The High Crane, near the Guildhall, Newcastle, 18th Century
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Identifier: historyofnewcast03welf Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidhistoryofnewcast03welf">History of Newcastle and Gateshead Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1884">1884 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWelford__Richard__1836_1919">Welford, Richard, 1836-1919 Subjects: Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon__W__Scott">London, W. Scott Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorRobarts___University_of_Toronto">Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewcast03welf/historyofnewcast03welf#page/n172/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/historyofnewcast03welf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidhistoryofnewcast03welf">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewcast03welf/historyofnewcast03welf#page/n172/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: o be auditors, and toreceive and audit the chamberlains accounts of revenue, etc., receivino-13s. 4d. a-day, to be equally divided amongst them, whenever theywere engaged in their public functions. The mayor, recorder, andaldermen were to be justices, and hold gaol deliveries, with power toerect a gallows, etc.; and the town, with all its liberties, etc., was tobe held on payment of the ancient fee farm of 100/. at Michaelmas.The decree contained also a clause regulating admissions to thehostmens company. Three months after the decree was promulgated king Jamesembodied it in a charter. A full translation of this document appearsin Browns Customs and Fratichiscs of the Freemen of Newcastle.(Newcastle : Angus, 1823.) It confirmed the mode of electing officersset forth in the York decree, with the difference that the by-tradesshould send fifteen persons to choose the twelve burgesses, and gavepower to hold gaol deliveries, erect a gallows, and so on—as in thegreat charter of Elizabeth. Text Appearing After Image: The High Cram;, .near the Guildhall, Newcastle, 18th Cemtuuv. 3—21 162 NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD. [1604. 1604. I and 2 James I. Bishop of Durham—Toby Mathew. Mayor and Sheriff of Neivcastle till Michaelmas:— William Warmouth, Mayor, and Matthew Chapman, Sheriff. Mayor ajtd Sheriff elected at Michaelmas:— Mayor—Thomas Riddell. Arms : Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure indented argent. Sheriff—Peter Riddell. Arms : The same as the mayors, with a crescent sable in the dexter chief. ING JAMES first parliament was summoned to meetat Westminster, 19th March. It lasted till FebruaryiCi I. The burgesses of Newcastle elected George Selby and Henry Chapman.The king confirmed to the merchants company ofNewcastle, upon payment of 4/. into the hanaper, all the charters ofhis predecessors, and to the mayor and burgesses the conservancy ofthe river Tyne. Exports from Newcastle by the merchants companyat this time consisted chiefly of wool, skins of lambs, sheep, foxes,and coneys, white Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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