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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… agree to this; 23 when, during the reign of Edward IV, a burgess, John Chandler, gave a silver vessel to the borough … was burgage tenure for which landgable was paid, and the burgess was only allowed to sell his tenement on payment of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… debt of 3 2 s., 46 while in 12901 William le Orfevre, burgess of Wilton, acknowledged a debt of 4 to a Gascon … clear that all ranks of town society, from the wealthiest burgess downwards were engaged in the production and sale of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… In 1619 the common council ordained that every master and burgess should accompany the mayor to and from his house to … days, 7 while in 1624 it was further ordained that every burgess must provide himself with a gown before the following …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Wilton, and was mayor in 14412, and his son was elected burgess in 14667. Other influences remote from local politics …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… laws of the realm into harmony with the borough rules, the burgess was dealt with more severely than the ordinary …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… borough community was formed, gildsman being equivalent to burgess and the jurisdiction and government being in the … the freemen's roll was to be kept by the town clerk. Every burgess enrolled was entitled to vote in the election of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… an ad hoc body. No mention is made of any mayor or chief burgess in the charter. At the first recorded election of the … Unitarian, obtained nomination to stand for capital burgess, and was rejected on show of hands by 12 to 5. He … Hill made similar fruitless attempts to become a capital burgess in 1820 and 1821. 61 In the later 18th century, …