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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1669. The corporation, however, at present consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors, under the act 5th and … IV., cap. 76; the borough is divided into two wards; the mayor and late mayor are justices of the peace, and the number of other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… daughter of Sir Edward Osborne, Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor in 1583. In 1613 Welby entered his pedigree at the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… entrusted to an ad hoc body. No mention is made of any mayor or chief burgess in the charter. At the first recorded … by the transformation of the town bailiff into a mayor, and the substitution of aldermen and councillors for … residing within 7 miles of Wisbech. The 'establishment' of mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors continued until 1933, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from 1865 and Sheriff of London in 1871. 40 He was Mayor of Wisbech from 1858 to 1862. 41 Various proposals were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sails. 43 This badge (keys) is used on the seals of the mayor and town clerk. 44 B.M. Cat. Seals, i, 845. B.M. Cat. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… elected members representing four wards, headed by a mayor, and exercising limited responsibility within the … became a successor parish with town status. The first mayor defined the council's chief role as providing a link … the newly acquired town arms. The chain was adopted by the mayor of the town council after 1974 and remained in use in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bequest from Daniel Hanley, Oxford's first Roman Catholic mayor: a room supplied by the station master was furnished …
A History of the County of Essex
… Colchester district (later borough). A town council with a mayor as chairman retained limited powers. 78 PUBLIC …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Her Majesty in council as a municipal borough, with a mayor, twelve aldermen, and 36 councillors, and divided into … Sir Stephen Jenyns, Knt., a native of the town, and lord mayor of London in 1508, who endowed it with estates in the …