. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. s and weavers in 1616; the corvisors andcurriers, and tanners 1625; and the butchers andchandlers 1641. The company of the cappers is extinct, andseveral of the others have ceased to act. The tolls of the market were purchased, bySir Lister Holt, Bart., one of the representatives,of the city in parliament, who gave £400. for THE CORPORATION. 91 that purpose, and £100. towards the repairing- orimproving- the town-hall. The markets aretherefore exempt from all toll except pickage,and the tolls of the fairs have
. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. s and weavers in 1616; the corvisors andcurriers, and tanners 1625; and the butchers andchandlers 1641. The company of the cappers is extinct, andseveral of the others have ceased to act. The tolls of the market were purchased, bySir Lister Holt, Bart., one of the representatives,of the city in parliament, who gave £400. for THE CORPORATION. 91 that purpose, and £100. towards the repairing- orimproving- the town-hall. The markets aretherefore exempt from all toll except pickage,and the tolls of the fairs have been likewise re-linquished by the corporation. In 1621, the market, which had hitherto beenheld upon Wednesday, was altered to Tuesdayand Friday; and to the fair which was held onAsh-Wednesday, were added three new ones,(viz.) on Friday before St Simon and St Jude,on Friday after Epiphany, and on the first ofMay, old style. The common seal of the corporation, madeabout the year 1620, represents three slain kingsin armour, with crowns, broken swords andweapons lying- near From the rudeness of the execution, it appearsto be the copy of a much older, probably that ofthe guild of St Mary. Gwillim blazons the 92 THE CORPORATION. arms of the city; On a landscape proper,several martyrs, in divers manners massacred. The city has also borne, Ermine, on a crosssquare pierced or, five chevronells, gules. In the twenty-sixth year of King- Edward, weremade the following valuations of property be-longing to the manor of dovecote, worth by by the year .... fishing of two pools by the year xivjs. herbage and reeds in the circuit of the said pools by the year xiid. Two water mills by the year . xxiiij/. v]s. \ tolls of the market and fair vi/. viiis. iiijrf. Amongst the rents enumerated in the twenty-first of King- Henry VII. are—De HI. xs. de firma piscarie stagni juxta le Stowe, & iil. de firma stagni de i/. de firma piscari
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