayors, and set up a brass
statue of King William upon the Conduit in Cheapside, if only he
were elected (Diary, iv, 660, 692).

1876 Luttrell, v, 95.

M938 Election of William's last parliament, Nov.-Dec., 1701.

1877 Journal 50, fo. 359; Luttrell, v, 108.

1878 Luttrell, v, 110-111, 112-113, 114.

M939 The Princess Anne proclaimed queen 8 March, 1702.

1879 Journal 53, fo. 366; Repertory 106, fo. 200.

M940 The Common Council vote an address, 10 March.

M941 A picture of the queen for the Guildhall and a statue for the Royal
Exchange.

1880 Journal 53, fo. 281b. The address is printed in Maitland's History
(i, 503).

1881 Repertory 106, fo. 215.

1882 Repertory 106, fos. 226, 235, 243, 321; Journal 53, fo. 382. The
portrait is said by Bryan ("Dict. of Painters") to have been hung in
the Council Chamber. It is not there now, and does not appear to be
either in the Guildhall or Mansion House.

M942 The coronation, 23 April, 1702.

1883 Journal 53, fo. 398; Repertory 106, fos. 253-255, 267-9.

M943 Parliament contunues notwithstanding demise of the crown, Stat. 7 &
8 Will. III, c. 15.

1884 Stat. 7 & 8 Will. III, c. 15.

M944 The Tories supplant the Whigs in the new parliament.

1885 "A new commission for the lieutenancy of London," writes Luttrell
(11 July, 1702) "is come from her majestie, since which they have
mett and turned out the six old collonells, viz., Sir Robert
Clayton, Sir William Ashurst