Description | [Added slightly later]. Nov. 18th. Admission and election as Alderman of Lord Strange, in place of Mr. John Harvy. John Stretch and Thomas Allen to be admitted, paying respectively 40/- and £3. 6s. 8d. George Calcot given till Lady Day next, to pay the £5. 6s. 8d. forfeited by him. Nov. 24th. David Lloid and Richard Rathburne, merchants, to be authorised under the common seal to arrange for the purchase of corn in Hull; they are to receive £10 for expenses. On the Company of Bakers refusing, through their spokesmen William Kinge the elder and John Jones, to obey the Mayor's commands, the market is thrown open on two days a week to all citizens and foreigners who will observe the statutes. The foreign butchers are to keep the same days and times. Bridge Street to be taken up, and the gutter to be laid down the middle, the charges to be born by the inhabitants and others. Alterations to be made in the Common Hall and a privy installed. |