Archaeologia cantiana . ts the visit ofCharles II. and his Queen in 1659, when Mr. Thomas Brownewas Mayor. As the King was not married till the 21st May1662, and there is no record of the King and Queen everhaving come together, Mr. Baker is clearly mistaken. Mr. Roach Smith, in a communication to the Antiquarythis year, says that Mr. Fairholt, who had seen the picturesshortly after their discovery, stated that, from a curiousMS. account of the Mayors of Sandwich, compiled by JohnGranger, then in the late Mr. W. H. Rolfes possession, itseemed probable that Tobias Cleere was the Mayor, and the4
Archaeologia cantiana . ts the visit ofCharles II. and his Queen in 1659, when Mr. Thomas Brownewas Mayor. As the King was not married till the 21st May1662, and there is no record of the King and Queen everhaving come together, Mr. Baker is clearly mistaken. Mr. Roach Smith, in a communication to the Antiquarythis year, says that Mr. Fairholt, who had seen the picturesshortly after their discovery, stated that, from a curiousMS. account of the Mayors of Sandwich, compiled by JohnGranger, then in the late Mr. W. H. Rolfes possession, itseemed probable that Tobias Cleere was the Mayor, and the4th May 1670 the date of the Queens visit, which is thus de-scribed : The 4 day of May, being Saturday, our nobleQueen Katharan came to this Toune with a great trayn,and there was a royall bankett provyded for her sacredmajesty and for all the queenes trayne at Master Mayorsdoore, because the Queene desyred not to come out of thecoach but rid to Deale castle that night. Boys gives a somewhat similar account, omitting the. N° 2. PAINTED PANEL AT SANDWICH. CARRIAGES OF THE QUEENS ATTENDANTS; ON THE RIGHT ARESIX JURATS OF SANDWICH APPROACH IN G THE QUEENS CARRIAGE. r—
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