| Description | June 13th. Election of William Goodman, merchant, as Alderman, and William Cotgreve, John Fiton and George Cowper as Common Councilmen.
The petition of James Banester, innkeeper, to be a seller of wine, is to be further considered.
Admission of Barnaby Poole, at the request of John Talbot Esq. and John Poole of Poole Esq.
Suggested that a shambles be provided for foreign butchers.
Henry Houghton, ironmonger, disfranchised for slandering the Mayor, using false weights, and for many other faults.
1740. Oct. 9th. The debts of Houghton to be largely remitted. |