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RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelPiece
ReferenceZAB/2/97v
TitleElection; admission; wearing of tippets at Assembly; fines
Date7 Nov 1651
DescriptionRichard Spreston elected Alderman in the place of Christopher Blease, deceased, and Henry Bennett elected Councilman in the place of Sproston.
Captain Samuel Smyth was admitted to the freedom for £20 and a piece of plate worth £5.
It was ordered that Councilmen should wear their tippets at every Assembly.
It was also ordered that Sheriff Hand, Robert Cappics and John Anderson should pay fines of £5 each for being Sheriffs without first serving as Leave-lookers.
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