ASSSEMBLY

 

 

 

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Assembly Books                                                  2 vols.

1674 - 1834

 

 

     Minutes of meetings of the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to discuss Town business, decide policy, elect and swear in Officers and Burgesses.

 

 

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Feb. 1673/4 - Oct. 1801

     Regular record begins May 1674.  Entries prior to that date relate to proceedings following the granting of the charter of 13 Jan. 1673/4.  At beginning: memorandum of disenfranchisement, 13 Sep. 1715, of John Davies, then Mayor, he having been found guilty of murdering Richard Evans junior of Whittington.  On pp. 181 - 186: oaths to be sworn by the Mayor, Coroner, Recorder, Town Clerk, Sergeants, Watch, Burgesses, High Steward, Justices of the Peace, Muringer, Common Councillors, Aldermen, Attorneys (in the  Court of Record), and the oaths of supremacy and allegiance (see Leighton, p. 181).  For extracts see Bye-gones 1882-3, pp. 70,150, 216 - 217, 311, 313; 1884-5, p. 121; 1888, pp. 242, 246, 253.

 

 

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Oct. 1801 - Oct. 1834

     At end: oaths as in /1, excluding those of Burgesses and Watch, including those of Marshall (of the Court), and Clerk of the Market and Examiner of Weights and Measures.