1726. Thursday June 2. The question being put what rent Alderman Pennell shall pay for the House known by the Sign of the Peacock in Smithy Row It passed that he shall pay £4 10s. a year And that he shall have a Lease thereof for 21 years at that rent from the expiracion of the former Lease thereof 3485 fo. 12a. 5 St. Nicholas' Workhouse.-Resolved that a piece of ground in the way to the Castle Leen shall be granted to the parish of St Nicholas for building a Workhouse and other houses for the imploying and lodging the poor of that parish for 999 years from Michaelmas next at the yearly rent of 1/- In like manner as ground hath been 10 granted to the parishes of St Mary and St Peter 3485 fo. 13. Labray's Hospital. This day the Common Seal of this Corporacion was affixed to Lease and Release being an absolute Conveyance of a piece of Wast ground without Chappell Barr for building an Almshouse by moneys ariseing out of Jonathan Labrays 15 Estate to Thomas Smith Esq. To be holden of the Mannor of the Town of Nottingham by a penny rent payable to the Lord of the Mannor. 3485 fo. 13a. 1726. Monday June 27. Restriction as to grant of Burgess-ship to Cordwainers.-Upon the Humble Peticion of the Cordwainers of this Town It is ordered 20 That for the future The Freedome of this Corporacion shall not be granted to any person of the trade of a Cordwainer without the Headmasters and Wardens of the said trade being first acquainted therewith Unless such person shall have first served as an Apprentice by the space of Seven year to Some of the said trade within this 25. Town. I 3485 fo. 14a. 1726. Monday August 1. Right of Common.-The question being put If Burgesses not paying Scot and lot shall have Common in the Fields It passed in the affirmative by the majority of votes. For an account of the Cordwainers' (Shoemakers') Company, see Blackner, P. 212. 2 that is, bearing their rateable pro 3485 fo. 15a. portion in the payments levied from the town for local or national purposes.' (Stubb's Constitutional History of England, vol. III., p. 434). 1726. Monday September 19. Ordered That none of the shops in the New Buildings next the Change shall be let to Butchers 3485 fo. 19. Right of Common.-Resolved That no person shall put more than thirty sheep into the fields and they to be branded at the Pinfold 5 on the Narr Buttock before they are put in. 3485 fo. 19a. 1726. Monday September 26. Pen money. The question being put if the pen money shall for the future be taken by the Sheriffes at a rent to be set thereon by the Corporacion It passed in the affirmative And it is ordered and resolved That the question be put what that rent shall be It passed 10 that the same shall be £12 a year And all future Sheriffes shall be obliged to pay such rent Untill this order shall be altered or reversed. by the Hall. 3485 fo. 20. XLI.-Chamberlains' Accounts and Vouchers. 29 November 1725 delivered 6 houndred of bricke to the new Kros1 for the towne akounte S. d. 9-0 15 Febreuary ye 26 1725 Mr Chamberlang Buttler pay unto Mrs Tallants widow twelfe shillings which was for the Constables for Meate and drinke on Faston Tusday and it shall be allowed in youre accounts. Tho. Trigge Deputy Mayor 20 27 May 1726 paide William Sanders for a new Locke and staple and other Materialls for mendeinge the Duckeinge cheair XLII.-Presentations at Quarter Sessions. 1725. December 6. Richard Bearn Mayor. 00-01-08 1802. Juratio Constabulariorum presentant Johannem Alvey pro 25 ponendo Carectatam Ruderis ad imum cujusdem vici vocati Church lane.3 The Monday Cross. 2 Shrove Tuesday. 3 Translation:-The Constable Jury 1494. present John Alvey for putting a cartload of rubbish at the bottom of a certain street called Church lane. 1725. February 7. Juratio Constabulariorum presentant Johannem Plumptre pro ponendo fimum et Rudus in Barkergate et adversus murum Cemeterij Quod quidem fimum in parte ablutum est ad finem pontis.1 1494. 1726. April 19. Juratio Constabulariorum presentant Johannem English pro 5 usitando artem Tonsorio pro uno mense contra Statutum3 5to Elizabeth.2 1726. July 15. 1494 Juratio Constabulariorum presentant Johannem Bond pro ludendo ad Cartas pictas super diem dominicum.4 XLIII. Chamberlains' Rentals. 1725-1726. Jacob Tibson for an incroachment by a Wall at his John Else for Coale house under the Chapple Barr5 on ye South side Chappell Bar Jonathan Simpson's widow a Shop in fire Row XLIV. The Schoolwardens' Rental. 1725-1726 Mr John Town for Foxes lea near Ryehills and for to pay ▾ Translation:-The Constable Jury present John Plumptre for putting dung and rubbish in Barker Gate and against the wall of the cemetery, part of which dung has been washed to the end of the bridge. Translation:-The Constable Jury present John English for exercising the craft of a barber for one month contrary to the Statute, 5th Elizabeth. 3 This is 5 Eliz., Cap. IV., an Act touching divers orders for artificers, labourers, servants of husbandry, and apprentices. Probably John English had not served the requisite apprenticeship of seven years. 4 Translation:-The Constable Jury present John Bond for playing at cards on Sunday. 5 It should be remembered that 'Chapel Bar' was the gateway into the town and not the street as is now the case. This street was called Bar Gate. XLV. The Bridgemasters' Rental. 1725-1726 Widow Blagg for Spittle Close Thomas Harrison tenant XLVI.-Minutes of the Common Council. 1726-7. Wednesday March 22. £ s. d. 0-6-8 2418. This day two Leas of ground on Crow hill late in the tenure of Widow Alvey was let to Mr John Poe at the yearly rent of 30/5 from Lady next. 1727. Wednesday April 12. 3486 fo. 7. Lease of land.-Memorandum That this day the Common Seal of this Corporacion was affixed to a Lease for a year and to a Release bearing date respectively Yesterday and this day purporting to be an absolute Conveyance of a piece of Wast ground on the backside 10 being 28 foot in length 21 Inches in breadth at one end and 4 foot at the other on which part of the Riding house is built and of another piece of Wast ground on the Back of the Backside adjoyning to Job Booths house being 54 foot in length 10 foot in breadth at one end and five foot at the other with the appurtenances by this 15 Corporacion to the said Job Booth In consideracion of £5 By him now paid to the Chamberlains. 3486 fo. 8a. 1727. Tuesday August 8. Allotment of the White Rents.-This day the Upper part of the White rents was allotted to the parish of St Nicholas, the Midle part to the parish of St Mary and the Lower part to the parish of 20 St Peter Two rooms of the Midle part to go with the Nether and one room of the Upper part to go with the Midle part. The Garden to be fenced and levelled at the equall expense of the three parishes and then equally divided Reserving always to this Corporacion the powers trusts and authorities they have to cover the said White 25 rents Every parish to have the full possession of their respective parts by Michaelmas day next. 3486 fo. 17. 1727. Wednesday September 27. The Stint of Sheep.-Ordered and declared That the Stint of Sheep of every Householder to be put in the fields shall be thirty and no more and that No sheep shall be put therein before they are branded by the Pindar. If otherwise the same are ordered to be impounded and the owners to pay pinship and Such fine as the Corporacion shall think fit to impose on them. 3486 fo. 27. XLVII.-Chamberlains' Accounts and Vouchers. 1726-1727 Received December 3d 1726 of Chamberlain Wood Forty Shillings 5 being an Annual alowance from the Corporation. I say received for the Use of the Tanners. Thomas White Chamberlains' Accounts. 21 December 1726 Cleaning about Weekday Cross and Munday Cross . 1802. 30 December 1726 John Alvie 3 Days leading dirt from the Rowell under J. Johnsons, from Weekday Cross and Quakers Lane 17 June 1727 11 July 1727 12 July 1727 15 July 1727 Paid Captain Ross at proclaiming the 18-0 ΙΟ King' and Mr Deputy Mayor Orator 3-3-0 Paide to Sir Thomas Perkyns as Keeper o-2-6 15 Paide to the Keeper of Nottingham Park 29 July 1727 5 August 1727 0-3-0 |