Oldal 126 [126]
GOG
no other theory will fit with the facts. The
mayor at this early period was also the
chamberlain—that is to say, he had charge
of the city purse, and performed other duties
connected with "the chamber of the city, or
treasury. The offices of chamberlain and
mayor were divorced in a curious manner.
When Edward I suspended the office of the
mayor in 1285, the office of chamberlain con¬
tinued to be held by the ex-mayor, to whom in
due time a successor was appointed; and by
the time the mayoralty was restored the two
offices were finally separated. About this time,
or a little later, an officer was appointed to keep
the records of the hustings, and at the same
Geoffrey Hart¬
while the
ous to be as
ported as pos¬
called together
mon Council.
of twenty-five
discreet men of
in 1200 they
the first time
with the alder¬
they found
would be of
vise them, and
pole. Mean¬
mayor, anxi¬
strongly sup¬
sible, thad
the first Com¬
This consisted
of "the more
the city,” and
assembled for
aaa +
to take counsel
men. In 1290
. “el ag. sz as pr d ET s
- i a,
aa 4 c na
add q es
ee a Ca
4 bh
¬
"te fi .
.
that a lawyer
service to ad¬
with the con¬
ag
THE GUILDHALL—THE PORCH