A PAPER SUBSCRIBED And Delivered by divers Eminent and Worthy CITIZENS to the RIGHT HONOURABLE The Lord MAYOR And Court of ALDERMEN, At GUILD-HALL, July the 20th 1682.  
To the Right Honourable the Lord MAYOR and Court of Aldermen.  
WHereas Thomas Papillon Esquire, Citizen and Mercer, and John Dubois Esquire, Citizen and Weaver, have been duly Elected Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex for the Year ensuing, by the Citizens of this City; And Whereas We did on Tuesday last, for ourselves and on the behalf of the rest of the Citizens of London, Desire your Lordship and this Honourable Court, to Cause Proclamation to be made for the said Persons to Appear, and to take the said Office upon them, under the Penalties contained in the Act of Common Council, according to the Usual Custom in the like Case Practised: To which we received an Unexpected Answer; That your Lordship and this Court would Consider of it; which Answer, as it Imports a Delay of the Citizens Right demanded, so it gives encouragement to several Reports, as if there were an Intention to Cause some other Persons not Elected to the said Offices to be Sworn into the same, which would be a manifest Violation of Law, and of the Rights and privileges of the Citizens, and tend to the Endangering of the Liberties of this City, which your Lordship and all other Citizens are bound by Oath to Preserve; We do therefore renew our Request to your Lordship and this Court, and do Desire, and of Right Demand, that your Lordship and this Court will forthwith Cause Proclamation to be made for the said Thomas Papillon and John Dubois to Appear, and Seal their Bonds to take upon them the said Office, according to Custom; Whereby the Citizens may receive their just Satisfaction, and the said Reports, which Reflect upon your Lordship and the Court of Aldermen in Relation to the Duty of your Oaths and Office, may be Silenced.   

A CAVEAT entered by divers Eminent CITIZENS AGAINST The Swearing of Dudley North and Ralph Box, Esquires. TO William Wagstaff Esquire, Town Clerk of the City of London.  
WE whose Names are hereunder Written, for and on the behalf of ourselves and others our fellow Citizens, Livery-men and Free-men of the City of London, do desire, and by these Presents empower you to enter one or more Caveat or Caveats for us jointly or severally against dudley North Esquire, and Ralph Box Esquire, their being Summoned, Sworn and Admitted Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex for the Year ensuing; We the said Persons Insisting for our Right in the Choice we have made of Thomas Papillon Esquire, and John Dubois Esquire, to be Summoned, Sworn and Admitted Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex for the Year ensuing, they being Elected and Declared Sheriffs for the City of London and County of Middlesex for the Year ensuing.  
Dated the 20th of July, 1682.   

London, Printed for E. Smith at the Elephant and Castle in cornhill. 1682.