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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in Stow on the Wold. 2 October 1634 (Witness 1), Thomas Bailies of Bourton-on-the-Water, co. Gloucester, husbandman, … Ayleworth, Thomas, gent (also Ailworth, Aylworth) Bailies, Thomas, husbandman Bray, Anne Bray, Edmund Borough, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Dissolution of monasteries, to have been granted to the bailies and corporation of the town of Kirkcaldy, and by them … by subsequent monarchs, is vested in a provost, four bailies, and eight councillors, assisted by a treasurer, … The government is vested, by charter, in a provost, four bailies, a treasurer, and council of eight merchant and five …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The practice of the burgh has fixed the number of bailies at two, and the councillors at fifteen, who appoint … s. 6 d., and to the son of a burgess, half that sum. The bailies formerly exercised both a civil and criminal … by which the government was vested in a provost, three bailies, a treasurer, and seven councillors, assisted by a …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… and to Bishop Walter and his successors, that the provost, bailies, and officers of Rutherglen should not levy toll or … as they had anciently enjoyed, without obstruction by the bailies of Dumbarton or of any others his bailies; and confirming to all attending the fair and market …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… regard to the election by the Archbishop of Glasgow of the Bailies of the City for the following year, from a leet … by the Lords of Secret Council assoilzing the Provost, Bailies, Councillors, and Community of the burgh of Glasgow, … of their having appointed him and his heirs to be bailies of the regality of Glasgow. Edinburgh, 6 February …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… right of nominating and annually electing the provost, bailies, and other officers of the magistracy of the said … by the ESTATES of PARLIAMENT to the Provost and Bailies of the burgh of Glasgow, to sit and hold courts for … by KING CHARLES I., whereby he granted to the provost, bailies, councillors, and community of Glasgow, for the …