Manuscripts and Special Collections
Pw A 2099 : Copy letter from James [Johnston] to 'Honoured Sir'; 17 Nov. 1687
fident. However the Court is as confident
of having a Parliament to their mind,
tho it is impossible they should expect
it, by fair legal Elections. It is not
believed that the new sheriffs will do
the business, for which it is said they
are named. It is true, many of them are
Papists, & all of them chosen as the
fittest men. All the Fellows of Mag
dalen Colledge will be turned out, &
their President will be ruined by a
fine; but many of them have whereon to
live; & the Gentry about town are making
provision for those of them that have
nothing besides their Fellowships;
which will much encourage the Clergy.
At Court they are not three day of one
mind about the methods that are to be followed.
On Thursday those that are
upon the secret of affairs met Myl[or]d
