TRADITIONAL CITY FEUD
Members of the Inner Temple never entertain the Lord Mayor of London in his official capacity, for the reason that, tho Temple had made it a, rule that it will never submit to the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor. In tho Calendar of the Temple Kecords it is stated thai from earliest times the Temple has declared itself extraparochial and beyond the jurisdiction of the city authority. The Templars," it is recorded, have always contended that the Lord Mayor has no right, as Lord Mayor, '"'to bear up his sword within their confines." In .1668, the Calendar further states, a Lord Mayor defied this tradition. "I will come and dine and I will bear up my sword and see who dares to take it down," he said, but ho was met by such an onslaught that he was forced to retreat. Although the tradition has no significance beyond a symbolical or literary interest, it is a fact that the Lord Mayor does not visit the Temple officially.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 14
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170TRADITIONAL CITY FEUD Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 14
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