 Rising, is very ancient. It was formerly governed by a mayor, recorder, high steward, twelve aldermen, a speaker of the commons, and fifty burgesses. At present the corporation consists of only two aldermen, who alternately serve the office of mayor,...  History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the ... - Page 442by William White - 1836 - 816 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 926 pages
...the peace before the judges of assize. It was formerly governed by a mayor, recorder, hitjh-steward,. twelve aldermen, a speaker of the commons, and fifty...burgesses. At present the corporation consists of only ,'.•/•;• aldermen, who alternately nominally serve the office of mayor ; and he is the returning... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1819 - 676 pages
...borough, Castle Rising, is very ancient. It was formerly governed by a mayor, recorder, high steward, twelve aldermen, a speaker of the commons, and fifty...aldermen, who alternately serve the office of mayor, and he is the returning officer of two members to the British senate. It has been observed, that though... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1819 - 266 pages
...borough, Castle Rising, is very ancient. It was formerly governed by a mayor, recorder, high steward, twelve aldermen, a speaker of the commons, and fifty...aldermen, who alternately serve the office of mayor, and he is the returning officer of two members to the British senate. It has been observed, that though... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 266 pages
...corporation of this borough is very ancient; it was formerly: joverned by a mayor, recorder, high steward, twelve aldermen, a' speaker of the commons, and fifty burgesses. At present the corporation consists but of two aldermen, who nominally serve the office of mayor in succession. Near the end of the church-yard... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 1078 pages
...corporation of this borough is very ancient ; it was formerly governed by a mayor, recorder, high steward, twelve aldermen, a speaker of the commons, and fifty burgesses. At present the corporation consists but of two aldermen, who nominally serve the office of mayor in succession. Near the end of the church-yard... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 832 pages
...of such antiquity that its origin is unknown, and the mayor is always named before the mayors of auj other borough in the county, at the reading of the...at mace. Un,til disfranchised by the Reform Bill of 1832, it sent two representatives to the House of Commons, and the right of electing them was confined... | |
 | William Alfred Dutt - 1904 - 472 pages
...office. In 1819 it was written of Rising : ' It was formerly governed by a Mayor, Recorder, High Steward, twelve Aldermen, a Speaker of the Commons, and fifty...Aldermen, who alternately serve the office of Mayor, and he is the returning officer of two members to the British senate. It has been observed that though... | |
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