Nicholas at Romney before the Jurats there of all their outlays and expenses.
There was a proposal which came to nothing to unite the bailiff andjurats of the town with the bailiff and jurats of the marsh; but in 1484 the people profited by the troubles of Richard’s reign to plan a thoroughgoing revolution.
Moreover as the inhabitants of Lydd “were contributors to Romney before all memory,” their officers had year after year to present themselves before the jurats of Romney in the Church of S.
To the last they bore traces of foreign influences in the name of Jurats by which they called their “portmen,” and of Barons which they gave to their “freemen.
Bailiff and jurats were allowed to hold taverns of wine and ale “notwithstanding their office, so that they do not sell more dear on account of their office.
Jurats were ultimately chosen or nominated by the mayor in Dover and in Winchelsea.
On the day of the Leet these petitions, if satisfactory, received the assent of the twenty-four jurats of the Leet.
Moreover, the twenty-four jurats of the council, who had the control of all town business, and from among whom alone the mayor might be chosen, were bound to be brethren of the guild.
The election of the mayor was taken from the people, and the juratssucceeded in turn to the post by order of seniority.
The council of jurats borrowed generously from the fraternity in their capacity of town councillors, and lent as generously to the corporation in their capacity of members of the guild.
When, in 1510, the jurats of Palermo made difficulties in taking the canonical oath, Ferdinand indignantly wrote that he would take it himself if required.
A certain Mossen Luis Masquo, one of the jurats of Valencia, made himself especially conspicuous in exciting the city against the inquisitors and in stimulating united action in opposition by the Estates of the kingdom.
The Bailly and the jurats were in a hopeless quandary.
The jurats crowded near and a dozen heads gathered about the open volume.
The Bailly and the juratswere overwhelmed by the situation.
The Jurats in their red robes, the officers, sailors, and marines, added colour to the pageant.
But he whispered with the jurats eagerly, and presently he said with brusque decision: "Our law of Haro may only apply to trespass upon property.
The jurats did me the honour to ask, through Segur, the under-mayor, at what time they might come and salute me.
I insisted upon going to see the Hotel de Ville, which is amazingly ugly, saying to the Jurats that it was not to satisfy my curiosity, but in order to pay a visit to them, that I went.
Upon landing we received many compliments, and found many carriages, which conducted us to the Intendant's house, where the Jurats came to compliment me in state dress.
The Vicomte conferred nervously with the jurats for a moment, and then turned to the guard.
When, the very day after his arrival, he passed through the Vier Marchi on his way to visit the Lieutenant-Governor, the redrobed jurats impulsively turned out to greet him.
Two jurats who had waited on the outskirts of the crowd, furtively watching the effect of their sentence, burst in, as distracted as the Vicomte.
Hythe was governed by twelve juratsuntil 1574, when it was incorporated by Elizabeth under the title of the mayor, jurats and commonalty of Hythe; a fair for the sale of fish, &c.
His reception was not much better there, so that he has since procured a good stout letter from the Prince to command the Governor, Bailiff, and Jurats to give him all countenance, and to advance the service.
In the belfry of this court-house, the bell was ringing to call the Jurats together for a meeting of the States.
In the eyes of a Jerseyman to be Bailly was to be great, with jurats sitting in a row on either side of him and more important than any judge in the Kingdom.
For the sake of brevity I have spoken of the Lieutenant-Bailly throughout as Bailly; and, in truth, he performed all the duties of Bailly in those days when this chief of the Jurats of the Island usually lived in England.
Edward also incorporated the town by the title of the mayor, jurats and commonalty; it had formerly been governed by a portreve and 12 "brethren.
A new charter constituting a governing body of a mayor, 12 jurats and 40 common councilmen was given at the petition of the inhabitants by George II.
In the belfry of this court- house, the bell was ringing to call the Jurats together for a meeting of the States.
The end of it all was that the High Bailiff, in the presence of the Jurats and citizens, solemnly girt on Prosper the sword of the borough, and declared Messire Prosper le Gai of Starning to be generalissimo of its forces.
The High Bailiff and the Juratsargued at some length whether what he had said did not imply the other of necessity.
Bailiff, Jurats and Rectors still sit in this undifferentiated Parliament, to which has been added a slightly more democratic element however, nine Deputies being elected by the Ratepayers of the whole Island.
The minority represented chiefly town rather than country parishes, the Juratsbeing equally divided, and included at least two persons closely connected with the Banks.
Jurats or Magistrates, appointed for life by the "States of Election.
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