 | James Sargant Storer - Great Britain - 1808 - 396 pages
...inhabitants is upwards of 5000. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the horough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every house as an acknowledgement. ... . 'ct'•• .••, . ' .'.'•.•'... | |
 | Architecture - 1809 - 340 pages
...only, though the number of inhabitants is upwards of 5000. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the borough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every bouse as an acknowledgement. THE TOMB OF JENKIN WYRHALE, IN NEWLAND... | |
 | Architecture - 1809 - 616 pages
...Dunstanville, has been wholly possessed by Lord Falmouth. On the election of a Mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the borough, must be delivered to the Lord of the Manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every house as an acknowledgment. About one mile from Truro, on the road... | |
 | Ancient relics - 1813 - 214 pages
...only, though the number uf inhabitants is upwards of 5000. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the borough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every house as An acknowledgement. THE TOMB OF JENKIN WYRHALE, IN NEWLAND... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Architecture - 1813 - 208 pages
...only, though the number of inhabitants is upwards of 5000. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the borough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every house as an acknowledgement. i|Jf| THE TOMB OF JENKIN WYRHALE, IN... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - England - 1815 - 564 pages
...possessed by Lord Falmouth. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the bfcrough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains it till (id. has been paid him for every house, as an acknowledgment. In general, from the improved and... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1801 - 634 pages
...since the exchange of Tregony with Lord de Dunstanvillc, has been wholly possessed by Lord Falmoutli. On the election of a Mayor, the town-mace, by the...delivered to the Lord of the Manor, who retains it till he is paid sixpence for every house as an acknowledgment. About one mile from Truro, on the road... | |
 | Cornwall (England : County) - 1862 - 500 pages
...substantial growth. Two mediaeval customs still exist here — " On the election of a mayor, the town-mace must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains...called smoke money, from most of the burgage houses." Truro has given birth to several men of eminence — to Samuel Foote, in 1721, at the town-residence... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1871 - 222 pages
...substantial growth. Two mediaeval customs still exist here — " On the election of a mayor, the town-mace must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains...called smoke money, from most of the burgage houses." Truro has given birth to several men of eminence — to Samuel Foote, in 1721, at the town-residence... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Cornwall (England : County) - 1872 - 238 pages
...substantial growth. Two medieval customs still exist here—" On the election of a mayor, the town-mace must be delivered to the lord of the manor, who retains...called smoke money, from most of the burgage houses." Truro has given birth to several men of eminence—to Samuel foote, in 1721, at the town-residence... | |
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The right of returning members to parliament is in these twenty-five persons only, though the number of inhabitants is upwards of 5000. On the election of a mayor, the town mace, by the custom of the borough, must be delivered to the lord of the manor,... 