 | Joseph Hemingway - 1831 - 476 pages
...On the 31st of January (1644) during the mayoralty of Charles Walley, an order of assembly was made, that one hundred pounds worth of the ancient city...assessed upon the city, to be collected at twenty pounds per week, for the perfecting the works, and maintaining thereof, also for making provision of matches,*... | |
 | Joseph Hemingway - 1836 - 258 pages
...the reward of the conquerors. TBE SIEGE. On the 3lst of January, l644, an order of assembly was made, that one hundred pounds worth of the ancient city...coin, for the necessary use and defence of the city. There was also an order made, that the sum of three hundred pounds should be presented to the king,... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 pages
...went to their assistance returned to Chester, without the loss of a single man. Jan. 31, 1644. — It was ordered that one hundred pounds worth of the...the same assembly it was ordered, that the sum of eight-score pounds should be assessed upon the city, to be collected at twenty pounds per week, for... | |
 | John Paul De Castro - 1926 - 484 pages
...Corporation Records, June 3Oth, 1645 : " To sell so much of the Corporation plate as would amount to £100 to be forthwith converted into coin for the necessary use and defence of the city." t Cripps, p. 48. Other grave scandals necessitated the alteration of the standard ; they are well explained... | |
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Walley, an order of assembly was made, that one hundred pounds worth of the ancient city plate should be forthwith converted into coin, for the necessary use and defence of the city. At the same assembly it was ordered, that the sum of eight score pounds... 