Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . GUIDE TO RYE. 103 City of London and Borough of Rye ; underneath which iscarved in old-English letters—Presented by the Corpor-ation of Rye to Thomas Farncombe, Esq., Lord Mayor ofLondon, ^Iay 23rd, 1850.—The above is reprinted (by per-mission) from The Illustrated London iVe7VS, June /si,1850. In the same issue of the Illustrated London News wasthe following engraving of the Mayors Bell : —. It is 5* inches high, and bears some grotesque figuresand scroll work. U
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . GUIDE TO RYE. 103 City of London and Borough of Rye ; underneath which iscarved in old-English letters—Presented by the Corpor-ation of Rye to Thomas Farncombe, Esq., Lord Mayor ofLondon, ^Iay 23rd, 1850.—The above is reprinted (by per-mission) from The Illustrated London iVe7VS, June /si,1850. In the same issue of the Illustrated London News wasthe following engraving of the Mayors Bell : —. It is 5* inches high, and bears some grotesque figuresand scroll work. Upper inscription: O Mater Dei, ,04 GUIDF. TO RYE. memento mei ; lower: Pertrus Gheinevs me fecit, «5(^5- A cuipurse, for the first offence, lost an ear ; for thesecond, his remaining one ; and, on returning to the townafter this, his life. There is another mode of punishment, or rather a modi-fication of punishment, mentioned in the Customal asrelating to criminals, called sanctuary. According to thislaw if a man had committed a felony, he miglit flee to theChurch or Churchyard, when the Mayor, in his characterof Coroner, was to go to him, and if he acknowledged hiscrime, he forfeited all his goods and chattels to the town ;but his life was spared, provided he took an oath withinforty days to abjure and quit the realm, on the doing ofwhich he might choose any port in the realm from whichhe might think fit to depart; but in going to this port hewas not to deviate from the kings highway, and he wasto bear a cross i
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