Midsummer-day, 1695 sir, the election ofthe sheriff for this famous city of London the metropolis of the kingdom, is invested in the citizens by prescription, and confirmed by Magna Charta, and the choice of a sheriff for the county of Middlesex is in the right of the citizens by purchase from the crown in fee-simple ...

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