The antique ceremonies which mark' ed the recent election of London "s 736 th Lord Mayor have been parodied, from time to time, by the election of mock Corporation, 6uch as that of the Ancient Borough of Walton, a village near Preston. It concealed Jacobite attempts to restore the Stuart family, and was originated in 1701 by sundry noblemen and gentry of Lancashire, who covered their treason by the cloak of conviviality. Their proceedings were conducted with a splendour and formality which rivalled that of the Guildhall. Besides a Mayor, bailiffs, and sergeants, tho Corporation endowed itself -with a poet laureate, a huntsman, a wine-taster, and a mysterious officer called a custard-eater. But tho Rebellion of 1715 lopped off its most prominent members.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 13
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123Untitled Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 13
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