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for_o their_o city-affair_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o council-house_n of_o the_o say_a city_n and_o that_o those_o who_o then_o be_v or_o after_o that_o time_n be_v to_o be_v elect_v thereunto_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o council_n of_o the_o city_n and_o moreover_o that_o the_o mayor_n recorder_n bailiff_n and_o other_o officer_n shall_v yearly_o be_v elect_v on_o their_o leet-day_n to_o be_v hold_v within_o a_o month_n after_o michaelmass_n by_o xxxi_o person_n nominate_v of_o those_o who_o have_v former_o bear_v the_o principal_a office_n in_o the_o city_n and_o likewise_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v ten_o alderman_n in_o the_o ten_o ward_n as_o former_o have_v use_v to_o be_v and_o that_o the_o mayor_n recorder_n and_o those_o ten_o alderman_n shall_v be_v justice_n of_o peace_n within_o the_o same_o city_n and_o county_n thereof_o as_o also_o that_o the_o say_v xxxi_o person_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o tax_v themselves_o and_o all_o other_o the_o inhabitant_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o say_a city_n to_o the_o charge_n of_o repair_v the_o say_a wall_n so_o as_o always_o it_o discharge_v not_o those_o who_o of_o right_n or_o custom_n be_v liable_a thereto_o by_o which_o pat._n have_v they_o likewise_o a_o grant_n of_o two_o new_a fair_n one_o to_o be_v hold_v upon_o the_o first_o of_o april_n and_o the_o other_o upon_o the_o 16_o of_o august_n with_o such_o toll_v as_o be_v take_v in_o smythfield_n within_o the_o suburb_n of_o london_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v take_v recognizance_n for_o the_o peace_n and_o good_a behaviour_n and_o for_o appearance_n at_o the_o session_n within_o the_o say_a city_n and_o further_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v a_o second_o council_n consist_v of_o 25_o person_n call_v the_o common-council_n of_o the_o say_a city_n to_o prepare_v the_o affair_n thereof_o for_o the_o mayor_n and_o great_a council_n and_o to_o have_v the_o government_n of_o such_o orphan_n of_o citizen_n of_o that_o city_n and_o of_o their_o estate_n as_o shall_v be_v commend_v by_o their_o own_o parent_n to_o the_o tutelage_n of_o the_o mayor_n and_o alderman_n thereof_o in_o which_o case_n the_o corporation_n to_o secure_v the_o orphan_n portion_n to_o whosoever_o that_o trust_v they_o and_o pay_v six_o pound_n per_fw-la centum_fw-la for_o their_o maintenance_n and_o last_o that_o the_o say_a mayor_n bailiff_n and_o commonalty_n may_v have_v liberty_n to_o purchase_v land_n in_o mortmayn_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 300_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la to_o the_o general_a behoof_n of_o this_o city_n provide_v that_o such_o land_n be_v not_o hold_v in_o capite_fw-la nor_o kts._n service_n which_o pat._n bear_v date_n 18_o julii_fw-la 19_o jac._n have_v now_o do_v with_o what_o concern_v the_o city_n in_o general_n i_o will_v here_o subjoin_v a_o catalogue_n hales_n of_o the_o mayor_n thereof_o an._n 1347._o 21_o e._n 3._o john_n ward_n will._n horn._n jordan_n 31._o shepey_n he_o build_v jordan-well_a will._n luff_n nich._n michael_n ric._n freberne_n john_n hayton_n walt._n whitweb_n henry_n dodenhale_n x._o an._n 1355._o 29_o e._n 3._o ric._n stoke_n nich._n michael_n henry_n clerk_n will._n botoner_n will._n yarmouth_n ric._n stoke_n nich._n percy_n will._n botoner_n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n xx._n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n henry_n dodenhale_n nich._n michael_n john_n tofte_n john_n papenham_n james_n benyngton_n john_n percy_n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n xxx_o adam_n botoner_n will._n wolf_n john_n papenham_n an._n 1377._o 1_o r._n â—_o john_n papenham_n janyn_n swynnysh_v ric._n luff_n henry_n kele_n john_n knight_n ric._n dodenhale_n janyn_n deyster_n xl._n adam_n botoner_n ric._n clarke_n henry_n kele_n john_n tofte_n henry_n kele_n henry_n kele_n john_n scarborought_v john_n liberde_n john_n northwode_n john_n crosse._n l._n ric._n lichefeld_n john_n onley_n ric._n clarke_n john_n preston_n geffrey_n hampton_n will._n whitchurch_n an._n 1399._o 1_o h._n 4._o nich._n dodeley_n rob._n
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in_o all_o 17._o quarter_n and_o a_o half_a and_o 6._o quarter_n of_o malt_n make_v in_o beer_n at_o 4_o s._n the_o quarter_n the_o yearly_a fee_n then_o to_o the_o principal_a officer_n be_v to_o henry_n marq._n dorset_n their_o high_a seward_n liii_o s._n four_o d._n to_o robert_n caster_n gent._n their_o general_a receiver_n xxvi_o s._n viij_o d._n and_o to_o thomas_n gregory_n auditor_n xxvi_o s._n viij_o d._n so_o that_o be_v in_o clear_a yearly_a value_n less_o than_o cc_o li._n it_o be_v suppress_v by_o act_n of_o parl._n in_o 27._o h._n 8._o whereupon_o the_o monk_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n dispose_v of_o to_o other_o religious_a house_n that_o then_o stand_v undissolved_a thomas_n tutbury_n the_o then_o abbot_n have_v a_o pension_n augm._n of_o 23_o li._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la assign_v to_o he_o during_o his_o life_n catalogus_fw-la a._n abbatum_fw-la 1._o willielmus_fw-la primus_fw-la abbas_n obiit_fw-la id._n dec._n anno_fw-la 1159._o 2._o rogerus_fw-la obiit_fw-la non._n feb._n anno_fw-la 1178._o 3._o nicholaus_fw-la obiit_fw-la cal._n sept._n anno_fw-la 1188._o 4._o henricus_fw-la obiit_fw-la 3._o id._n sept._n anno_fw-la 1189._o 5_o will._n pershore_n translatus_fw-la ad_fw-la bordesley_n 6._o will._n de_fw-fr campden_n abbatizavit_fw-la 8._o ann_n 7._o will._n de_fw-fr tysoe_n obiit_fw-la 10._o cal._n aug._n a_o 1217._o 8._o ranulphus_fw-la cessit_fw-la officio_fw-la ann_n 1221._o 9_o will._n gyldeford_n depositus_fw-la ann_n 1231._o 10._o osbertus_n de_fw-fr westwelle_n renuntiavit_fw-la officio_fw-la non._n sept._n ann_n 1258._o 11._o petrus_n wyche_n obiit_fw-la 9_o cal._n martii_fw-la 1261._o 12._o ric._n de_fw-fr merynton_n à _fw-la regimine_fw-la amotus_fw-la ann_n 1272._o 13._o tho._n de_fw-fr orlescote_n translatus_fw-la ad_fw-la bordesle_n a_o 1277._o 14._o wâ—ll_n de_fw-fr heyford_n assumptus_fw-la in_o abb._n de_fw-fr bordesse_n a_fw-mi 1293._o 15._o joh._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr sale_n depositus_fw-la post_fw-la a_o 16._o &_o 2._o 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