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Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… the City of London, and the Lord Mayor, and Sheriffs, and Aldermen of the said City were often sent for, by his advice, … and that they were said by the heels, and some of the Aldermen hanged up. XXVI. That the said Earl by his wicked …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… in which the corporation consists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors. The recorder has since that …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 217 The corporation was styled the 'bailiff, aldermen and burgesses' of the borough of Aylesbury. A bailiff, ten aldermen and twelve capital burgesses drawn from 'the better … the corporation would soon have become a close body. The aldermen were to hold office for life or 'during pleasure,' …
A History of the County of Bedford
… corporate. The corporation was to comprise a mayor, seven aldermen and nine common councillors, and to have a recorder, … the corporation previous to 1835 were vested in a mayor, aldermen, two bailiffs, a recorder, a town clerk, the … of freemen from two burgesses nominated by the court of aldermen and common councilmen. He presides at all …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and the government was vested in the mayor, twelve aldermen, and thirty-six councillors representing the six …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… a fresh incorporation in 1684 under the title of Mayor and Aldermen of the borough and parish of Buckingham. 80 Four … the twelve principal burgesses were superseded by twelve aldermen, each of whom was a 'Paterfamilias Anglice an … of 1835 Buckingham has as part of its governing body four aldermen holding office for six years. The bailiff is the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the sub-bailiffs were equated with the strangely-named 'aldermen' of 1556 768 and 'under-aldermen' of 1565. 769 In 1599 it was decreed that the … corporation of 60: a mayor, recorder, deputy recorder, 11 aldermen, 15 capital burgesses, and 31 free burgesses. The …
A History of the County of Surrey
… corporation, since 1904; has consisted of the mayor, six aldermen, and eighteen councillors. The Earl of Onslow is … in 1835, and again in 1904, on the latter occasion the aldermen were increased from four to six, and the councillors …
A History of the County of Hertford
… style of the incorporation was then altered to the 'mayor, aldermen and commonalty.' The mayor was chosen from the … double election as before and on the same tenure. The ten aldermen were elected from the assistants by the common … The sixteen assistants were chosen by the mayor and aldermen from the commonalty. Their powers were extended, in …
A History of the County of Northampton
… was declared a free borough which with mayor, seven aldermen and thirteen chief burgesses was to form a body … and labourers, and weights and measures, and freed mayor, aldermen and burgesses from service on assize, jury or … the court of record should be held before the mayor, two aldermen, two chief burgesses and the steward of the borough …