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... Court Leet Records are to receive proper attention . At a recent meeting of the Corpora- tion , on the motion of Alderman Baker , it was resolved that the following gentlemen be authorized and empowered to carry out the instructions ...
... Court Leet Records are to receive proper attention . At a recent meeting of the Corpora- tion , on the motion of Alderman Baker , it was resolved that the following gentlemen be authorized and empowered to carry out the instructions ...
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... court leet and other municipal purposes , and bearing probably , as at Dover and other old borough towns , the name of guildhall , was in existence in Taunton at a very early period in Anglo - Saxon times . It was not , however , until ...
... court leet and other municipal purposes , and bearing probably , as at Dover and other old borough towns , the name of guildhall , was in existence in Taunton at a very early period in Anglo - Saxon times . It was not , however , until ...
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... court leet . It might be questioned , however , if many of those present fully realized the great antiquity of the institution they were thus met to represent , or were aware that while the court leet was the most ancient of all the law ...
... court leet . It might be questioned , however , if many of those present fully realized the great antiquity of the institution they were thus met to represent , or were aware that while the court leet was the most ancient of all the law ...
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... Court Leet Records Sub - com- mittee's proceedings , said the committee had unani- mously determined to recommend the appointment of Mr. J. P. Earwaker as Editor of the records . We congratulate the corporation of Manchester upon their ...
... Court Leet Records Sub - com- mittee's proceedings , said the committee had unani- mously determined to recommend the appointment of Mr. J. P. Earwaker as Editor of the records . We congratulate the corporation of Manchester upon their ...
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... Court , the profits of which , amounting in 1312 to 40s . yearly , realized 30s . The Court Leet records of the town invariably refer to Skipton as " the burgh of Skipton . " Can it be supposed from these facts that the town ever had ...
... Court , the profits of which , amounting in 1312 to 40s . yearly , realized 30s . The Court Leet records of the town invariably refer to Skipton as " the burgh of Skipton . " Can it be supposed from these facts that the town ever had ...
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Page 35 - Norris being a man subject to vapors, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing; so, a very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey counted him for ten, as a jest at first ; but, seeing Lord Norris had not observed it, he went on with his misreckoning of ten.
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Page 35 - Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing ; so a very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey counted him for ten, as a jest at first ; but seeing Lord Norris had not observed it, he went on with...
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