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16th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… contrary to an ordinance of the town, and therefore no freemen. But it was proved that they had houses in their … and the benefit of process of withernam, which none but freemen could have. It was also proved that the mayor himself …
18th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… [1.] Winchelsea an incorporation. Mayor, jurats and freemen: now 8 with the mayor; freemen 11. Agreed, they ought to elect. They met at the … reason: found these Tildens exercised the quality of freemen; had empty houses in the town. Mayor himself had been …
1st April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… had been 4 times bailiff, testified that he knew that the freemen came to demand their right of election with the 12 … first year of the King, the town clerk summoned all the freemen and set down their names at the election. And that … by the generality, and his charges were borne by the freemen as well as the 12. [f. 110] So also that 12 Jac. the …
20th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… in Blackwell Hall, and that all merchants, drapers and freemen and denizens may buy cloth and ship them beyond the …
22nd March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Beaumont. Divers recusants brought in overnight and made freemen of purpose, and other indirect proceedings. The …
24th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… 2. Alderman [George] Whitmore. 3. Alderman [Ralph] Freemen. 4. Sir Paul Bayning. 5. Sir Richard Grobham. 6. Mr. …
24th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… chose these 2. Opinion of the committee. That all the freemen inhabitants ought to have voices in this election. … out with all expedition. Resolved, upon question, that the freemen and free burgesses, inhabitants of Dover, ought to … that the opinion of the committee was that all the freemen or commons of Dover should have their voices in the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… from the citizens. P. Millican (ed.), The Register of the Freemen of Norwich, 1548-1713 (Norwich, 1934), p. 14; J. T. …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… burgess in Parliament for Winchelsea is good, because the freemen of that town (who Sir Alexander Temple in his …
2nd March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… of Winchelsea: John Finch chosen by the maior, jurats and freemen there, whereof there are 16, and the maior kept out … were at the election present the mayor, 6 jurats and 11 freemen. The mayor and 7 freemen and never a jurat for Mr. [John] Finch, and 6 jurats …