Richard of the Moss. Thomas Molyneux of Cuerdale. John Sotheron of Mitton. Richard Mosok. John son of Lawrence Nowell, alias John Nowell, of 66 Renede," county Lancaster. John Nowell of York, vintner, alias taverner. Robert Pilkington of Rivington. Richard Peacock of Shrewsbury. John Porter, clerk of the county of Pembroke. James son of William Radcliffe. Adam Skipton. John Stanlowe. Stephen Spere. William son of Hugh of Standish. Robert of Stretton. Henry of Scarisbrick the elder. John Scopham. Richard of Townley. Robert of Worksley. William Whitehead, esquire, of the county of Worcester. John of Walton of Lancaster. John le Travers of Whiston. Nicholas Whylok (Whitelock ?). 1387 Nicholas of Aughton. John Shepherd of Aughton. William Coby. William of Caton. Roger son of Thomas Fazakerley, alias Roger of Fazakerley. Gilbert of Halsall, knight. Robert of Hereford, knight. John ap Howell, alias Yvan ap Howell, of Templeton. Anthony de Romanis of Naples, physician. Thomas of Riding, chaplain. Walter Robinson of Lancaster. 1389 John of Altcar, clerk. John Banastre of the county of Lancaster. John Coyf. Philip Crafford, esquire (Trafford ?). Roger of Cuncliffe of the county of Lancaster. Richard Falconer. Richard Fauntleroy. R. II., iii. 232, 240, 252, 280, 341, 355, 377, 450. R. II., iv. 105. Thomas de Howeme, alias Holme, the younger of York. Thomas de Useburne, clerk. [It is interesting to note that the letters of protection granted to John atte Doune, parson of Ocrise (=Ower Moigne, Dorset), were revoked because the Justiciary did not consider him "sufficient." -R II., iv. 112.] R. II., iv. 1390 John de Aldeleme the elder. 198, 199, 245, 289, 291, 304. R. II., iv. 449. 1391 H. IV., i. 123, 154, 158, 159, 163, 164, 180, 181, 220, 234, 235, 261, 264, 294, 369, 428, 454, 466. [He was granted the custody of "the Watyrmyllyn " William of Worthington of Crawisch [Crawshaw, Thomas Hugynson of Chorley. Thomas de Hernby, clerk. Gilbert of Halsall, knight. Philip Gilberd. Robert of Kesteven. John son of Geoffrey of Osbaldstone. John Seaman the elder. Thomas son of Thomas of Swetenham. Daniel Towarth, a Lombard. John Threpland. William Whiteman, merchant. Richard Cressy, esquire. John Farnham, alias Marnham. 1399 John Aldelyme. Richard Blewell. John Crophill, esquire. Thomas Leghton of Coventry. John Heyford of Flore son of John Walker of Heyford Sewalin Hesell, son of Thomas Hesell. Thomas Hampton, " barkere." Gilbert of Halsall, knight. John Arnald the elder of Ipswich. John Lyverpull, "jueller." John Lamplugh. Thomas Leget, esquire. John of Litherland, esquire. John Molyneux, clerk. Edmund Ferrers of Northampton. Richard Pykenham. John Glede of Plymouth, "bakere." Andrew Ramsey, alias Trigge. John Spykkesworth. William de Stanley the elder of the county of Chester, esquire. Richard de Whitacre son of Henry de Whitacre. 1400 John Acton. 1401 Richard Cloup, parson of the church of Alderton. Edmund of Clitherow, esquire. Richard de Habryngham. Walter Thomas of Exeter. Thomas Lythyngton of London, "peyntour." John Ettewell of Nottingham. John Nowell, esquire, son of Lawrence Nowell of the In 1385, letters of protection were granted to William de Peghtyshill, alias Pexhyl, of Liverpool, going to Ireland on the King's service in the company of Edmund del Clay, Chief Justice of the Common Bench there. FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION RECORDS 1541-1701 By E. M. Platt, M.A. Read 3rd November 1904 IN Na previous paper I dealt with three points, shipping, indentures of apprentices, and Parliamentary elections, which I illustrated from the Corporation Records for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this paper I propose to treat of one point only, the municipal officers; and on this subject to offer some notes merely, for the subject is far too great to exhaust in one evening. Municipal Officers.--The chief officials of the town were, of course, the Mayor and the two Bailiffs, who were elected annually on October 18th, St. Luke's Day. The Mayor was regarded as a royal official, a lieutenant of the sovereign, and is constantly called "maior pro Dña Regina (or pro dño rege, as the case may be) huius burgij sive ville." I do not think sufficient insistence has ever been laid on the distinction between the two Bailiffs. The one was chosen by the Mayor, and was the Mayor's Bailiff or the King's Bailiff; he is sometimes called the Chief Bailiff, and was almost invariably named first in the record of the elections on October 18th. Under the Commonwealth this Bailiff is called the "cheeffe Bailiffe for the said Maior and for his highnes the Lord Protector of the Comon-wealth of England." The other Bailiff was elected by the town, and was the representative of the town and the guardian of its interests. This distinction is brought out in every election, but at some times more clearly than at others. In 1565, for example, the Bailiff's election is thus recorded: Willmus Seca Elect p maiore Balliu Jur' Thomas Inglefeld p cõitat. ville Balliu Jur'. In 1647, again the distinction is stated more definitely: Richardus Williamson nõiat. & elect. est Ballivus p dño Rege & Maiore Burg pd Jur' Joħes Sturzaker nõiat. & elect. est Ballivus p villa & Burgo pd p Anno sequen. Jur'. And again in 1657, under the Commonwealth, the distinction is made perfectly plain: "Alexander Greene Merchant is nominated & elected Cheeffe Bailive for the said Maior and for his highnes the Lord Protector etc. and is to serve in that Office for the yeare ensueing according to Custom etc." "Thomas Ashbrooke Inhoulder is nõiated and elected Bailiffe for the said Towne and Burrow of Liverpoole by the Burgesses there, and is to serve in that Office for the yeare insueing according to Custom & sworne." The method of election of the Mayor and of the Town Bailiff is not at once clear. In 1565 the record runs : "Officiarij Elect. Scdm anticũ et laudabilem consuet. hui' Burg" corp et port vill die & fest. Sci Luce Evangelist. xviij [Oct.] Anno Regni Dnē Elizabeth. Dei grā Angt Franc. & Hi₺nie Regine fidei defensor., etc., vij." This is the usual formula, sometimes in Latin, sometimes in English, "according to the ancient and laudable custom of the Borough Corporate and Porttowne," and the question at once arises: What is this ancient custom? A partial answer, at least, is to be found in an entry for 1555. |