RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelPiece
ReferenceZAB/1/64
TitlePetitions re freedom of Chester
Date1453-1536
DescriptionOct. 8th. 1453. Petitions for admission into the freedom of the City to be considered by the whole Assembly; applicants to pay down, or give surety for the payment of, a fine of 26/8, "withe wyne and other feese of oulde tyme accostomyd", and to be resident within the City; freemen's sons not to pay the fine.
1532/6. (William Goodman, Mayor.). The above confirmed with some alteration. The money is to be paid down, strangers are to pay 40/- and apprentices 20/-.
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