Corporation, and had paid another fine to be relieved of the aldermanry of the ward of Coleman Street. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Joseph Lawrence to succeed Sir Owen Buckingham in the aldermanry of the ward of Bishopsgate; that Withers declining to remove, had moved that. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
M500 Colonel Pride elected member of Common Council, 21 Dec. M501 Browne dismissed from parliament and his aldermanry, 4 Dec. 980 He afterwards served on various committees. —. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
He was deprived of his aldermanry of the Ward of Farringdon Without and debarred from ever becoming alderman of any other ward "for causes sufficiently made known" to the Court of Aldermen. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
And there were also many evil and detestable actions, of which he had been secretly guilty against the franchises of the city.8 As a result, in 1248, the mayor, who was willing to side with the king in order to get rid of a popular agitator, deprived Simon of his aldermanry; the men of his ward selected Alexander the ironmonger, from Shoreditch, in his place. From Wordnik.com. [Bedlam] Reference
April) Reynardson also from his aldermanry and with him four other aldermen, (943) viz. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
He had already suffered deprivation of his aldermanry for some reason or another, but was reinstated in 13O2. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
The ex-sheriff was of course ruined; he surrendered himself into custody (1526) and gave up his aldermanry, in which he was succeeded by Dudley North, the sheriff. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Letter Book UU, fo. 136), and no one is recorded as having fined for alderman (if indeed an aldermanry happened to be then vacant) between that day and the 3rd June. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
His strictness and impartiality were such as to raise up enemies, and an excuse was found for removing him not only from the office of mayor, but once again from his aldermanry. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
John Brown was elected alderman of Farringdon Within shortly afterwards, but he was discharged by the Common Council, and the aldermanry was subsequently filled by John Hardy being translated to it from Aldersgate Ward. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
That the sheriff was thought by his fellow citizens to have been implicated in Essex’s mad attempt is seen from the fact that within a week he was deprived, not only of his sheriffwick, but also of his aldermanry, (1747) but to what extent he had compromised himself it is difficult to determine. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
M180 Is discharged from his aldermanry. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
1039) The Court of Aldermen subsequently discharged him from his aldermanry. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
1125) Monoux’s fine was remitted the following year, and he was discharged from attendance, although keeping his aldermanry, on account of ill health. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
1594) He had recently, however (6 Aug., 1687), been restored to his aldermanry and to his rank of precedence by commission from James, (1595) and now, by the same usurped authority, he was to become lord mayor. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
"judicially degraded from his aldermanry and for ever excluded from the council of the city"; a precept being at the same time issued for the immediate election of a successor, to be presented at the next court. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
On the same day John Mansel who had been one of the king’s justiciars in 1257, when the city was "taken into the king’s hand," and Fitz-Thedmar had been indicted and deprived of his aldermanry for upholding the privileges of the citizens (234) — publicly acknowledged on the king’s behalf the injustice of Fitz-Thedmar’s indictment, and announced that Henry not only recalled him to favour, but commanded that he should be restored to his former position. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
The practice of nominating as many as four candidates for a vacant aldermanry had prevailed since the commencement of the 15th century, (1975) but the inconvenience arising from this practice became so manifest during this last election that the Common Council passed an Act before the result of the election had been declared, abolishing the custom and enacting that henceforth only two candidates should be put in nomination, one an alderman and the other a commoner. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
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