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. 2 A3/1 1700, 1702 Accounts of Francis Tomkies, and also ‘Money Laid out by me upon the Coronation Day by the orders of Mr Mayor & Aldermen April 23th 1702.’ A3/2 1712 - 1714 Accounts of John Skie. A3/3 1718 - 1719 Accounts of Owen Hughes. A3/4 1720 - 1722 Accounts of John Evans. A3/5 1721 - 1722 Accounts of Richard Payne. A3/6 1724 - 1725 Accounts of the late Peter Poval. Not entered in A2. A3/7 1724 - 1725 Accounts allowed to Sarah Poval. Not entered in A2. A3/8 1725 - 1726 Accounts of John Kyffin. A3/9 1729 - 1730 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to Charles Lloyd. A3/10 16 Jul. 1730 Receipt of A. Wicksteed for 3s. for mending the maces. Annexed to /9. A3/11 1732 - 1733 Accounts of John Huxley. Endorsed: list of Aldermen and Common Councillors present 19 Oct. 1733. A3/12 1732 - 1733 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to John Mytton. A3/13 1735 - 1736 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to Robert Williams. A3/14 1736 - 1737 Accounts of Robert Barkley. A3/15 Undated [1739] Accounts of Thomas Tomkies. 3 A3/16 1744 Accounts of John Mort. A3/17 1746 - 1747 Accounts of David Morris. A3/18 1747 Accounts of Richard Lloyd. A3/19 1747 - 1749 Account of John Hughes, Deputy to Richard Williams, for expenditure on clothes for the Marshall and Bellman. Not entered in full in A2. A3/20 1748 Accounts of John Hughes, Deputy to Richard Williams. A4 Mayor’s Vouchers of John Croxon. 18 1813 - 1814 docs. See also A38, A39. A4/1 4 Oct. 1813 William Owen, for £4 Os 7 1/2d. for work done on the Castle Bank. A4/2 15 Oct. 1813 Overseers, for 10s. and £1 for ‘weighing weights and going to the Publick Houses’. A4/3 23 Oct. 1813 William Owen, for £3 7s. 6d. for work done in levelling the Castle Bank. A4/4 28 Jan. 1814 David Thomas, bricklayer, for £6 13s. for work done at Castle Bank. A4/5 28 Jan. 1814 David Thomas, for £1 8s. 8d. for ‘fixing up an iron chest’ in the Town Clerk’s office. A4/6 [Mar. 1814] Roberts & Williams, mercers and drapers, for goods supplied for the prison, to the value of £3 1s. 8 1/2d. A4/7 [Mar. 1814] Hugh Phillips, for 3s. 6d. for repairing the lock of the iron chest in the Town Clerk’s office. 4 A4/8 7 Apr. 1814 Ellis Jones, for £18 18s. for carpentry at the prison. A4/9 28 Apr. 1814 William Lacon for £28 17s. 6d. for ‘1 Large Book Case’. A4/10 13 Apr., 6 May 1814 Edward Owens, for £2, and Ralph Fox, for £18 2s. for building materials. A4/11 7 May 1814 Ellis Jones, for £10 16s. 9 1/2d. for gates, posts, stiles at Castle Bank. A4/12 7 May 1814 Charles Eyeley, for £1 3s. 4d. for painting and decorating in the Town Clerk’s office. A4/13 7 May 1814 Ellis Jones, for £2 4s. 1 1/2d. for carpentry in the Town Clerk’s office. A4/14 20 Jun. 1814 William Price, for £10 8s. 4d. for printing and stationery. A4/15 19 Jul. 1814 Robert Stanton, for £5 4s. for ‘Worke Dun to the Corporation Punch Bowl’. A4/16 19 Jul. 1814 Ellis Jones, for £12 12s. for four oak chairs with the arms of Oswestry, and William Jones, for £8 8s. for castors for the Town Clerk’s office. A4/17 19 Jul. 1814 Ellis Jones, for £10 10s. for a desk, and Robert Stanton, for £7 9s. for brass rods for the Town Clerk’s office. A4/18 19 Jul. 1814 Ellis Jones, for £2 8s. for shutters for the Town Clerk’s office. 5 A5 Licence 1 doc. 8 Aug. 1833 The Aldermen and Common Councillors grant licence to Thomas Longueville Longueville, Mayor, to be absent for a month and to appoint Thomas Morris, esq., as his Deputy during that time. ALDERMEN AND COMMON COUNCILLORS A6 Declarations against the Solemn League and Covenant 1 doc. 8 Jan. 1682/3 Signed by Thomas Jones, Philip Ellis, Morgan Powell, Fran. Tomkies, Thomas Kyffin, with mark of Edward Jones. See Leighton, p. 164. Includes memoranda of election of Francis Tomkis and Thomas Kyffyn ‘to serve Com[m]on Counsels’ and allowance of 2s. per £1 to the Sergeants for collecting tensery money, 5 Oct. 1682. BURGESSES See also A12. A7 Register of Burgesses and Freemen 1 vol. 1674 - 1908 Fiche 59-76 Records Burgesses elected and sworn in following the renewal of the charter in 1674, and those elected and sworn in thereafter to Oct. 1834. Continues with elections of Honorary Freemen, viz. Alfred Wynne Corrie of Park Hall, esq., 9 Nov. 1893; Joseph Parry Jones of Beechfield, esq., 18 Aug. 1898; Aldermen Thomas Whitfield and Edward Bremner Smith of Oswestry, 10 Aug. 1908. At front: memorandum of the purchase of the book by Richard Edwards, Mayor, 16 Aug. 1676, burgess’ oath; memorandum, 12 Jun. 1696, of the admission by Richard Jones, Mayor, and David Lloyd, Justice of the Peace, of Thomas Arthur to the Company of Butchers, they having refused to admit him; a similar memorandum, 30 May 1700, of the admission of Richard, son of Nathaniel Jones, by Richard Jones and Nathaniel Edwards, Justices of the Peace. 6 A8 Certificates of Election of Burgesses 73 1704 - 1830 docs. A8/1 22 Aug. 1704 Richard Helton of Oswestry, dyer. A8/2 4 Oct. 1723 Thomas Rogers of Bromwich Park, co. Salop. A8/3 17 Nov. 1725 Humphey Parry of Llanvyllin, co. Montgomery. A8/4 4 Jan. 1725/6 Henry Wytherington. A8/5 [28 Jan. 1725/6] Francis Wem of Oswestry. A8/6 30 Sep. 1726 Nathaniell Edwards, butcher. A8/7 30 Sep. 1726 John, son of Nathaniell Edwards, butcher. A8/8 14 Apr. 1727, 2 Mar. 1727/8. William Jordon of Oswestry; Sidney Rigby of same, widow, salt dealer; John Rigby, her eldest son, aged about 10; William Rigby, her second son, aged about 2; Thomas Hughes of same, weaver; Thomas Hughes, his only son, aged about 4; Richard Jones of same, butcher. A8/9 2 Mar. 1727/8 Edward Owen of Oswestry, hatter. A8/11 18 Jul. 1729 John Davies of Oswestry, brewer and baker. A8/12 18 Jul. 1729 John Davies of Glascoed, co. Denbigh, gent. A8/13 18 Jul. 1729 John Davies the younger of Glascoed, gent. A8/14 18 Jul. 1729 Thomas Davies of Glascoed, gent., ‘but was not Sworne he being under Age’. A8/15 3 Oct. 1729 John Basnett of Rednall, co. Salop, gent., and his son Thomas. 7 A8/16 3 Oct. 1729 Edward Williams of Eastymcolwyn, co. Montgomery, esq. A8/17 3 Oct. 1729 John Williams of Oswestry, nailer. A8/18 2 Oct. 1730 Thomas Beakall of Oswestry, saddler. A8/19 2 Oct. 1730 Thomas Evans of Whittington, co. Salop, innholder. A8/20 2 Oct. 1730 John Fraile of Whitchurch, co. Salop, plumber. A8/21 2 Oct. 1730 Timothy George of Hinford, co. Salop, yeoman. A8/22 23 Jul. 1731 Thomas Dawes of Oswestry, gent. A8/23 23 Jul. 1731 John Paine of Oswestry, tobacconist, and his son John. A8/24 2 Mar. 1731/2 Edward Roberts of Oswestry, cardmaker, and his two sons. A8/25 6 Jun. 1732 Robert Jackson of Ellesmere, co. Salop, tanner. A8/26 6 Jun. 1732 Charles Wicksteed of Oswestry, watchmaker. A8/27 12 Jan. 1732/3 Andrew Jones of Kinsall, co. Salop, yeoman. A8/28 12 Jan. 1732/3 John Mort of Oswestry, gent. A8/29 12 Jan. 1732/3 John Rees of Derwenypandy, co. Salop, yeoman. A8/30 5 Oct. 1733 Joseph Davies of Oswestry, apothecary. 8 A8/31 5 Nov. 1734 Edward Evans of Oswestry, periwig maker, and his son. A8/32 5 Nov. 1734 Vincent Phips of Oswestry, grocer, and his son. A8/33 5 Nov. 1734 Charles Thomas of Oswestry, cooper, and his son. A8/34 6 Dec.