1685/6.] [Footnote 96: The best account of these transactions is in the Life of Sharp, by his son.

Citters, June 29/July 9 1686.] [Footnote 97: Barillon, July 21/Aug 1 1686.

Citters, July 16/26; Privy Council Book, July 17.; Ellis Correspondence, July 17.; Evelyn's Diary, July 14.; Luttrell's Diary, Aug.

5, 6.] [Footnote 98: The device was a rose and crown.

Before the device was the initial letter of the Sovereign's name; after it the letter R.Round the seal was this inscription, "Sigillum commissariorum regiae majestatis ad causas ecclesiasticas."] [Footnote 99: Appendix to Clarendon's Diary; Citters, Oct.