| Description | Sir Edward Scott the Lieutenant Governor required him to grant warrants to press the town teams for work on the fortifications at Portsmouth, the mayor answered he would need the command of his Majesty or the Master of the Ordnance, the Lieutenant Governor became violent and swore that the Corporation were rebels and that he, Scott, would cut the deponent's throat etc For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford |