. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. ne his Queen 1387, BishopScrope, Dean Denton, Thomas Sedgeley Priorof St Johns, Humphrey Lord Stafford, ReginaldBishop of Coventry, Bishop Halse, George Dukeof Clarence and Isabel his wife, Lord Grey 1470,Henry VII. and Elizabeth his Queen, HenryDuke of Buckingham and his Wife 1387, CecilCountess of Shrewsbury 1527, Henry Lord Staf-ford and Ursula his Wife. In the twenty-fourth of Henry VIII. the bell-manship was set to Walter Tyssel for life, paying*yearly during* the life of Edward Derby, thesum of £1. 6s.
. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. ne his Queen 1387, BishopScrope, Dean Denton, Thomas Sedgeley Priorof St Johns, Humphrey Lord Stafford, ReginaldBishop of Coventry, Bishop Halse, George Dukeof Clarence and Isabel his wife, Lord Grey 1470,Henry VII. and Elizabeth his Queen, HenryDuke of Buckingham and his Wife 1387, CecilCountess of Shrewsbury 1527, Henry Lord Staf-ford and Ursula his Wife. In the twenty-fourth of Henry VIII. the bell-manship was set to Walter Tyssel for life, paying*yearly during* the life of Edward Derby, thesum of £1. 6s. 8d. and after his death, to the use THE CORPORATION. 81 of the church yearly Sd.; the said Waltercovenanting to keep in repair, all and singularstreets within the harr-gates of Lichfield, uponhis own proper cost; and all the streets withoutthe banvgates, the master of the guild finding-materials. Those who had been masters of the guildwere distinguished by scarlet gowns. The macewhich was of iron, about 14 inches in length, isnow in the possession of Dr Wright, of this The government of the city by the guild, con-tinued for one hundred and sixty-one years. €J)c Corporation. This guild being dissolved by act of parliament,the inhabitants of the city and county of Lichfield,were incorporated in the second year of EdwardVI. by the name of the bailiffs and burgesses;having power to hold all pleas within the saidcity, suburbs, and precincts thereof, during theKings good pleasure. M &2 THE CORPORATION. In 1548, Richard, bishop of Coventry and Lich-field, granted to the bailiffs, burgesses, &c, thelordship and manor, with all rights belongingthereto, and all fines, amercements, heriots, &c,bona et cataliaJelonum et fvgitha, «$•<?., in con-sideration of the annual rent of £50. A chnrter dated at Westminster, in the firstyear of Queen Mary, confirms the former one ofKing Edward, and grants a court of record week-ly, exemption from juries without the city, aprison a
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