| Description | It was ordered that an assessment, amounting to £10 a week, should be made upon the inhabitants, to be distributed to the poor of the City. The Mayor and Justices of the Peace, or any three of them including the Mayor, should appoint Collectors and take necessary measures for assessing, collecting and disposing of the money. Persons refusing to pay their assessment should pay double, and those aggrieved by their assessment might appeal to the Mayor and Justices. Randle Holme, John Whittle, William Crompton (ZA/B/2/87v) and Peter Leighe, Aldermen, and Thomas Humphreyes, Richard Sproston, Lawrence Fletcher and Ralph Burrowes were appointed assessors. The assessment should begin on the following January 1st and continue for six months.
In pursuance of the Ordinance of Parliament of 1st October, 1646, it was ordered that the stone causey in the Dee should be pulled down. Twelve persons were appointed Overseers to see the work performed at the charge of the City.
The former order concerning persons who had served as Sheriffs without first having been Leavelookers was repeated. (ZA/B/2/88). Fines were to be paid within fourteen days. In future persons elected Sheriff who had not been Leavelookers should pay the £5 fine before taking the oath of Sheriff.
Persons who became Aldermen without first being Sheriffs should pay £40 before taking the Alderman's oath.
It was ordered that no maltsters, brewers or other persons should buy any corn for two months except in the open market, and that only one person from a house should buy corn there. Offenders were to be fined 40s.
Randle Richardson was admitted into the place of Macebearer in the stead of his father-in-law, John Brookes, whose debts he had paid and whom he had promised to maintain. |