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A History of the County of Chester
… of inhabitants at seven dates between 1563 and 1728, parish Easter books, evidence about household size, parish registers, and bills of mortality. Full Surveys of … up by new admissions. 12 Immigration was at odds with the council's policy of quarantine, though the mayor himself …
A History of the County of Chester
… it had been obtained by deceit. Finally, in 1589 the privy council settled matters: the charter of the Merchants' … The Assembly soon began to supervise the administration of parish poor rates, 9 and the new poor law of 1598 was … meeting of the mayor, aldermen J.P.s, constables, and parish overseers. 10 In 1572 the corporation raised an …
A History of the County of Chester
… with vagrants and supervise the regular relief provided by parish officers. In the 1690s the magistrates occasionally … formally certified by quarter sessions to the relevant parish. 15 By the 1740s the city also paid centrally for the … of devotional books in rotation among the poor of each parish. 6 Chester as a County Resort The cultural life of …
A History of the County of Chester
… port, the mayor received a stream of orders from the privy council, and there were further problems of supply and unruly … the various factions in the Assembly hoped to win privy council favour in their disputes. 5 More serious arguments … provoking the county to complain successfully to the privy council. Chester retaliated in 1635 by assessing the sheriff …
A History of the County of Chester
… handed over for use in the Whitsun plays. 6 The poorer parish churches, including St. Peter's, had little to lose, … formerly a well endowed college, became a rather poor parish church, while Holy Trinity, where many leading … worship hampered the maintenance of cathedral and parish churches alike, notably at St. John's, which became …
A History of the County of Chester
… sermon was preached in the south transept (St. Oswald's parish church), to avoid having simultaneous sermons there … religious divisions in the city, reflected also in parish disputes. At St. Olave's, for example, there were … for instance maintaining aldermanic seats in most of the parish churches for the occasions when the mayor or …
A History of the County of Chester
… in practice, as there were still sheriff-peers on the council in 1662. 4 There were no further purges of the … to the new regime. In March 1650 it was reported to the Council of State that only two of the aldermen had subscribed … and a county fund. 3 The sects added to the disruption of parish life and services, but by the later 1650s there were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1640. 8 The most important city institution was the common council, whose members were co-opted from the freemen. By … In 1605 James I appears to have reduced the number of the council to 30, 9 but the membership was restored to 40 under Charles I's charter of 1627. 10 The common council elected certain city officers, such as the four …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… blurred snapshots of demographic trends, and the city's parish registers afford only limited help in trying to focus … in the city; most probably lived at Gatcombe, in Awre parish, and other creeks down river and only came to … of inns, taverns, and similar premises. In 1617 the common council denounced the sale of linen and woollen cloth and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… that the pace of religious change accelerated at the parish level from about that time. The churchwardens' … other church items. 3 With Mary's accession St. Michael's parish conformed fairly rapidly to the restored Catholic … popular games. 33 Under Laud's sympathetic influence parish rituals may have revived a little in the 1630s, but …