Oswestry Archives Catalogue
Oswestry Archives Catalogue 1 THE UNREFORMED BOROUGH ASSSEMBLY A1 Assembly Books 2 vols. 1674 - 1834 Minutes of meetings of the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to discuss Town business, decide policy, elect and swear in Officers and Burgesses. A1/1 Feb. 1673/4 - Oct. 1801 Fiche 1-33 Regular record begins May 1674. Entries prior to that date relate to proceedings following the granting of the charter of 13 Jan. 1673/4. At beginning: memorandum of disenfranchisement, 13 Sep. 1715, of John Davies, then Mayor, he having been found guilty of murdering Richard Evans junior of Whittington. On pp. 181 - 186: oaths to be sworn by the Mayor, Coroner, Recorder, Town Clerk, Sergeants, Watch, Burgesses, High Steward, Justices of the Peace, Muringer, Common Councillors, Aldermen, Attorneys (in the Court of Record), and the oaths of supremacy and allegiance (see Leighton, p. 181). For extracts see Bye- gones 1882-3, pp. 70,150, 216 - 217, 311, 313; 1884-5, p. 121; 1888, pp. 242, 246, 253. A1/2 Oct. 1801 - Oct. 1834 Fiche 33-50 At end: oaths as in /1, excluding those of Burgesses and Watch, including those of Marshall (of the Court), and Clerk of the Market and Examiner of Weights and Measures. MAYOR A2 Mayor’s Account Book 1 vol. 1674 - 1753 Fiche 51-59 For extracts see Leighton, pp. 165 - 173 and Bye- gones 1882-3, pp. 1, 124; 1887, pp. 348, 353 - 354. In reverse: Muringer’s accounts, 1687 - 1688, including receipts of tensery money. A3 Mayor’s Accounts 20 docs. 1700 - 1748 These were copied into A2, but with some minor details omitted.
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