FOOTNOTES:

Proceedings relative to the expunging of the recognizance entered into by William Witham, Messenger of the House of Commons—as narrated by James Morgan, Clerk to the Lord Mayor, to the Committee appointed to assist in defending Crosby, Wilkes and Oliver; 22 March, 1771.

Committee Book.

Mr. James Morgan Clerk to the Lord Mayor acquainted the Committee that he was served on Wednesday Morning last the twentieth instant with an order of the House of Commons dated the nineteenth March 1771 to attend that House with the Minutes taken before the Lord Mayor relative to the Messenger of the House of Commons giving security for his appearance at the next General Quarter Session of the Peace for the City of London to answer such Indictments as may be preferred against him for the supposed assault and Imprisonment of J. Miller. In consequence of this Order he attended the House of Commons on Wednesday the twentieth instant with the book from between two and three o'clock in the Afternoon—that he was called in between two and three o'clock the next Morning and was asked by the Speaker who he was—he said he was Clerk to the Lord Mayor of London.—The Speaker ask'd for the Minutes that were taken, then he produced the book at the Bar. The Speaker sent for the book to him and ordered that part relating to Miller to be read. He was likewise ordered up to the Table and the Minutes were read. That a Motion was then made that those Minutes should be expunged which was carried in the Affirmative. That he wasask'd by a Member whether MrAldnWilkes and MrAldnOliver were there. He answered they were. He was then ordered to the Bar and was served with an Order of the House of Commons as follows—Ordered that MrJames Morgan Clerk to the Lord Mayor of London do expunge from the Minute Book kept by him at the Mansion House the entry relative to William Whitham a Messenger of this House giving security for his appearance at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the City of London. That he answered he had no Indemnity for so doing. The Speaker said he was ordered so to do. He then did expunge that Minute accordingly. He was then ordered to withdraw.

This Committee doth desire the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to call a Court of Common Council for Tuesday next and lay the whole transaction of the above affair before the said Court, when MrMorgan is to attend with the Minute Book.

Letter from Charles Fox, Chairman of the Westminster Committee, to the Town Clerk of London suggesting a general meeting of the Committees of Association. Dated St. James's Street, 20 Feb., 1780.

Minutes of City Committee of Correspondence.

Sir,

The Westminster Committee observing that the London Committee are instructed "to meet such Members of the Committees of the several petitioning Counties, Cities and Boroughs as are now in London, or who may be deputed for the purpose of presenting, or supporting their Petitions, and who may think it necessary to confer, on the means of promoting the common object of the said Petition" have directed me to acquaint you that it is their opinion, that nothing is so desireable in the present Stage of the business as a general meeting of the several Committees by their Agents or Deputies. From the correspondence they have had with the other Committees they have reason to think this opinion is pretty general; and therefore if the London Committee should concur in that opinion they would wish toknow in what manner the London Committee think such a measure may be best effected.

It has been suggested that the London, Middlesex and Westminster Committees, might meet by their Deputies and that a joint invitation from them to the other Committees would come with more propriety and weight than such a proposal from any single Committee: But altho' this mode has been thought of, any other that is equally adapted to bring about the measure proposed, will be equally acceptable to the Westminster Committee.

I have the honor to be &c.St. James's StreetFebruary 21st1780.

Letter of thanks from Edmund Burke to the same for the City's approval of his Bill for Economical Reform. Dated St. James's Square, 6 March 1780.

Ibid.

Sir,

I receive with great satisfaction and very humble acknowledgement, the honour which the Committee of the Common Council of London have been pleased to confer on me, by their Resolution of the 3dInst., which you have been so obliging as to transmit to me. Their approbation of the plan which I submitted to Parliament;—the effects which they expect from its being carried into execution,—these secure to me the co-operation and support of the greatest Corporation in the World, thro their very respectable Committee. Be so good, Sir, as to assure that Committee, that I shall be unwearied in my endeavours, to carry into execution the measures which they have approved, and which, under such a sanction, I am entitled to consider as leading to the attainment of some part of the desires, which they, in common with multitudes of our fellow subjects have lately express'd. I say some part, because I am sensible that much more is wanting; and I protest to the Committee, with great sincerity, that I shall be, as active, asindustrious, and as zealous in supporting the constitutional and salutary measures, already proposed, and such as may be hereafter proposed, by other Gentlemen, as I have been in endeavouring to give effect to my own humble, but, certainly, well intended conceptions. The people alone can procure the final attainment of the just and temperate requests which they have made. Their interference as constitutional always, as it was now necessary, has already produced a visible effect. A continued watchfulness, on their part, will beget an active attention in the Representative body, to the Interests of their constituents. Let us continue true to ourselves, and we shall not find many that will dare to be false to us. Let each, in his station of public trust, give the best Counsel his capacity suggests, and let our whole collective and united efforts be applyd to execute whatever is wisely plann'd, be the Proposer who he may. Let us do this and the People cannot remain long unsatisfy'd in their just and reasonable desires. I have the honour to be &c.

Charles Street,St. James's Square,6thMarch, 1780.

Letter from Charles Fox to the Town Clerk of London forwarding copy of proceedings of the Westminster Committee of Association, and giving particulars of the proceedings of the House of Commons upon Dunning's motion. Dated St. James's Street, 13 April, 1780.

Ibid.

Sir,

I have the honour of transmitting to you a copy of the proceedings in Westminster Hall on the 6th inst. in which you will observe that the form of Association adopted by the City of Westminster, is nearly similar to that of the County of York.

There never was a time when Union was more necessary than the present, as the only hopes of those who wish to defeatthe wishes of the people, are confessedly founded upon supposed disagreements among the true friends of their country.

I should long ago have transmitted to your Committee, lists of the Members who have voted in the late important questions, but have been unable to procure any on which I could depend. That which was printed in the Newspapers, was to my knowledge very incorrect.

I cannot close my letter without informing you that the three following Resolutions were agreed to by the House of Commons on the 6th instant.

"That it is necessary to declare, that the Influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished."

"That it is competent to this House, to examine into and correct Abuses in the Expenditure of the Civil List Revenues, as well as in every other branch of the Public Revenue, whenever it shall appear expedient to the Wisdom of this House so to do."

"That it is the Duty of this House, to provide, as far as may be an immediate and effectual redress of the Abuses complained of in the Petitions, presented to this House from the different Counties, Cities and Towns of this Kingdom."

The number who voted for them were233Against them215

so that in one of the fullest houses that we have ever known a complete approbation has been given to the sentiments of the Petitions, with a promise to attend to their Prayers. How that promise will be performed, it is our duty to watch; If we persevere in our exertions, I think there is little or no doubt of obtaining our objects, but if we are lulled into Security by Success, it is but too probable that the Representatives of the People may relapse into their former inattention to their constituents.

I am &c.St. James's Street,April 10th 1780.

FOOTNOTES:[841]The passage here placed in parenthesis was, we learn from a marginal note, for divers causes omitted from the original letter.[842]He was esquire to the mayor (Armiger Maioris). After he had served the City faithfully for 20 years, and become incapable of further work, he was, in February, 1420, allowed an annuity of 40 shillings and his clothing or livery of the City in the same manner as the sergeants of the Chamber.—Letter Book I, fo. 238b.[843]Creil (Oise).[844]Verneuil.[845]Meun on the Loire.[846]The Orleans or Armagnac party (so-called from the Duc d'Armagnac, Constable of France) the deadly enemy of the Dukes of Burgundy.[847]Samer au bois, near Boulogne.[848]Cockets or seals delivered to merchants in token of their merchandise having passed the Custom-house.[849]Sir William Neville, Lord Falconbridge & Earl of Kent.[850]He had been killed at Barnet.[851]Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, married to James IV of Scotland.[852]Printed in Rushworth's Collections.[853]Derby House, Cannon Row, Westminster, erected in 1598 by William, Earl of Derby. It was surrendered to Parliamenttemp.Charles I, and was used for Parliamentary Committee meetings and other state purposes.

[841]The passage here placed in parenthesis was, we learn from a marginal note, for divers causes omitted from the original letter.

[842]He was esquire to the mayor (Armiger Maioris). After he had served the City faithfully for 20 years, and become incapable of further work, he was, in February, 1420, allowed an annuity of 40 shillings and his clothing or livery of the City in the same manner as the sergeants of the Chamber.—Letter Book I, fo. 238b.

[843]Creil (Oise).

[844]Verneuil.

[845]Meun on the Loire.

[846]The Orleans or Armagnac party (so-called from the Duc d'Armagnac, Constable of France) the deadly enemy of the Dukes of Burgundy.

[847]Samer au bois, near Boulogne.

[848]Cockets or seals delivered to merchants in token of their merchandise having passed the Custom-house.

[849]Sir William Neville, Lord Falconbridge & Earl of Kent.

[850]He had been killed at Barnet.

[851]Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, married to James IV of Scotland.

[852]Printed in Rushworth's Collections.

[853]Derby House, Cannon Row, Westminster, erected in 1598 by William, Earl of Derby. It was surrendered to Parliamenttemp.Charles I, and was used for Parliamentary Committee meetings and other state purposes.

The list of members representing the City of London in Parliament from 1284 down to the present day, here given, has been compiled mainly from the Blue Books of Parliamentary returns (printed in 1878 and 1879), but with large additions gathered from the City's own Records. It may fairly claim to be a more perfect list of City members than has hitherto been published.

The number of representatives of the City in Parliament has varied from time to time. In a treatise known asModus tenendi Parliamentum, ascribed to the early part of the xivthcentury, the number of members for London, York and other Cities is given as two, the same as the number of Barons of the Cinq Ports and knights of shires.[854]The more usual number as gathered from the City's Archives was either two or four, although there have been occasions (as in the Parliament of 1284 and more especially during the Commonwealth) when it amounted to six and (as in Barebone's Parliament) even to seven. Frequently it happened that when the writ prescribed the election of two members, four or more were elected, although not more than two or, perhaps, three, were to attend.[855]It is in 1346 that we meet for the first time with a writ commanding the election of four members. In the following year a writ was issued for the election of the old number (two), but this was apparently a mistake, for another writ was soon afterwards issued stating that the number should be four. The City, however, displayed greatapathy in the matter—the attendance in Parliament interfered no doubt with the commercial pursuits of the members—and, although four were elected, it was distinctly provided that any three or even two might attend.[856]On the other hand, when the City was called upon to elect two members for the Parliament of 1348, it returned four.[857]From 1351 to 1354 the writs prescribed only two members, and the City returned only two, but from 1355 down to the passing of the Redistribution of Seats Act in 1885[858]—that is to say, for a period of more than 500 years—the City of London has, if we except the Parliament of 1371, never been represented in the council of the nation by less than four members.

So long as the City was represented by two members, both were usually aldermen.[859]When four were returned, two were, as a rule, aldermen, and two commoners. The Recorder, who in earliest times was also an alderman of the City, was frequently returned with another alderman, and continued to be so returned long after he had ceased to be elected from the body of aldermen. Indeed, for two centuries—viz., from 1454 to 1654—the Recorder for the time being seldom failed to be elected one of the City's members; but from the time of the Restoration no Recorder has sat for the City, nor has the ancient custom of the City to be represented by an equal number of aldermen and commoners been followed. Prior to the Restoration the custom was so strictly observed that when a member who was a commoner happened to be elected alderman, he resigned his seat in Parliament in order that another commoner might be elected.[860]

The parliamentary elections were originally carried out by the mayor and aldermen and a deputation specially summoned from each ward, but the choice of members practically lay with the mayor and aldermen. In course of time the commoners came to be elected by the Common Council, but the aldermen still kept a hold on the elections by nominating certain individuals of whom the citizens were to make their choice.[861]

In 1523 we find an election taking place at the [court of] Husting[862]in the Great Hall. One alderman and the Recorder were nominated by the Court of Aldermen and their nomination was subsequently confirmed by the Common Council in the Guildhall; whilst two commoners were nominated by the commonalty attending at the Husting. But even the latter nominations appear to have been in this instance confirmed by the Common Council.[863]Six years later (viz., in 1529) the election proceedings are recorded somewhat differently. The election took place as before at the [court of] Husting in the Great Hall, the aldermen were nominated by the mayor and aldermen in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall [i.e., in the Court of Aldermen] and were afterwards ratified and confirmed by a large gathering of the commonalty (immensa communitas) in the Great Hall, but the commoners were elected by the commonalty without any subsequent ratification by the Common Council.[864]

At what date the Livery—as distinct from the citizens at large—began to usurp the functions of the commonalty and claim the exclusive right of electing City members, is not clear; but that they did so monopolise the Parliamentary franchise long before it was restricted to them by the Election Act of 1725, there is ample evidence,[865]and they continued to enjoy this monopoly until the passing of the Reform Act of 1832.

The City members enjoyed, as we have seen,[866]certain allowances by way of "duties," "fees" or "wages," for their attendance in Parliament, besides gowns, robes or liveries for themselves and their servants, and a reasonable sum of money for expenses. According to Coke (4 Inst., p. 46) the fee or wage paid "time out of mind" to a knight of the shire was four shillings a day, whilst that to a citizen or burgess was half that sum;[867]and these same fees the City Chamberlain paid in 1584 to the alderman and the Recorder representing the City in Parliament, presumably, in their capacity as knights of the shire (the City of London itself constituting a county), and to the two commoners, sitting as burgesses, respectively.[868]In 1628 a question was raised in the House as to whether the aldermen representing the City in Parliment ranked as knights, but no decision appears to have been arrived at.[869]

When the City members attended Parliament, they went as befitted the representatives of the capital of the kingdom. Alderman and commoner alike wore scarlet gowns richly trimmed with fur, for which they received allowances, according to their dignity, of cloth and money. An alderman was allowed ten yards of cloth for his gown, a commoner five. Again, an alderman who had served as mayor received an allowance of 100 shillings for fur; an alderman who had not passed the chair was entitled to no more than 5 marks, whilst commoners received only half that sum.

One "livery" a session was the usual allowance, provided that there was not more than one session within the year; but when, as in 1532, Parliament continued to sit for a number of years, an allowance in cash was made to the members in lieu of another livery for themselves and their servants. This cash payment amounted to £6 13s.4d.[870]

In addition to wages and allowances already mentioned, the City members were allowed a certain amount of travelling (and other) expenses. From the ancient treatise already referred to we gather that in this respect (if in no other) they were customarily placed on an equality with the knights of shires.[871]When Parliament sat at Westminster, these travelling expenses amounted to little more than a shilling a day—the sum allowed them for boat-hire;[872]when, on the other hand, Parliament sat in some remote town, as it frequently did, they were greater. Thus in 1296, when Parliament was to meet at Bury St. Edmunds, the citizens voted their representatives 20 shillings a day for travelling expenses.[873]The two aldermen who represented the City in the Parliament held at York in 1298 were each allowed 100 shillings and no more.[874]On the other hand when nearly a century later (1388), Parliament sat at Cambridge, the City members were not only allowed their travelling expenses, but the cost of their board and lodging, and even their washing bills were discharged by the Corporation, the whole amounting to upwards of £100, a large sum in those days.[875]

In the middle of the 15th century, viz., in Thomas Chalton's mayoralty (1449-1450), the Common Council resolved thatthenceforth the allowance for expenses should not exceed 40 shillings a day, but ten years later, when Parliament was to meet at Coventry, it showed a more liberal spirit and undertook to repay any further disbursements that the members might make for the honour and benefit of the City.[876]It did the same in 1464, when Parliament was to have sat at York.[877]

How long the City continued to make payments and allowances to its members is not clear. No doubt, as wealth increased and a seat in the House was looked upon less as a burden, men were found ready to undertake the duties on their own responsibility and without any extraneous assistance, and the custom of payment of members by the City became gradually obsolete. Take, for instance, the case of two of the City's representatives in the Parliament of 1661. Whilst, on the one hand, we find the Court of Aldermen authorising the Chamberlain to pay to John Jones, a burgess, a daily allowance of four shillings—a sum usually allowed knights of the shire—and this amount is recorded in the City's Chamber Accounts as having been duly paid;[878]on the other hand, we find alderman Sir John Frederick (elected member for the Citylocoalderman Fowke deceased) returning the fees and allowances paid to him by the Chamberlain "for his full allowance for diett and boate hire ... and for his Robes alsoe."[879]

Lastly, it is to be noted that on the occasion of the opening of a new Parliament, the members for the City claim, and generally exercise, the privilege of sitting on the Treasury or Privy Councillor's bench; but on what grounds such privilege is claimed and allowed is not clear.[880]

1284—1895.

1284.[881]Henry le Waleys.Gregory de Rokesle.Philip Cissor.Ralf Crepyn.Joce le Acatour.John de Gisors.1296.[882]Stephen Eswy.William de Hereford.1298.Walter de Fynchyngfeld.Adam de Foleham.1300.[883](March)Geoffrey de Norton.William de Betoyne.John le Bancker.William de Red.[the first two returned.]1305.William de Combemartin.Walter de Fynchyngfeld.1307.William de Combemartin.Henry de Durham.1309.Henry de Durham.William Servat.1312.[884]Nicholas de Farndon.John de Wengrave.Robert de Kelseye.John de SellyngorDavid de Cotesbrok.1312.[885]Nicholas de Farndon.John de Wengrave.Robert de Kelseye.1313.Nicholas de Farndon.William de Leyre.William Servat.Stephen de Abyndone.1314.[886]John de Gisors.William de Leyre.Robert de Kelseye.Richer de Refham.[or two of them.]1315.William de Leyre.Henry de Durham.1316.[887]William de Combemartin.John de Burford.Ralph de Walcote.William de Flete.Simon de Abyndon.1318.John de Cherleton.William de Flete.Roger le Palmere.1319.[888]Hugh de Waltham.William de Flete.William de Hacford.Michael Mynot.John Waldeshef.[or three of them.]1320.Nicholas de Farndon.Anketin de Gisors.Henry Monquoi.Roger Hosebonde.1321.[889]Nicholas de Farndon.Hamo Godchep.John Sterre.Thomas Prentiz.[three or two of them.]1322. (May)Robert de Swalclyve.Reginald de Conduit.William de Hacford.Gregory de Norton.[three or two of them.]1322. (Nov.)Walter Crepyn.Thomas de Chetyngdon.1324.Anketin de Gisors.Henry de Seccheford.1325.Anketin de Gisors.Henry de Seccheford.1327. (Jan.)Anketin de Gisors.Henry de Seccheford.Reginald de Conduit.Thomas de Leyre.Edmund Cosyn.John Steere [Sterre?].[two to attend.]1327. (Sept.)Benedict de Fulsham.Robert de Kelseye.1328. (Feb.)Richard de Betoyne.Robert de Kelseye.John de Grantham.John Priour, jun.1328. (April)Richard de Betoyne.Robert de Kelseye.1328. (Oct.)Stephen de Abyndone.Robert de Kelseye.1330. (Mar.)Stephen de Abyndone.John de Caustone.1330. (Nov.)John de Grantham.Reginald de Conduit.Stephen de Abyndone.[or two of them.]1332. (Mar.)Anketin de Gisors.John de Caustone.John Priour, jun.Thomas de Chetyngdon.[three or two of them.]1332. (Sept.)Reginald de Conduit.John de Caustone.Anketin de Gisors.Thomas de Chetyngdon.[three or two of them.]1332.[890](Dec.)Richard de la Pole.Thomas de Chetyngdon.Henry Monquoi.[or two of them.]1334.Reginald de Conduit.John de Caustone.Roger de Depham.1335.Richard de Rothingge.Richard le Lacer.Roger de Forsham.[or two of them.]1336.[891](Mar.)Henry de Seccheford.Thomas de Chetyngdon.1336. (Sept.)John de Caustone.Richard de Hakenaye.1337. (Jan.)Reginald de Conduit.John de Caustone.1337. (Sept.)Reginald de Conduit.Benedict de Fulsham.1338. (Feb.)John de Grantham.Andrew Aubrey.Ralph de Upton.Richard de Rothingge.1338. (July)Ralph de Upton.Bartholomew Deumars.1339. (Jan.)Simon Fraunceys.John de Northalle.1339. (Oct.)Simon (Fraunceys).John (de Nort) halle.1340.[892](Jan.)William de Brikelesworth.John de Mockyng.Adam Lucas.1340. (Mar.)William de Brikelesworth.Richard de Rothingge.Richard de Berkyngge.[or two of them.]1341.Simon Fraunceys.William de Brikelesworth.1344.John de Northalle.John Lovekyn.1346.Geoffrey de Wychyngham.Thomas Leggy.John Lovekyn.Thomas de Waldene.[four, three or two of them.]1348. (Jan.)John Lovekyn.Richard de Berkyngge.William de Iford.Richard de Wycombe.[three or two of them.]1348. (Mar.)John Lovekyn.Richard de Berkyngge.William de Iford.Richard de Wycombe.[three or two of them.]1351.Thomas Leggy.William de Iford.1352.[893](Jan.)Simon Fraunceys.Simon de Bedyngton.1352.[894](Aug.)Adam Fraunceys.John Lytle.1353.Thomas Leggy.Thomas Dolsely.1354.[895]John de Stodeye.Thomas Dolsely.1355.[896]Adam Fraunceys.John de Stodeye.Simon de Bedyngton.Adam de Acres.1357.[897]Adam Fraunceys.John de Stodeye.Simon de Bedyngton.William de Essex.1358.Thomas Dolsely.William de Welde.William de Essex.Richard Toky.1360.Bartholomew Frestlyng.Stephen Cavendyssh.Walter de Berneye.Richard Toky.1361.Adam Fraunceys.John Pecche.Simon de Benyngton.John Pyel.1362.[898](Oct.)Adam de Bury.John Lytle.John Hiltoft.John Tornegold.1363.[899]William Holbech.John de St. Alban.Simon de Benyngton.John Tornegold.1365. (Jan.)Adam Fraunceys.John Lovekyn.Simon de Benyngton.Richard de Preston.1365.[900](May)Adam Fraunceys.John Wroth.Simon de Benyngton.John de Worstede.1368.John Wroth.Bartholomew Frestlyng.John Aubrey.John Organ.1369. (June)John Pecche.John Tornegold.Nicholas de Exton.John Hadele.1369.[901]Adam Fraunceys.John Stodeye.John Aubrey.John Philipot.1370.[902]John Pecche.William Walworth.Fulk Horewode.John Fyfhide.1370.[903]John Tornegold.Bartholomew Frestlyng.John Philipot.William Essex.1371.Bartholomew Frestlyng.John Philipot.1372.John Wroth.John Pecche.William Venour.William Kelshull.1373.Adam Stable.John Warde.John Birlyngham.Adam Carlile.1376.[904]John Pyel.William Walworth.William Essex.Adam Carlile.1377. (Jan.)John Hadle.John Organ.William Tonge.William Venour.1377. (Oct.)Adam Carlile.Walter Sibill.William Walworth.John Philipot.1378.John Hadle.Geoffrey Neuton.John de Northampton.William Venour.1379.[905]Adam Carlile.Walter Sibill.John Hadle.William More.1380.[906](Jan.)John Philipot.Robert Launde.John Boseham.Thomas Cornwaleys.1380.[907](Nov.)John Organ.John Rote.Thomas Welford.William Tonge.1381.Sir John Philipot.John Hadle.William Baret.Hugh Fastolf.1382. (Oct.)John More.Thomas Carleton.William Essex.Richard Norbury.1383. (Feb.)Sir Nicholas Brembre.John More.Richard Norbury.William Essex.1383. (Oct.)William Walworth.Sir John Philipot.William Baret.Henry Vanner.1384. (Apr.)John Hadle.John Organ.John Rote.Henry Herbury.1384. (Nov.)John Hadle.John Organ.Thomas Rolf.Henry Herbury.1385.John Hadle.Nicholas Exton.Henry Herbury.William Ancroft.1386.John Hadle.John Organ.Adam Carlile.Thomas Girdelere.1388. (Feb.)William More.John Shadworth.William Baret.John Walcote.1388. (Sept.)Adam Bamme.Henry Vanner.William Tonge.John Clenhand.1390. (Jan.)William More.John Shadworth.Adam Carlile.William Brampton.1390.[908](Nov.)John Hadle.John Loveye.Thomas Newenton.John Botesham.1391.William Shiringham.William Brampton.William Staundon.John Walcote.1394.[909]William Staundon.John Fresh.Thomas Exton.John Wade.1395.Adam Carlile.Drew Barantyn.Geoffrey Walderne.William Askham.1397. (Jan.)William Staundon.William Brampton.William Hyde.Hugh Short.1397. (Sept.)Andrew Neuport.Drew Barantyne.Robert Asshecombe.William Chychely.1399. (Oct.)John Shadworth.William Brampton.Richard Merlawe.William Sonnyngwell.1402.[910](Sept.)John Hadle.William Parker.John Prophete.William Norton.1403.[911]William Staundon.Drew Barantyn.William Marcheford.John Prophete.1406.William Staundon.Nicholas Wotton.John Sudbury.Hugh Ryebrede.1407.William Askham.William Crowemer.William Marcheford.John Bryan.1410.[912](Jan.)Drew Barantyn.Henry Halton.John Reynewell.Walter Gawtron.1410.[913](Nov.)Richard Merlawe.Thomas Fauconer.John Sutton.John Michell.1413.[914](Feb.)Drew Barantyn.William Askham.William Marcheford.Walter Gawtron.1413. (May)Drew Barantyn.William Askham.William Marcheford.Walter Gawtron.1414.[915](Jan.)Richard Merlawe.Robert Chichele.William Burton.Alan Everard.1414. (Nov.)William Waldern.Nicholas Wotton.William Olyver.John Gedney.1415.Robert Chichele.William Waldern.John Reynewell.William Michell.1416.[916](Mar.)Richard Merlawe.Thomas Fauconer.William Weston.Nicholas Jamys [James]1416.[917](Oct.)Richard Whitington.Thomas Knolles.John Perneys.Robert Whityngham.1417.William Crowemer.William Sevenoke.John Welles.John Boteler, jun.1419.Nicholas Wotton.Henry Barton.Richard Meryvale.Simon Sewale.1420.Thomas Fauconer.John Michell.Salamon Oxneye.John Hi[g]ham.1421. (May)William Waldern.William Crowemer.William Burton.Richard Gosselyn.1421. (Dec.)Thomas Fauconer.Nicholas Wotton.John Whateley.John Brokley.1422.Thomas Fauconer.John Michell.Henry Frowyk.Thomas Mayneld.1423.[918]Thomas Fauconer.John Welles.Henry Frowyk.Thomas Boteler.1425.Nicholas Wotton.John Welles."Eborardus" Flete.Thomas Bernewell.1426.John Michell.John Welles."Eborardus" Flete.John Higham.1427.John Michell.John Welles.William Melreth.Walter Gawtron.1429.Nicholas Wotton.Nicholas James.William Melreth.Walter Gawtron.1431.William Estfeld.Nicholas James.John Higham.John Abbot.1432.John Gedney.William Melreth.John Levyng.Philip Malpas.1433.John Reynewell.John Welles.John Hatherle.Thomas Catteworth.1435.John Michell.Robert Large.John Bederenden.Stephen Forster.1437.Henry Frowyk.Thomas Catteworth.John Carpenter, jun.Nicholas Yeo.1442.Sir William Estfeld.John Bowys.Philip Malpas.William Cottesbroke.1447.Henry Frowyk.William Combys.Hugh Wyche.William Marowe.1449. (Feb.)Thomas Catteworth.John Norman.Geoffrey Boleyn.Thomas Billyng.1449. (Nov.)Stephen Broun.John Norman.John Nedham.John Har[e]we.1450.Henry Frowyk.William Marowe.John Harewe.Richard Lee.1453.Stephen Broun.William Cantelowe.John....... ...1455.Geoffrey Feldyng.William Cantelowe.John Harewe.John Yonge.1463.[919]William Marowe.Thomas Urswyk, Recorder.Thomas Wynselowe.John Bromer.1467.Sir Ralph Josselyn.Thomas Urswyk.John Warde.John Crosseby.1469.[920]Ralph Verney.George Irlond.Stephen Fabyan.Thomas Stoughton.1472.Sir Ralph Verney.George Irlond.John Brampton.Stephen Fabyan.1478.Sir William Hampton.Richard Gardyner.William Bracebrigge.John Warde.1483.[921]Sir William Heriot.Robert Tate.John Marchall.William Bracebrigge.1485.[922]John Warde, Mayor.Thomas Fitz-William, Recorder.John Pekeryng.William Spark.1487.[923]Sir Henry Colet, Mayor.Thomas Fitz-William, Recorder.Hugh Pemberton.John Pekeryng.William WhitelocoThomas Fitz-William.[924]1491.[925]Robert Tate.William Capel.Nicholas Alwyn.Thomas Bullesdon.1497.[926][Richard] Chawry.Sir Robert Sheffeld, Recorder.......1504.[927]Sir John Shaa.Sir Robert Sheffeld, Recorder.Thomas Cremour.John Paynter.Sir John Tate[928]locoSir John Shaa deceased.1510.[929]John Tate.John Chaloner, Recorder.James Yarford.John Brugys.Thomas MorelocoJames Yarford, elected alderman.1512.[930]Sir William Capel.Richard Broke, Recorder.William Calley.John Kyme.1515.[931]Sir William Capel.Richard Broke, Recorder.William Calley.John Kyme.1523.[932]George Monoux.William Shelley, Recorder.John Hewster.William Roche.1529.[933]Sir Thomas Seymer.John Baker, Recorder.John Petyte.Paul Wythypol.1542.Sir William Roche.Sir Roger Cholmeley, Recorder.John Sturgeon.Nicholas Wylford.1545.Sir William Roche.Sir Roger Cholmeley, Recorder.John Sturgeon.Paul Wythypol.Sir William FormanlocoWilliam Roche.[934]Sir Richard Gresham[935]locoSir William Forman.Robert Broke, Recorder.[936]1547.Sir Martin Bowes,.Robert Broke, Recorder.Thomas Curteis.Thomas Bacon.1553.Sir Martin Bowes.Robert Broke, Recorder.John Marsh.John Blundell.1553.[937](Sept.)Sir Rowland Hill.Robert Broke, Recorder.John Marsh.John Blundell.1553.[938](Oct.)Sir Rowland Hill.Robert Broke, Recorder.John Marsh.John Blundell.1554.Sir Martin Bowes.Robert Broke, Recorder.John Marsh.John Blundell.1554. (Nov.)Sir Martin Bowes.Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.Richard Grafton.Richard Burnell.1555.Sir Martin Bowes.Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.Philip Bold.Nicholas Choyne[Chune].1558.William Garrard.Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.John Marsh.Richard Grafton.1559.[939]Sir Martin Bowes.Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.John Marsh.Richard Hills.[940]1563.Sir William Chester.Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.Laurence Withers.John Marsh.1571.[941]Sir John White.Thomas Wilbraham, Recorder.John Marsh.Thomas Norton.1572.Sir Roland Heywood.William Fletewood, Recorder.John Marsh.[942]Thomas Norton.1584.[943]Sir Nicholas Woodrooff.William Fletewood, Recorder.Walter Fisshe.Thomas Aldersey.Henry Billingsley,[944]locoWalter Fisshe, decd.1586.Sir Edward Osborne.William Fletewood, Recorder.Thomas Aldersey.Robert Saltinstall.1589.Sir George Barnes.William Fletewood, Recorder.Thomas Aldersey.Andrew Palmer.1593.Sir John Harte.Edward Drewe, Recorder.Andrew Palmer.George Sotherton.1597.Sir John Harte.John Croke, Recorder.George Sotherton.Thomas Fettiplace.1601.Sir Stephen Soame.John Croke, Recorder.Thomas Fettiplace.John Pynder.1604.[945]Sir Henry Billingsley.Sir Henry Montague, Recorder.Nicholas Fuller.Richard Gore.Sir Thomas Lowe,locoSir Henry Billingsley.[946]1614.Sir Thomas Lowe.Sir Henry Montague Recorder.Nicholas Fuller.Robert Middleton.1621.Sir Thomas Lowe.Robert Heath, Recorder.Robert Bateman.William Towerson.1624.Sir Thomas Middleton.Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.Robert Bateman.Martin Bond.1625.Sir Thomas Middleton.Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.Robert Bateman.Martin Bond.1626.Sir Thomas Middleton.Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.Sir Maurice Abbott.Robert Bateman.1628.Thomas Moulson.Christopher Clitherowe.Henry Waller.James Bunce.1640. (April)Thomas Soame.Isaac Pennington.Matthew Cradock.Samuel Vassall.1640. (Nov.)Thomas Soame.Isaac Pennington.Matthew Cradock.Samuel Vassall.John Venn,locoMatthew Cradock.[947]

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