When Sancroft reached Lambeth, in the afternoon, he found the grenadier guards, who were quartered in that suburb, assembled before the gate of his palace.

They formed in two lines on his right and left, and asked his benediction as he went through them.

He with difficulty prevented them from lighting a bonfire in honour of his return to his dwelling.

There were, however, many bonfires that evening in the City.
Two Roman Catholics who were so indiscreet as to beat some boys for joining in these rejoicings were seized by the mob, stripped naked, and ignominiously branded.

[384] Sir Edward Hales now came to demand fees from those who had lately been his prisoners.