| Description | Reports of Assembly Committees are found in the Assembly books from the sixteenth century onwards and minutes of some Assembly committees are found on the Assembly files from c.1700. This volume contains the minutes of both standing and ad hoc committees of the Assembly from 1805-1835.
In addition, this volume also contains from 1813 minutes of meetings headed variously `Court of Aldermen', `Meeting of Magistrates' and `Meeting of Mayor and Aldermen'. There are numerous references in the Assembly books from the sixteenth century onwards to items of business ordered to be investigated or dealt with by the Mayor and Justices, i.e. ex-mayors, or by the Mayor and Aldermen i.e. senior members of the Assembly. From 1696 files survive of proceedings in the Inner Pentice before the mayor, recorder and named aldermen relating both to their summary powers as Justices re the administration of the poor law e.g. settlement and bastardy orders, and to routine administration carried out by them on behalf of the Assembly, such as the admission of freemen etc. see MAYORS FILES (ZMF) and MAYOR: INNER PENTICE FILES (MIP). However, from c.1700 when the group of senior members of the Assembly was used by it as a committee some minutes of these meetings are found on the Assembly files, and the Inner Pentice Files sometimes contain references to the dates when these meetings were to be held. The minutes of the `Court of Aldermen' etc. in this volume relate to business to be considered by the Assembly, sometimes initiated by the Assembly, sometimes by an Assembly committee and sometimes by the Mayor.
Content of the volume in detail as follows:
ff.1-29, 32-71:
Finance [City Land] Committee Established by the Assembly 21 Oct. 1805 to investigate encroachments on the city lands and the finances of the Corporation. This committee was called the City Land Committee from 18 May 1809.
ff.30-1:
Court of Aldermen, re payment of damages awarded against the Mayor as a city magistrate etc.
f.49:
Court of Aldermen, re licensing of public houses.
f.53:
Court of Aldermen, re request of City Land Committee to subscribe to fund for relief of poor towards the repair of the Mollington and Bache roads.
f.60:
Committee for letting land opposite the Pied Bull
f.61:
Court of Aldermen, re moving market from Eastgate Street to Bridge Street for one year.
ff.62-4:
Shambles and Hough Green Committee, [Established by the Assembly, 5 Jan. 1819.]
f.65:
Court of Aldermen, re resignation of D.F. Jones as recorder and the appointment of Mr. Benyon.
f.68:
Shambles Committee, [Established by the Assembly, 16 July 1821.]
ff.71-90, 92:
Finance Committee, [Established by the Assembly 22 Aug. 1822.]
f.75:
Meeting of Aldermen, re date for granting licences
f.77v:
Meeting of Magistrates, re appointment of George Burgess as superintendant of police and the exclusion of strangers from services in the gaol
ff.90v-102, 104-124:
New Market Committee, Established by the Assembly 11 March 1828.
f.107v:
Committee to consider the abolition of city tolls. [Established by the Assembly, 20 Oct. 1830.]
ff.109-110v:
Committee to meet Mr. Potts re removal and replacement of city walls opposite the Castle, [Established by the Assembly, 20 Oct. 1830.]
f.114v:
Court of Aldermen, [No minutes recorded.]
f.115:
Finance Committee
f.116:
Meeting of the Aldermen, [No minutes recorded.]
f.116v.-117, 120, 125:
Charities Committee, Established by the Assembly, 19 Oct. 1832
f.118v:
Meeting of magistrates, re illness of mayor and appointment of deputy.
f.119v:
City Land Committee
f.121v.-2:
Meeting of Mayor and Aldermen, re dates of fair days and letter from Chancellor Raikes re the cemetery.
f.123:
Meeting of Mayor and Aldermen. Re report from New Fair Committee re suggested additional fair day.
f.133v:
Meeting of Mayor and Aldermen with Chancellor Raikes and Lord Robert Grosvenor re cemetery.
ff.233-202:
Rental of Chester Corporation property
f.236:
List of Finance Committee members. |