The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . e-venue. At what time it came into the hands of the corporation, is manor is contained within a ring fence of about ten miles in circumference,including in it the manors of Battel and Coley. The manor is confined withinfhe limits of the borough ; and, like it, is bounded on the north by the manorof Caversham, belonging to Charles Marsack, esq. on the east, by the manorof Sonning, belonging to Richard Palmer, esq. on the south, by the manor ofWhitley, belonging to Mrs. Jennings, an
The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . e-venue. At what time it came into the hands of the corporation, is manor is contained within a ring fence of about ten miles in circumference,including in it the manors of Battel and Coley. The manor is confined withinfhe limits of the borough ; and, like it, is bounded on the north by the manorof Caversham, belonging to Charles Marsack, esq. on the east, by the manorof Sonning, belonging to Richard Palmer, esq. on the south, by the manor ofWhitley, belonging to Mrs. Jennings, and on the west by the manor of Tile-hurst, belonging to John Blagrave, esq. The mayor, for the time being, islord of the manor; who, w ith the consent of the corporate body, appoints agame-keeper. The town arms are azure; five maidens-heads in saltire, the middle onecrowned, with the initials E. R. in compliment to queen Elizabeth, who fre-quently resided here, and contributed by her munificence to raise the corpo-ration to the respectable state in which it has since appeared. * Brown Willis. yit. ^ , fiunntijh at Ura^tui\ // / / liy t/l<- l/llt/irr. TOWN OF READING. 169 From tins circumstance, it has been supposed that the} were indehled to for the whole of their arms; but this supposition is unfounded, as appears ^ *^«from a tablet among the archives of the corporation, preserved in the council-chamber, on which are delineated the same arms, with the exception of theinitial letters, and the following testimonial, shewing them to have been of amore ancient date : These are the auntiente armes and sele, appertevninge and belongingeto the maior and burgesses of the townc and burrough of Reddyng, in thecountie of Berks, and at this my present visitation was Edward Butler maior ;the right honourable Robert earle of Leicester knight of the most noble orderof the garter, master of the horse to the queens majestic, and one of herhighnesses privie councel, high stewarde of
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