Note 121 — REIGN OF CHARLES I.: 1637-1649. (continued 2)
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6th October 1648—‘appoints the four bailies, the old provost [Archibald Tod], the deacon of the chirurgeons, and their clerk, to go down to the Canongate in the afternoon, and in the Council’s name salute the Lord Cromwell, lieutenant-general of the English forces, and thir presents sall be their warrand.’—Ed. Council Register.