London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 1W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... city , as supreme magistrate ; in the sheriff , and in the subordinate magistrates , by what name soever then distinguished , which being at the head of each ward and precinct , were analagous to the titles of aldermen and common council ...
... city , as supreme magistrate ; in the sheriff , and in the subordinate magistrates , by what name soever then distinguished , which being at the head of each ward and precinct , were analagous to the titles of aldermen and common council ...
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... city's juris- diction . " The year 1277 , was productive of a variety of municipal regulations for the better government of the city . An order of common council , the first on record , prohibited a market to be held on London Bridge ...
... city's juris- diction . " The year 1277 , was productive of a variety of municipal regulations for the better government of the city . An order of common council , the first on record , prohibited a market to be held on London Bridge ...
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... common- council , who were to be elected by the inhabitant freemen ; the whole to form one great city council , to which the ge- neral concerns of the community were to be committed ; — they were named as at present , except ward Foris ...
... common- council , who were to be elected by the inhabitant freemen ; the whole to form one great city council , to which the ge- neral concerns of the community were to be committed ; — they were named as at present , except ward Foris ...
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... city : being there joined by Sir Robert Knolles , with a body of veteran soldiers , and some thousands of Londoners ... common - council should be elected annually by Lytleton's History of England . the the several wards ; that a court ...
... city : being there joined by Sir Robert Knolles , with a body of veteran soldiers , and some thousands of Londoners ... common - council should be elected annually by Lytleton's History of England . the the several wards ; that a court ...
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... city courts , conformably to certain qualifications laid down in the statute * . Hall , in his Chronicle for 1514 ... common - council , denominated the COURT OF CONSCIENCE . This act appointed , " That the lord mayor and aldermen for ...
... city courts , conformably to certain qualifications laid down in the statute * . Hall , in his Chronicle for 1514 ... common - council , denominated the COURT OF CONSCIENCE . This act appointed , " That the lord mayor and aldermen for ...
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