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should not be elected to the office of Lord Mayor for the following year, and requesting him to repair to London not later than the 7th or 9th of
September to confer with them touching his election to that office", which he accordingly did, and was elected Lord Mayor, but died in office on 30
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on sea service alone, and irrespective of their disbursements in 1588 no less a sum than 100,000 marks within the last few years, so that the Lords of the
Council would see that the citizens had not been wanting in good will and affection towards that service".
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In his will, Skinner left the sum of £20 to the
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