| Description | Petition of John Wildinge, yeoman of the Pentice, stating that it had been customary in his position to prepare a small banquet every Sabbath day before Sermon in the afternoon, for the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Sheriffs and Sheriffs' Peers, for which he received a quarterly stipend, but the custom was not being put in use so that he had at least forty shillings owing to him. He asked for his arrears and an additional benefit in lieu of the quarterly payments. Note 'If the Custome bee left of the pet. to have xls per annum from the Treasurers.' |