▁the ▁support ▁of ▁Dr ▁Knight ley ▁Ch et w ode , ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁and ▁the ▁Duke ▁of ▁Beau fort . ▁He ▁was ▁included ▁as ▁a ▁‘ worth y ▁patri ot ’ ▁who ▁helped ▁to ▁detect ▁the ▁mis man ag ements ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁administration , ▁and ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁‘ T ory ▁patri ots ’ ▁who ▁voted ▁for ▁the ▁peace . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁October ▁Club . ▁He ▁was ▁frequently ▁absent ▁from ▁Parliament ▁because ▁of ▁corpor ation ▁affairs . ▁In ▁ ▁October ▁ 1 7 1 2 ▁he ▁was ▁issued ▁with ▁an ▁Ex che quer ▁writ ▁ ▁for ▁£ 2 7 , 0 0 0 ▁ ▁of ▁land ▁tax ▁rece i pts ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁be ▁still ▁holding . ▁The ▁alleg ation ▁was ▁probably ▁Wh ig ▁p loy ▁to ▁dis rupt ▁the ▁T ories ’ ▁elect oral ▁arrang ements , ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁said ▁that ▁ ▁the ▁general ▁understanding ▁was ▁that ▁‘ no ▁receiver ▁in ▁England ▁hath ▁made ▁better ▁pay ments ▁than ▁Ald erman ▁Web b '. ▁He ▁was ▁however ▁persu aded ▁to ▁stand ▁down ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 7 1 3 ▁British ▁general ▁election ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁a ▁wealth ier ▁T ory ▁candidate . ▁However ▁promises ▁of ▁good ▁posts , ▁as ▁a ▁reward , ▁never ▁material ized . ▁ ▁Web b ▁died ▁un mar ried ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁March ▁ 1 7 3 4 , ▁aged ▁ 7 1 , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁buried ▁at ▁St ▁ ▁Michael '