 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
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1834 - 380 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£d. yearly, now worth £10,477 0s. 10d. ; granted, 1 Edward VI., to John Earl of Warwick. An Augustine... | |
 | Thomas Chisholm Anstey - Election law - 1867 - 340 pages
...described to be Free Burghers seised for Life or in fee of Burgage Lands or Houses. In the Burgage Tenure. In the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Free Burgesses, not receiving Alms. In such persons as are seised in fee, in Possession or Reversion, of any Messuage, Tenement, or Corporeal... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1867 - 602 pages
...described to be free Burghers seised for life or in fee of Burgage Lauds or Houses. In the Burgage tenure. In the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Free Burgesses, not receiving alms. In such persons as are seised in fee, in possession or reversion, and in such as are tenants for life... | |
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