q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1565._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n woolcott_n robert_n chaff_n thomas_n bruerton_n robert_n lambell_n alexander_n trigg_n this_o mayor_n pass_v all_o the_o office_n towards_o the_o mayoralty_n about_o 22._o year_n last_o pass_v when_o he_o be_v a_o merchant_n flourish_v with_o wealth_n but_o fall_v afterward_o into_o decay_n and_o no_o less_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o old_a age_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a not_o to_o cast_v the_o office_n of_o mayoralty_n upon_o he_o nevertheless_o the_o lot_n be_v now_o fall_v to_o he_o a_o fit_a house_n be_v purposely_o provide_v for_o he_o and_o the_o charge_n of_o keep_v the_o same_o for_o this_o year_n be_v undertake_v by_o the_o chamber_n and_o defray_v according_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 8._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1566._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n richardson_n simon_n knight_n nicholas_n martin_n john_n pope_n thomas_n bird_n the_o exchequer_n of_o st._n peter_n 23._o octobris_fw-la be_v rob_v but_o the_o thief_n be_v so_o honest_a as_o that_o when_o they_o have_v carry_v home_o the_o money_n and_o find_v the_o same_o to_o be_v more_o than_o they_o need_v return_v the_o overplus_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 9_o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1567._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n smith_n william_n chapel_n thomas_n martin_n john_n hutchins_n john_n jones_n a_o voluntary_a collection_n here_o make_v of_o threescore_o pound_n in_o money_n towards_o the_o reparation_n of_o st._n mary_n michel_n tower_n and_o spire_n the_o weathercock_n thereof_o be_v blow_v down_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 10._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1568._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n robert_n chaff_n edward_n lymett_n john_n levermove_v richard_n newman_n roger_n robinson_n calabear_v wear_v by_o mean_n of_o a_o great_a frost_n be_v much_o in_o decay_n and_o afterward_o new_o make_v in_o a_o frame_n of_o timber_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 11._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1569._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n william_n chapel_n thomas_n bruerton_n john_n pyle_n william_n hunt_n john_n collins_n bishop_n allâ—igh_a have_v well_o govern_v this_o church_n nine_o year_n and_o upward_o 15._o aprilis_n depart_v this_o life_n and_o lie_v bury_v under_o a_o fair_a marble_n stone_n in_o the_o choir_n of_o his_o own_o church_n with_o this_o inscription_n thereon_o reverendus_fw-la pateâ—_n willielmus_fw-la alleigh_n exoniensis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aceâ—rimus_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la propugnator_fw-la morum_fw-la probitate_fw-la praecelebris_fw-la bonarum_fw-la disciplinarum_fw-la mirabili_fw-la scientia_fw-la clarus_fw-la in_fw-la christo_fw-la domino_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la marmore_fw-la quiescit_fw-la obiit_fw-la decimo_fw-la quinto_fw-la aprilis_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1570._o william_n bradbridge_n dean_n of_o sarisbury_n be_v the_o next_o elect_v bishop_n of_o this_o church_n and_o according_o consecrate_v at_o lambeth_n by_o matthew_n parker_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 28._o aprilis_fw-la the_o plague_n reign_v here_o the_o chief_a man_n of_o the_o city_n remove_v into_o the_o country_n with_o their_o family_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 12._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1570._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n simon_n knight_n william_n tryvett_n william_n paramâ—re_v hugh_n wilsdon_n walter_n jones_n the_o yarn_n market_n be_v new_o build_v regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 13._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1571._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n bruerton_n nicholas_n martin_n john_n dorr_n william_n martin_n william_n monugwell_n agnes_n the_o wife_n of_o john_n jones_n late_o of_o this_o city_n be_v burn_v to_o death_n in_o southenhay_n for_o poison_v her_o say_a husband_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 14._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1572._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n peryâ—m_n john_n blackall_n thomas_n prestwood_n thomas_n reymond_n henry_n james_n richard_n sweet_a this_o john_n peryam_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o mayoralty_n sc_n 5._o septembris_fw-la die_v and_o 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smith_n nicholas_n spicer_n richard_n beaufitz_n a_o freeman_n of_o this_o city_n be_v implead_v at_o westminster_n for_o matter_n determinable_a here_o our_o charter_n for_o cognizance_n of_o plea_n be_v send_v up_o and_o by_o plea_n demand_v and_o the_o cause_n thereon_o be_v order_v to_o be_v try_v here_o thomas_n william_n esquire_n serve_v in_o parliament_n as_o one_o of_o our_o citizen_n be_v elect_v speaker_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o to_o who_o be_v send_v hence_o a_o present_a of_o 20_o l._n in_o gold_n in_o reward_n of_o his_o good_a service_n there_o do_v for_o this_o city_n on_o who_o death_n to_o supply_v his_o room_n in_o parliament_n sir_n peter_n carew_n knight_n be_v here_o elect_v as_o one_o of_o our_o citizen_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 18._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1576._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n prestwood_n robert_n chaff_n thomas_n martin_n thomas_n spicer_n laurence_n barcomb_n john_n choppell_n this_o thomas_n presiwood_n in_o the_o begin_n 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