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Collapse Z M - Mayor of Chester - 14th century - 2016Z M - Mayor of Chester - 14th century - 2016
A - Account book - 1757-1759
AB - Apprenticeship Registers - 1556-1982
AI - Apprenticeship Indentures - 1604-1915
Collapse B - Mayors' Books - 1392-1874B - Mayors' Books - 1392-1874
Expand 1 - Mayor's Book - 1392-1399 [gaps]1 - Mayor's Book - 1392-1399 [gaps]
Expand 2 - Mayor's Book - 1401-1413 [gaps]2 - Mayor's Book - 1401-1413 [gaps]
Expand 3 - Mayor's Book - 1412-14213 - Mayor's Book - 1412-1421
Expand 4 - Mayor's Book - 1432-1454 [gaps]4 - Mayor's Book - 1432-1454 [gaps]
Expand 5 - Mayor's Book - 1454-1476 [gaps]5 - Mayor's Book - 1454-1476 [gaps]
Expand 6 - Mayor's Book - 1475 -1489 [gaps]6 - Mayor's Book - 1475 -1489 [gaps]
Collapse 7 - Mayor's Book - 1486-1494 [gaps]7 - Mayor's Book - 1486-1494 [gaps]
1 - Orders - [1486]
2 - Memo of order concerning fines - [1486]
3 - The constables - [1486]
4 - The aldermen and councilmen - [1486]
5 - Admissions (25) - [1486]
6 - Pleas of Portmote; persons bound over and recognizances - [1486]
7 - Recognizances and notes - [1486]
8 - Bonds as surety against misapropriation of money left by deceased father for upbringing of his two sons, and for their proper and fit treatment - [1486]
9 - Memo of quitclaim, made in Pentice - [1486]
10 - Memo of royal passport under signet to one Piers Harbrike, that his ship shall not be interfered with. - [1486]
11 - Blank
12 - Admissions (8) - [1488]
13 - Pleas of Portmote; persons bound over and recognizances - [1488]
14 - Receipt of Payment of debt by merchant of Manchester to certain merchants of Bordeaux - [1488]
15 - Pleas of Crownmote (9); recognizances - [1488]
16 - Blank
17 - Appointment of attorneys; and later notes
18 - The aldermen and councilmen
19 - Pleas of Portmote; persons bound over
20 - Admissions (2)
21 - Pleas of Crownmote (6)
22 - Blank
23 - Appontments of attorneys; and later notes - [1492]
24 - Memo of agreement for payment of debt - [1492]
25 - Bakers, butchers and constables; the aldermen and councilmen - [1492]
26 - Admissions (9) - [1492]
27 - For the tailors of the City of Chester by mandate to Roger Hurlton' - [1492]
28 - Pleas of Portmote; persons bound over - [1492]
29 - Coroners' Inquest
30 - Pleas of Crownmote (9); headings, persons bound over, and proceedings in two cases of felony - [1492]
31 - Blank
32 - Cover - 1493
33 - Notes - [1493]
34 - The butchers, bakers and constables - [?]
35 - Appointments of attorneys
36 - The aldermen and councilmen; the bakers, butchers and constables - [1493]
37 - Note of payments to be made at the request of the Earl of Derby, to Hugh Dutton, for the remainder of his life - [1493]
38 - Admissions (11) - [1493]
39 - Pleas of Portmote; persons bound over - [1493]
40 - Rough entries of persons bound over - [1493]
41 - Memo and recognizances
42 - Blank
Expand 8 - Mayor's Book - 14948 - Mayor's Book - 1494
9 - Mayor's Book - 1500-1508
10 - Mayor's Book - 1508-1509
11 - Mayor's Book - 1510-1519 [gaps]
12 - Mayor's Book - 1520-1538 [gaps]
13 - Mayor's Book - 1536-1542
14 - Mayor's Book - 1541-1546
15 - Mayor's Book - 1546-1542
16 - Mayor's Book - 1551-1553
17 - Mayor's Book - 1553-1556
18 - Mayor's Book - 1558-1562 [gaps]
19 - Mayor's Book - 1562-1568
20 - Mayor's Book - 1568-1572
21 - Mayor's Book - 1572-1576
22 - Mayor's Book - 1578-1582
23 - Mayor's Book - 1582-1584
24 - Mayor's Book - 1584-1589
25 - Mayor's Book - 1589-1592
26 - Mayor's Book - 1592-1596
27 - Mayor's Book - 1596-1599
Expand 28 - Mayor's Book - 1599-1606 [gaps]28 - Mayor's Book - 1599-1606 [gaps]
29 - Mayor's Book - 1606-1613 [gaps]
30 - Mayor's Book - 1613-1616
31 - Mayor's Book - 1617-1625 [gaps]
32 - Mayor's Book - 1626-1631
33 - Mayor's Book - 1633-37
34 - Mayor's Book - 1641-1652 [gaps]
35 - Mayor's Book - 1653-1661 [gaps]
36 - Mayor's Book - 1661-1667
37 - Mayor's Book - 1667-1677 [gaps]
38 - Mayor's Book - 1676
39 - Mayor's Book - 1677-1685 [gaps]
40 - Mayor's Book - 1682-1688
41 - Mayor's Book - 1688-1692
42 - Mayor's Book - 1692-1697 [gaps]
43 - Mayor's Book - 1697-1706
44 - Mayor's Book - 1706-1715
45 - Mayor's Book - 1715-1722
46 - Mayor's Book - 1722-1731
47 - Mayor's Book - 1731-1740
48 - Mayor's Book - 1740
49 - Mayor's Book - 1741-1749
50 - Mayor's Book - 1749-1768
51 - Mayor's Book - 1769-1791 [gaps0
52 - Mayor's Book - 1787-1813 [gaps]
53 - Mayor's Book - 1813-1835
54 - Mayor's book: loose gatherings - 1630-1740
BB - Assize of Bread - 1767-1768
Expand C - Civic duties - 1909-2000C - Civic duties - 1909-2000
CP - Mayors' Company Papers - 1514-1627
Expand F - Mayors' Files - 1497-1837F - Mayors' Files - 1497-1837
Expand FR - Freemen's Rolls and Registers - 1538-FR - Freemen's Rolls and Registers - 1538-
Expand IP - Inner Pentice Files - 1696-1816IP - Inner Pentice Files - 1696-1816
L - Mayors' Letters - 1546-1716
MP - Mayors' Military Papers - 1550-1679
OB - Mayors' Order Books - 1607-1627
P - Proclamations - 1604-1779
PE - Mayors' Petitions - 1581-1621
Expand PF - Portmote Court: Fine Files - 1520-1833PF - Portmote Court: Fine Files - 1520-1833
Expand PI - Mayors' Plate Indentures - 1670-1826PI - Mayors' Plate Indentures - 1670-1826
PM - Portmote Court Minute Book - 1836-1874
Expand PR - Portmote Court: Recovery Files - 1601-1833PR - Portmote Court: Recovery Files - 1601-1833
Expand R - Portmote Court Rolls - 1295-1563R - Portmote Court Rolls - 1295-1563
Expand RM - Portmote Court: miscellaneous papersRM - Portmote Court: miscellaneous papers
Expand SAF - Affidavit files - 1726-1799SAF - Affidavit files - 1726-1799
Expand SR - General Court Rolls - 1561-1867SR - General Court Rolls - 1561-1867
Expand V - Mayoress's Holiday Fund for Children - 1926-1935V - Mayoress's Holiday Fund for Children - 1926-1935
W - War Relief Fund - 1944-1973
Expand X - Lord Mayor of Chester Charity FundX - Lord Mayor of Chester Charity Fund
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