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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by conferring the honour of knighthood on the mayor and recorder. While Charles remained here, the Scots demanded an … right hand. Courts of quarter-session are held before the recorder, for all offences not capital. The lord mayor and … recovery of debts to any amount, is held weekly before the recorder. To the corporation belongs the conservancy of the …
Yorkshire Lay Subsidy 30 Ed. I (1301)
A fifteenth granted by Edward I at the Parliament held at Lincoln in spring 1301. It covers the North Riding, one wapentake of the East Riding, and the liberties of St Mary's and St Peter's in York. From the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, volume 21.