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Two Tudor Subsidy Rolls for the City of London
… 11s. 6d.) 27 6 406. Jamys Page, haberdasher, John Wyndman, or', for thorphan of John Maydenhed, draper (£113 11d.) 56 6 … (£258 18s. 11d.) 6 9 6 577. Denys Leveson for the orphan or Nicholas Leveson, Mercer (£517 17s. 10d.) 12 19 578. Denys …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… early times the Aldermen have usually been members of one or other of the craft guilds represented in the later … the freedom of the City unless he belonged to some mystery or trade, and the same rule was applied to "strangers," … stated in the records of their respective elections or easily obtainable from other official sources. From the …
Survey of London
… has come to light. It had probably been formed only a year or two before, for there is no suggestion of its existence in … are in connection with the appointment of attorneys or proctors to take control during the absence of the prior … other things for the profit and advantage of the chapel or hospital from the prior and convent of Roncidevall in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 38. Common Council, p. 44. Freemen, p. 46. Town Assembly or Common Hall, p. 49. Town Courts, p. 51. Justices of the … itself had added to the officially recognized reeves or bailiffs a Mayor, who embodied the communal consciousness … and ale twice a year, the Chancellor of the University or his deputy being present. 46 The two aldermen and their …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Harleston 2 also held land in the shire. Philip Cayley or Cailly who represented Cambridge in the Parliaments of … January 1340, and March 1340, was one of the six burgesses or citizens put on a committee with twelve knights of the … into the form of statutes. 3 Between 1295 and 1621 sixty or more Mayors are known to have served as Members of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by him (about 1240) rendered it unnecessary for the prior or his tenants 'to go to the castle to scrutinize the … south and west and building their cottages on the slopes or even in the moat, 20 and in the early 17th century … into sanctuary at All Saints by the Castle, St. Giles, or Chesterton Church. 40 It would seem that in the Edwardian …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to assist the burgesses in apprehending offenders cleric or lay; lists of heads of hostels and their inmates were to … the elections. Thus was established the Magna Congregatio or Black Assembly in which the royal orders of 1231, 1268, … to his studies', 20 a bad character at Sturbridge fair, or a debtor, entailed the use of a prison, and as it had no …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 3. Argent a cross potent between four similar crosslets or, 4. Old France a border gules, 5. Azure sown with crosslets fitchy or, two golden barbels back to back, 6. Or on a bend gules … 1505. Robert Bekensaw or Birkenshaw: c. 6 July 1508. John Jenyn: Mar. 1519. Thomas Farman: Dec. [?] 1525. William …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… who persuaded her to embrace the scheme. In the last year or two of her life she talked much about it. About twelve … good, vertuose, and lerned, and men tractabyll'. 10 On or about 29 July 1516 the College was opened with Alan Percy … north by St. John's Lane 12 and on the south by the Back or Kitchen Lane. They comprised around one court all that was …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… and miscarriages of their superiors, the Parliament, or if they did speak plain, and home to the infirmities and … came frequently to such exercises, not out of any zeal or devotion, but to feel the pulse of the state, and to steer … cried down, as well in regard that he was not appointed or desired by the Parliament to preach, as for that in truth …