Regards, Joe Extracted from: Daily Universal Register (London, Middlesex, England), February 7, 1786 The following Gentlemen were talked of as Candidates to succeed Mr. Aldreman Kitchen. Edward Bridgen, Esq. * John Clements, Esq. Josiah Dornford, Esq. John Lubbock, Esq. Geo. Macauley, Esq. * Gillory Piggot, Esq. Robert Rashleigh, Esq. Robert Smith, Esq. * Sir Robert Taylor Nath. Wright, Esq. John Swayne, Esq. John Sage, Esq. Those marked with a * have served or sined for Sheriff. The above ward being the first in London, sends seventeen Members to Common Council; and extends from the south-end of Blackfriars bridge to London Wall, at Cripplegate, and contains 18 precincts, and 1400 houses. Aldermen elected to the Ward since the Revolution, Sir Patience Ward, Oct. 18, 1870 Sir John Johnson, - - 1698 Sir William Withers, - - 1708 Sir Richard Brocas, - - 1729 Sir Henry Marshal, - - 1741 Richard Slater, Esq. - 1741 William Bridgen, Esq. - 1757 Henry Kitchen, Esq. - 1779 Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT/CUMMISKEY List Administrator/Rootsweb I use America's Book CDs in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.abcd-usa.com/ I support the Godfrey Memorial Library. http://www.godfrey.org/ Proud to be a member of LostCousins! http://www/LostCousins.com