 Cockermouth is governed by a bailiff, chosen yearly, by a jury of sixteen burghers, at the court-leet of the manor; and the right of election is in the burgage tenure — 200. — Earl of Lonsdale. Colchester, agreed to be in the mayor, aldermen, common...  A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales - Page 107by William Cobbett - 1832 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...Recorder, eleven Aldermen, Chamberlain, Town Clerk, eighteen Assistants, and eighteen Common Council. Right of Election, in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common...Free Burgesses not receiving alms. Number of voters, 1400. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, none. Maiden sends two. Corporation, two Bailiffs, eight... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...Recorder, eleven Aldermen, Chamberlain, Town Clerk, eighteen Assistants, and eighteen Common Council. Right of Election, in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Free Burgesses not reciiving alms. Number of voters, 1400. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, none. Maiden sends two.... | |
 | Robert Beatson - 1807 - 500 pages
...Eighteen Common Councilmen. The Mayor is the Returning Officer; and the Right of Election is agreed to be in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Free Burgesses, not receiving alms — May 6, 1714. 1400. 69. Corfe-Castle, Dorsetshire. 1 4th Elizabeth. Is governed by a Mayor and Eight... | |
 | Arthur Male - Election law - 1820 - 694 pages
...and eighteen common councilmen. Returning officer — The mayor. Right of Election — Agreed to be in the mayor, aldermen, common council, and free burgesses, not receiving alms. May 6, 1714. Sim. lix. 69. CORFE-CASTLE, (Dorsetshire.) 14 Elizabeth. Municipal Government — A mayor... | |
 | William Cobbett - Church property - 1827 - 266 pages
...income 298/. 8s., now worth 5,968/. ; granted, 29 Henry VIII., to Sir Thomas Seymor. At COLCHESTER. A Benedictine Abbey, founded, in the year 1096, by...Eudo, courtier of William the Conqueror; income 523/. 17 s. 0|d. yearly, now worth 10,477/. 0s. 10d.; granted, 1 Edward VI., to John Earl of Warwick. An... | |
 | William Cobbett - Reformation - 1829 - 454 pages
...income 298/. 8s., now worth 5,968/.; granted, 29 Henry VIII., to Sir Thomas Seymour. At COLCHESTER. A Benedictine Abbey, founded, in the year 1096, by...courtier of William the Conqueror ; income 523/. 17s. 0£rf.; yearly, now worth 10,477/. Os. Wd. ; granted, 1 Edward VI., to John Earl of Warwick. town,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Reformation - 1829 - 460 pages
...income 298/. 8s., now worth 5,968/.; granted, 29 Henry VIIL, to Sir Thomas Seymour. At COLCHESTER. A Benedictine Abbey, founded, in the year 1096, by Eudo, courtier of William the Conqueror ; income 5231. 17s. 0£</.; yearly, now worth 10,477/. Os. lOd. ; granted, 1 Edward VI., to John Earl of Warwick.... | |
 | John Wade - 1831 - 608 pages
...right of election is in the burgage tenure — 200. — Earl of Lonsdale. Colchester, agreed to be in the mayor, aldermen, common council, and free burgesses, not receiving alms ; 6th May, 1714. — NB The right of making foreigners (not having a right of freedom) freemen, is... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1831 - 610 pages
...right of election is in the burgage tenure — 200. — Earl of Lonsdale. Colchester, agreed to be in the mayor, aldermen, common council, and free burgesses, not receiving alms ; 6th May, 1714. — NB The right of making foreigners (not having a right of freedom) freemen, is... | |
 | William Cobbett - England - 1832 - 736 pages
...and swine. A corporate town, having a mayor, recorder, ten aldermen, and twenty common-councilmen. Sends two members to parliament : right of election in the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses within the borough : number of voters, 600. Here were the following religious houses;... | |
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