. The Victoria history of the county of Surrey. Natural history. A HISTORY OF SURREY attachments, summonses and distresses within the borough and town, not belonging to the bailiff of the bishop's liberty. At the same time the fee farm rent paid by the burgesses to the bishop was in consideration of these extensive liberties increased from £() to £12 a year. In accordance with this charter, confirmed in 1266 by John Gervase, Bishop of Winchester," there is no return of the issues of the borough in the Bishop's rent rolls from 1247 onwards except that of the fee farm payable £6 at Hocktide
. The Victoria history of the county of Surrey. Natural history. A HISTORY OF SURREY attachments, summonses and distresses within the borough and town, not belonging to the bailiff of the bishop's liberty. At the same time the fee farm rent paid by the burgesses to the bishop was in consideration of these extensive liberties increased from £() to £12 a year. In accordance with this charter, confirmed in 1266 by John Gervase, Bishop of Winchester," there is no return of the issues of the borough in the Bishop's rent rolls from 1247 onwards except that of the fee farm payable £6 at Hocktide and £6 at St. Martin's. In 1365, however, for some reason difHcult to discover, the burghers, evidently in need of money, gave up certain rights in return for the respite of the farm.'5 This surrender evidently held good throughout the episcopate of William of Wykeham, for in each rent roll a detailed account is given of from this time the accounts of the borough again drop out of the bishop's rent rolls, and only the farm—£6 at Hock and £6 at St. Martin's—is given, thus indicating that the borough had again obtained the full rights which the burgesses had under their charter of 1247. In 1452 Bishop Waynflete is said to have again confirmed the original ; In 1566 what seems to have been a new charter, with no recital of the former grants 3« but following on the same lines, was granted by Bishop Horne.«» In this charter more is said about the appointment of the bailiffs and ; The bailiffs were to be two in number, chosen annually; the burgesses twelve, appointed for life from the ' better and most approveable inhabitants.' On every Monday before Michaelmas Day the burgesses were to elect two of themselves as bailiffs for the year, to be. 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 th
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