position as a Physician in the service of the East India Company. On his retirement he entered into mercantile pursuits in the City, and in an evil hour joined the management of the Royal British Bank.

That disastrous undertaking involved a prosecution; and he, with other Directors, was convicted of a misdemeanour, which deprived him of his official position in 1858. Died, 1865.

1858. WILLIAM FERNELY ALLEN, Esq., Stationer, was elected Alderman. He served the office of Sheriff, 1857-8. This gentleman is the son of the late Mr. W. H. Allen, of Leadenhall Street, the eminent publisher, and is now the senior partner in the firm. He is also Treasurer to the Royal Artillery Company.

The family of the Allens have been for many years well known in the service of the East India Company, especially in the Bengal Presidency.

PART III.

THE CITY AND THE SENATE,

(WITH A FEW EXAMPLES).

ALDERMAN SIR THOMAS CANYNGE.

Thomas Canynge was elected Alderman of the Ward of Aldgate, October 19th, 1446.

He served as Sheriff in 1450, and as Mayor in 1456; was M.P. for London in 1451.

Alderman Canynge, when Sheriff, took an active part in suppressing the rebellion of Jack Cade, and petitioned Henry VI. for remuneration for expenses and danger incurred in " drawing Cade's body upon a hurdle through the streets." The head of the rebel was placed on London Bridge; one of his quarters was sent to Blackheath, one to the Mayor of Norwich, one to the Mayor of Salisbury, and one to the Bailiff of Gloucester.

Alderman Canynge was Master of the Grocers' Company in 1456.

On the 13th of January, 1461, Sir Thomas Canynge was fined forty pounds, and dismissed from office, on account of "contumacy and inobedience " towards the Mayor and Aldermen.-Journal vi., folio 286. (The entry in this Journal is incomplete, having been at some time injured by water.)

His father was Mayor of Bristol and M.P. for that city, from whom descended the Right Honorable George Canning, his son, the late Earl Canning, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.

Alderman Canynge was buried at St. Mary's Chapel, in the Church of St. Thomas, Bristol.

ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM LOKE.

William Loke (Mercer) was admitted to the freedom in 1507. He was elected Alderman of Ward, and served as Sheriff in 1548. He was never elected to the Mayoralty.

He was mercer to King Henry VIII., with whom he was an especial favourite, and presented with the key of the King's Private Chamber "to come when he would." His Majesty occasionally honored the Alderman by dining with him.

Sir William died at his house in Bow Lane, in 1550, and was buried at Mercers' Chapel, Cheapside.

An account has been published by Mr. J. B.

Heath of the materials furnished to Queen Anna Boleyn and the Princess Elizabeth-by William Loke, King's mercer, between 20th January, 1535, and 27th April, 1536-specifying articles of dress for the Queen and Infant Princess, with the addition of a few for Will Somers, the King's jester.*

William Loke was the father of Sir Michael Loke, grandfather of John Locke, the eminent philosopher. This Sir Michael claimed the credit of originating Sir Martin Frobisher's first voyage and fitting out the Expedition.

In a recent work+ an autobiographical fragment is quoted, proving that Alderman Locke was the father and not the brother of Sir Michael, as had been supposed. Among his descendants may be named John Locke, Lord Chancellor King, and the Earl of Lovelace.

ROBERT PAKINGTON AND ALDERMAN BARNHAM.

In 1536, Robert Pakington, mercer in Cheapside, and M.P. for London, brother of John Pakington, treasurer of the Inner Temple (who married Anne, daughter of - Dacres, Sheriff of London) was shot when going from his house to the Church of St. Thomas of Acon. The murderer was not discovered until, when about to be hanged at Banbury for another crime, he confessed himself guilty of this. *See Mr. Heath's "Pamphlet." "English Merchants."

Mr. Pakington was buried at the Church of St. Pancras, Soper Lane. He married Catherine, daughter of Lord Chief Justice Baldwin. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Alderman Sir Richard Mallory, Knight.

His son, Sir Thomas Pakington, was Sheriff of Worcestershire in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth. He died in 1571. His daughter, Mary, married Sir Walter Long, of Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his son, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, K.B., a favourite courtier of Queen Elizabeth, who nick-named him "Lusty Pakington.” He lived in great splendour, and outran his fortune. The story of this Sir John Pakington is admirably told in Mr. Hepworth Dixon's "Life of Bacon." He was remarkable for his handsome person and skill in athletic sports. To compensate for his loss of fortune, the Queen consoled him with the grant of the confiscated estate of a rebel in Suffolk.

But, according to Mr. Dixon, the great burly, kind-hearted fellow, when he went to take possession, found the family of the rebel in such pitiable plight, that he came back and implored the Queen to withdraw the gift from himself and bestow it on them.

At this critical time, his friend, one Master William Seabright, Town Clerk of London, suggested to Sir John (then over fifty years old) that a young and lovely Alderman's Widow, very rich, might not be