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Analytical Index to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia 1579-1664. Originally published by EJ Francis, London, 1878.
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Lotteries.
II. 295. The humble Answer and Petition of the Lord Mayor
and Aldermen to the King, James the First, in reply to his request
for permission to be given to Julian Miccottie, a merchant, of Italy, to
put certain wares into a Lottery, (fn. 1) to begin at the next term of St.
Michael, and to continue for four months, and stating that, on account
of the sickness which still lingered about the City, it would be
dangerous to assemble so many persons together.
(Circa 1607.)
II. 304. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lords of the
Council, with respect to the permission granted by His Majesty to
Julian Miccottie, merchant, to set up a Lottery within the City, and
informing their Lordships of the great clamour and tumult daily
made by servants and apprentices, and begging that the said Lottery
might cease, and that none should in future be permitted within the
City.
30th January, 1607.
II. 353. Letter from the King, James the First, to the Lord
Mayor, giving permission to Julyan Miccottie, merchant stranger, to
hold a Lottery for the sale of his wares within the City, notwithstanding the advice given by the Lord Mayor, upon the request of the
King to the contrary.
(Circa 1607.)