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103 which I infer that they already appointed their own sheriff or portreeve; and Henry II, confirming this grant, mentions the sheriff of London and his powers separately. It must have been soon after the date of this. charter, that this change was made without any special leave other than the citizens already had. If it is true—and it has frequently been asserted— that the mayor and citizens attended the first coronation of King Richard,
