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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … the 31st year of his reign, the government is vested in a mayor, two aldermen, and twelve capital burgesses, assisted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … the king's use, and a considerable quantity of plate. The mayor and aldermen, being taken into custody for surrendering … resolutions in favour of the royal cause: they elected for mayor and sheriff two ardent royalists, provided additional …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… to the younger to ly with her, where there was such a [s...e?] betwene them thatt there was shakte owt of his … lordshippe that you will be pleased to speake to Master Mayor that hee will cause the chamberlaynes to cause the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… him, her selfe [illegible] children, having peticioned the mayor, but as yet he hath no weekly [illegible] him, he being …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … worship in the minster, 23 and the right of the lord mayor to occupy a particular seat in the choir was frequently … the archdeacon was persuaded to give up his stall to the mayor who had vacated his own to accommodate the lord …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … Robert Piper, the largest grower in the area, 51 and twice mayor, 52 guaranteed the cost of the Worthing Season … the holiday trades. 61 Besides private relief funds, the Mayor's Relief Fund spent £7,800, much of it in helping small …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … Scheme of 1972; £4.80 was paid out in 1975. St. Elizabeth's alms-houses were founded in 1859 by Alfred Burges of … to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the mayor of Worthing and others raised a fund by public …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's … Heene. 51 Six aldermen and 18 councillors, including the mayor, at first represented 5 wards. At the enlargement of … 30 councillors representing 10 wards. 52 The first Labour mayor was chosen in 1936, 53 but after the 1950s there was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … of the new town hall, chiefly at the expense of a former mayor. 89 The Connaught Theatre closed as a commercial … and the museum and art gallery that of the town's first mayor, Alfred Cortis. A junior library was opened in 1929, 39 …