| Description | Thomas Simpson, ironmonger, elected a Councilman in the stead of John Cowles, deceased. He took the oaths and subscribed the declaration.
William Richardson, butcher, chosen to be one of Vernon's almsmen in the place of Henry Handcock, tanner, deceased.
For avoiding misdemeanours and disorders at the time of the Midsummer Show, it was ordered that all Councilmen who were members of Companies should accompany the Leavelookers at the time of the Show, upon pain of 10s. for failure to do so. All members of Companies should attend their respective Companies and should all go along together decently, upon pain of 5s. for every offence.
Richard Bavand, blacksmith, complained that Matthew Ellis, gentleman, and others had disturbed him in his occupation of a parcel of ground lately granted to him by the City. It was therefore ordered that all suits concerning the same should be City causes, defended at the City's charge.
Hamnet Kirks prayed to be freed from the payment of a yearly rent of 40s. to John Crew of Crewe, esq., and charged upon him as Keeper of the Eastgate. As he received none of the profits from the gate it was ordered that he should be discharged from this payment, and that it should be paid by the receiver of the profits of the gate. |