Description | Election of William Brocke Esq., lawyer, as Alderman in place of Valentine Broughton. Hugh Motteram, Richard Breydes, servant to the Mayor, and Richard Bythell, late servant to Mr. Broughton, to be admitted, Motteram paying £5, and the others gratis. On the complaint of various saddlers, that one Thomas Persivall is exercising his craft in two shops, contrary to the regulations of the Saddlers' Company, ordered that Persivall use one shop only. Marginal note, signed by the Mayor, that no such regulation can be found, and that therefore the order is cancelled, at least for his term of office. |