. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Molyneux. Axurt a cross moline or. Stanley. Argent on a bend azure three harts' heads cabotsed or. in their midst, especially at a period when the Crown was perfectly incapable of maintaining order. Simultaneously, the prosperity of the borough steadily diminished,'"* and it was not till the beginning of the 17 th century that it again stood on the level to which it had attained at the beginning of the iSth, cither in population or in trade. The decay is most strikingly demonstrated in the history of the lease. The last
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Molyneux. Axurt a cross moline or. Stanley. Argent on a bend azure three harts' heads cabotsed or. in their midst, especially at a period when the Crown was perfectly incapable of maintaining order. Simultaneously, the prosperity of the borough steadily diminished,'"* and it was not till the beginning of the 17 th century that it again stood on the level to which it had attained at the beginning of the iSth, cither in population or in trade. The decay is most strikingly demonstrated in the history of the lease. The last of the continuous series of burgess leases which followed the quarrel with the Crown expired in 1449, and apparently the burgesses found themselves unable to offer to continue it. A royal agent, Edmund Crosse,"' of the local family already noticed, appears ; but could only collect a little less than j^ig in 1450, and jfi5 14J. in 1452, as com- pared with even the reduced rent of £z'^ 6s. 8</. long paid by the burgesses. The most striking decline is in the market-tolls, which in 1450 yield only £2, though in 1327 they had yielded ;^io, and in 1346 much more. The failure of Crosse to produce increased revenues enabled the burgesses to get a new farm in 1454"' at the low rent of £iy 6s. 8a'., but they were £/. in arrears on the first year, though they had never been in arrears when they had to pay £â ^9. In 1461 Edmund Crosse again rendered account "*: the town was at farm, whether held by himself or by the burgess body it is not possible to say. But it was a ' new farm,' and the rent was only ^^ 14. Dur-. 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 Farrer, William, 1861-1924, ed; Brownbill, J. , joint ed. London [Constable]
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