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A45839
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Antiquities of the city of Exeter collected by Richard Izacke ...; Antiquities of the city of Exeter
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Izacke, Richard, 1624?-1698.
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1677
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Wing I1110; ESTC R22442
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thus The said Earl on a certain Market day sent his Cator hither to buy Fish at which time there were only three pots of Fish in the Market the Bishop's Cator likewise came and both of them thinking the whole to be too little for either of them were at some strife thereabout The Mayor on his part minding the welfare of the Commons of the said City and that they also might have the benefit of the said Market did decide this controversie and delivered one pot of the said Fish to the Earl's Cator another of them to the Bishop's Cator and the third he here reserved for the Market The Earl being advertised hereof thought himself much wronged by the Mayor in not having all the Fish and was much displeased thereat and threatned to be revenged on him and shortly thereafter coming hither sent to the Mayor to come to him unto whom it seemed the Mayor was a retainer and the Mayor being advertised of the Earls displeasure and well knowing him to be of a cholerick disposition calleth together his Brethren and honest Commons of the said City to the Guild-hall unto whom he declareth the Earls displeasure with him and the cause and that he was now going to him and desired them to accompany him thither and to afford him their succour if need so required which they readily promised Then said the Mayor my Masters I know the Earl will quarrel with me and as he hath threatned so will he be avenged on me and for as much as his displeasure is against me for the Citie 's interest and by discharging the duty of my Office I am to crave your assistance in case the Earl should offer me any violence After these and the like Speeches they went to the Earl's House and into his Lodging Chamber the Mayor was brought and the door closed on him The Earl storms at the Mayor none of whose answers would satisfie the Earl which the Mayor perceiving took off an outer Coat he then wore it being the Earl's Livery and delivered it to him again whereat the Earl fell into greater passion and th◠Commons attending at the Door doubting of the Mayor's safery knocked at the said door and demanded their Mayor which being after sundry requests denied they attempted to break open the same which the Earl apprehending and doubting what might ensue thereon intreated the Mayor to pacifie the People which was soon done and so peaceably they all returned And albeit the Earl then to avoid the fury of the People seemed pacified yet could he never thereafter shew a good countenance towards this City whereupon an Ordinance was made by the Mayor and Common Council that no Franchised man of this City should wear any Foreigners Livery Cognizance or Badge without the Mayor's License and inserted the same in the Freeman's Oath which is to this day observed Regna Regum 4. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1310. Mayors and Bayliffs Walter Tantifer Walter Langdon Peter Zouch Peter Lovecock Walter Lekenn Regna Regum 5. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1311. Mayors and Bayliffs Waltor Langdon William Duport John Perour Adam Dyer Thomas Farthein The said Hugh Courteney Earl of Devon in his high displeasure against this City maliciously destroyed the Haven belonging thereunto or an Arm of the Sea coming up from Topisham to the Walls of the said City whereupon sundry Bills of Complaint were exhibited against him to the King and divers Inquisitions thereon taken but no redress could be had Might at that time so much overcoming Right Regna Regum 6. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1312. Mayors and Bayliffs William Gatepath Philip Lovecock William Kerswell William Farthein John Smalecomb The King in his Writ named the Mayor and Bayliffs of this City Justices of his Peace About this time flourished one Godfrey of Cornwal who proceeded Doctor in Divinity both at Oxford and also at Paris in France he was a Prebendary of this Church and did much service in both these Vniversities he was very skilful in Aristotle and in the Master of the Sentences wherein he was more affected and experienced then in the Scriptures and better acquainted with the making of a subtile Syllogisme than in the explaining of the Text he wrote sundry Books about the number of Thirty Regna Regum 7. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1313. Mayors and Bayliffs Roger Beynim Thomas Farthein Philip Lovecock William Kerswell John Perour The ancient Custom of this City touching the admission of any Person to the Freedom and Liberties of the same 1. First the Mayor of the said City of his own free guise may admit any one person to the said Liberties 2. Also the Court may admit another person to the Liberties at their will and pleasure 3. Also the Heir of any Franchized man may by his Patrimony claim his Freedom whether the Inheritance descends from the Grandfather Father Vncle Brother or any other person being Freeman of the said City by and under whom he derives any Estate of Inheritance 4. Also all such as have served as Apprentices under any Franchized man for seven years space at the request of the Master upon the testimony of the truth thereof that he truly served out his said time are to be admitted Freemen paying the usual Fees of the Court viz. To the Mayor 1 s. 8 d. To the Recorder 1 s. 4 d. To the Townclark  8 d. To the Camberlain  8 d. To the four Bayliffs 8 d. a piece 2 s. 8 d. To the Swordbearer  4 d. To the four Serjeants at Mace 4 d. a piece 1 s. 4 d. To the Poor of the Mawdlin  1 d. For Inrolment of the Apprentices Indentures 1 s. 0 d.  9 s. 9 d. 5. Lastly all other persons are to be admitted by way of Redemption and by such reasonable Fines as the Mayor and Common Council of the said City shall set on them All which do thus appear in the course of the Court Rolls in the several Reigns of this King King Edward the Third King Richard the Second c. Regna Regum 8. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1314. Mayors and Bayliffs Roger Beynim Richard Soller Michael Skinner Richard Lekenn John Davy Regna Regum 9. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1315. Mayors and Bayliffs Philip Lovecock Thomas Farthein Richard Seller Ralph Dyer Matthew Capper Consuctudo recepta est usitata in Civitate Exoniensi quod si mulier ù viro suo decesserit ut adultera vixerit in Adulterio neque dotem habebit neque ulla actione uti debet pro eadem Rot. 50. Which well agrees with the Common Law according to this Distich Sponte virum mulier fugiens adultera facta Dote suâ careat nisi sponsi sponte retracta Regna Regum 10. Edw. the 2. An. D. 1316. Mayors and Bayliffs Philip Lovecock Nicholas Torand John Tredeyners John Buffeit John Davy The displeasure of the foresaid Earl of Devon being grown into anger and from thence to an extreme hatred and revenge he