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A History of the County of Oxford
… town's economy continued in the 17th century. Of the 34 mayors between 1580 and 1700 at least 15 were in distributive … and two of the bakers also kept inns. The remaining mayors comprised a cutler, 2 glovers of whom one was … from a wider range of occupations. Of the 30 18th-century mayors 12 were in the distributive trades, including 3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to authenticate land transactions outside the borough. 91 Mayors were recorded regularly thereafter, 92 and in 1402 the … were appointed, no accounts presented, and no courts held; mayors were elected at meetings attended only by the retiring … rector and mayor. By the later 18th century outgoing mayors regularly nominated a son as an honorary freeman, and …