1631._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n nicholas_n martin_n john_n crocker_n simon_n snow_n john_n parr_n marmaduke_n bevercomb_n nicholas_n vaughan_n gentleman_n elect_a muster_n master_n of_o this_o city_n and_o a_o pension_n of_o 6_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la confer_v on_o he_o good_n take_v on_o two_o felon_n who_o be_v since_o on_o their_o legal_a trial_n condemn_v and_o execute_v restore_v to_o the_o right_a owner_n the_o lady_n mary_n the_o king_n be_v elder_a daughter_n be_v bear_v 4._o novembris_fw-la at_o st._n james_n aforesaid_a regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 8._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1632._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n hakewill_n james_n tucker_n richard_n cross_v ralph_n herman_n richard_n mayne_n the_o free-school_n within_o the_o east-gate_n of_o this_o city_n erect_v found_v by_o the_o mayor_n bailiff_n and_o commonalty_n hereof_o for_o the_o education_n of_o youth_n in_o good_a literature_n who_o allow_v the_o master_n thereof_o a_o dwell_a house_n adjoin_v to_o the_o 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john_n clark_n late_o one_o of_o the_o bailiff_n stephen_n olivean_n be_v elect_v in_o his_o place_n to_o supply_v that_o office_n for_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o year_n several_a attempt_n make_v to_o bring_v in_o the_o river_n through_o the_o city_n good_n seize_v on_o as_o forfeit_v be_v foreign_a buy_v and_o sell_v regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 12._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1636._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n roger_n mallock_n richard_n saunders_n alan_n penny_n thomas_n ford_n henry_n every_o the_o sum_n of_o 32_o l._n in_o money_n and_o also_o a_o garden_n adjoin_v to_o st._n katherine_n alms-house_n recover_v from_o robert_n michael_n doctor_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o decree_n obtain_v in_o the_o high_a court_n of_o chancery_n for_o the_o poor_a people_n of_o the_o say_a house_n a_o new_a churchyard_n 24._o augusti_fw-la st._n bartholomew_n day_n be_v here_o solemn_o consecrate_v by_o bishop_n hall_n a_o piece_n of_o ground_n former_o call_v fricruhay_n â—ying_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o say_a city_n and_o in_o the_o west_n quarter_v thereof_o which_o say_v ground_n be_v give_v by_o the_o city_n and_o level_v and_o enclose_v by_o the_o concurrent_a charge_n of_o both_o church_n and_o city_n by_o the_o careful_a oversight_n of_o the_o mayor_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 13._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1637._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n cross_v thomas_n tooker_n john_n colleton_n nicholas_n corwithean_a humphrey_n tocker_n peter_n hellyar_n elect_v schoolmaster_n of_o the_o english_a free_a school_n within_o st._n john_n hospital_n and_o master_n of_o the_o boy_n in_o that_o house_n have_v be_v a_o liberal_a benefactor_n thereunto_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 14._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1638._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n james_n tucker_n christopher_n clark_n christopher_n parr_n oliver_n tapper_n richard_n evans_n licence_n grant_v to_o richard_n saunders_n merchant_n to_o sue_v nicholas_n bolt_n merchant_n at_o 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supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o poor_a therewith_o in_o the_o winter_n without_o any_o advantage_n to_o himself_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 7._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n
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government_n of_o the_o say_a house_n the_o king_n in_o order_n to_o his_o promise_n make_v the_o last_o year_n when_o he_o visit_v this_o city_n in_o person_n and_o as_o a_o signal_n testimony_n of_o his_o love_n towards_o the_o same_o be_v please_v to_o send_v hither_o the_o effigy_n or_o portraiture_n at_o length_n and_o rich_o frame_v of_o his_o dear_a sister_n the_o duchess_n of_o orleans_n late_o decease_v a_o princess_n bear_v within_o this_o city_n and_o for_o beauty_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o fair_a in_o christendom_n which_o say_v picture_n be_v place_v in_o a_o fair_a case_n of_o timber_n rich_o adorn_v with_o gold_n be_v erect_v in_o the_o open_a guildhall_n of_o the_o say_a city_n and_o there_o to_o remain_v as_o a_o perpetual_a monument_n of_o his_o majesty_n high_a favour_n towards_o this_o his_o true_o ancient_n loyal_a and_o honourable_a city_n of_o exeter_n at_o the_o low_a end_n of_o pariâ—-street_n without_o the_o east-gate_n of_o this_o city_n and_o within_o the_o parish_n of_o st._n sydwell_n a_o new_a workhouse_n be_v erect_v for_o the_o keep_n to_o work_v therein_o the_o poor_a of_o the_o say_a parish_n and_o city_n and_o it_o be_v hope_v that_o it_o will_v succeed_v well_o and_o prove_v as_o necessary_a a_o work_n as_o of_o late_a year_n have_v be_v devise_v towards_o the_o raise_n of_o which_o foundation_n the_o citizen_n and_o inhabitant_n hereof_o with_o other_o liberal_o contribute_v regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 24._o charles_n the_o 2._o an._n d._n 1672._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n henry_n gandy_n john_n collins_n william_n bodley_n william_n cove_n abisha_n brocat_fw-la st._n sydwel_n street_n from_o the_o east-gate_n unto_o st._n ann_n chapel_n be_v well_o pave_v by_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o this_o church_n be_v lord_n of_o the_o say_a manor_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 25._o charles_n the_o 2._o an._n d._n 1673._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n isaac_n mawditt_n william_n glyde_n ju._n henry_n cudmore_n humphrey_n leigh_n edward_n hill_n part_n of_o the_o city_n wall_n at_o the_o low_a end_n of_o southenhay_n towards_o trinity_n church-yard_n in_o the_o night_n time_n sudden_o fall_v down_o and_o be_v forthwith_o new_o erect_v be_v ninety_o foot_n in_o length_n and_o thirty_o foot_n in_o height_n elizabeth_z flay_n widow_n devise_v to_o the_o chamber_n a_o silver_n bason_n and_o ewer_n parcel_n gild_v to_o be_v use_v by_o the_o mayor_n of_o this_o city_n successive_o for_o ever_o thomas_n walker_n esquire_n one_o of_o the_o alderman_n hereof_o on_o the_o death_n of_o his_o late_a father_n be_v elect_v as_o one_o of_o our_o citizen_n to_o serve_v in_o parliament_n in_o his_o say_a father_n stead_n and_o place_n the_o peace_n between_o we_o and_o the_o dutch_a be_v here_o proclaim_v this_o mayor_n procure_v the_o sum_n of_o three_o hundred_o pound_n or_o thereabouts_o wherewith_o he_o provide_v a_o public_a store-house_n of_o corn_n in_o this_o time_n of_o scarcity_n and_o the_o price_n increase_a cause_v 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