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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 3714 occupations and status, 22, 278, 32, 53, 3724 nn bellmen, 55, 192, 268 bd. of health, 1501, 266, 272; and see …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… him to forward a certificate concerning suit of, 222 Bellmen to perambulate the wards in case of fire, 142 n …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… 124 n William, 124 n Nieuport, battle near, 241 n Night-bellmen established, 37 n Night watches, number of men too …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… p. 129. (Fuller says that 'the useful custom of the night-bellmen' began in the Mayoralty of Sir T. Offley). 1593. …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… Wm. Smith, Rouge-dragon.) "The useful custom of the night-bellmen (preventing many fiers and more felonies) began in …
Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh
… on the King [ Ib. fol. 49], 310 Dec. 4.Payment to two bellmen who attend nightly in steeple; marches to be yearly …
Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… fee, 2.0s.0d. j. To Clement Forman and Michael Wrighte bellmen of the city, to either of them for his year's fee 4 … in a loud voice in every street and lane in which the bellmen watched (Rep. 16, f.439, 17 Jan. 1569). They were to …
A History of the County of Leicester
… sergeants-at-mace, the town crier, the beadle, and two bellmen, amounting in all to nearly 500. 436 In December the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… offices of the mace-bearer, four sergeants-at-mace, two bellmen, town crier, six town waits, beadle, and mole-catcher …
A History of the County of Leicester
… does not seem to have become permanent. In 1706 two bellmen were appointed for the same purpose; this time the appointments were lasting, and the two bellmen survived until 1835. 103 In the winter of 17489 an …