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A History of the County of Stafford
… Act the markets and fairs became statutory. 41 The mayor walked the fairs by at least the 1640s. In 1647 it was … and 1860s 'the little civic procession' consisted of the mayor, the other members of the town council, and the borough … by 1843. 30 The pits were flooded by 1845 when the mayor, J. H. Harvey, was drowned while swimming there. 31 By …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at such schools, was provided annually. 16 In 1776 the mayor granted the Blue Coat schoolmaster the use of the … been presented in 1882 by Lord Bradford. In 1887 the mayor successfully appealed for funds to erect and equip such …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Bloxwich; he was M.P. for Walsall from 1922 to 1924 and mayor in 1938-9. 43 Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), poet and … tended to support the Parliamentarians. 46 Henry Stone, mayor in 1638-9, was active in the county on the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at the parish church, had to account yearly before the mayor on St. Catherine's day (25 November); by the earlier … the borough and the foreign. 55 In the 17th century the mayor administered much of the relief. 56 There appears to … there existed an assembly ( consilium) of burgesses, a mayor, a constable, and a bailiff. That year an assembly …
A History of the County of Stafford
… perhaps because in 1501 the borough was leased to the mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses. 79 On Northumberland's … third having been leased for a year to George Hill, mayor in 1654-5. 28 Simon had evidently recovered the manor …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was extended eastwards c. 1900. 53 From 1599 Henry Stone, mayor of Walsall in 1604-5, bought several properties in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was C. S. Forster, a Tory and a local banker and former mayor. He held the seat until 1837, when it was captured by a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… given to the town's water-supply by the 1630s. In 1637 the mayor paid a man 'for opening the pipes to let the water to … 1680 Plot noted that the well water at the house of the mayor, John Cumberlege, was aluminous. 78 Washing-places …
A History of the County of Stafford
… populace on St. Clement's day (23 November), when the mayor accounted. The distribution was followed by bobapple, … 66 In 1629 Edward Leigh of Rushall was imprisoned by the mayor for playing bowls on 'an open green' at Bloxwich. 67 … of theatres in several provincial towns, petitioned the mayor and justices for permission to build a permanent …