He then eulogized the lord mayor and the liverymen of London, and in conclusion, pronounced Colonel Luttrell as a mere nominee thrust in by the enemies of the law and constitution.
The livery, too, presented an address in much the same terms, although by the provisions of the Bill nonresident liverymen were threatened with exclusion from the franchise.
This result seems to have satisfied no one, and a scrutiny was asked for in order that the poll books might be compared with the lists of liverymen of the several companies.
Proceedings were subsequently taken against Quiney for keeping persons that were liverymen out of the Guildhall and offering abuse to others.
In 1446, the liverymen obtained the right with the council to elect the mayor, the sheriff, and certain other corporate officers.
These liverymen were usually those who had bought membership and paid higher fees because they were richer.
The liverymen [freemen] of the trading companies elected London's representatives to Parliament.
Four liverymen admitted this day paid £2 each as a fine, and fifteen others paid £5 each.
Instances of impertinence and abuse by freemen and liverymen before the Court, are also by no means rare, and in these cases condign punishment by imprisonment or fine was invariably meted out.
It is ordered that all the Liverymen shall attend on Election day and Lord Mayors day in their Gowns and at publick anatomys in their Capps upon Forfieture of Three shillings and Fourpence for every offence.
The Liverymen wore violet and scarlet gowns like the Goldsmiths' sworn friends, the Fishmongers; while, under Henry VII.
The liverymen still (according to Mr. Nichols) enjoy this annual dole of well-spiced and substantial buns.
The delegation of the franchise to the liverymen was thus, in point of fact, the selection of a superior class of householders to represent the rest.
When the corporation lost its control over the companies, and the members of the companies ceased to be traders and householders, the liverymen were no longer a representative class, and some change in the system became necessary.
Farmers and evenliverymen would keep and feed it on the way without charge.
Booth and Surratt had provided horses for the occasion, and, with Atzerodt and Herold, were known to a number of liverymen of whom they were liberal and frequent patrons.
Caillou and the liverymen predict a fine to-morrow for the long carriage-journey we have planned.
So I gladden one of the anxiousliverymen with an order, and soon a comfortable carriage is taking us back down the hills toward Laruns.
Here are held the meetings of the Court of Common Hall, that court being an assemblage of all the liverymen of the various guilds.
The Common Hall on Midsummer Day is for election by the liverymen of the two Sheriffs and various minor officials.
In 1703 an Act was passed declaring the right of election of sheriffs to be in the liverymen of the several companies of the city in Common Hall assembled.
By an Act of Common Council in 1878 the right of election to the office of sheriff was vested in the liverymen of the several companies of the city in Common Hall assembled.
The franchise is confined to liverymenof a year's standing, who have paid their livery fines in full, without receiving any drawback or allowance.
This court now consists of the Lord Mayor or his deputy--an alderman who has passed the chair--four aldermen, and the liverymen of the companies who are also freemen.
The official style of the court is, "A Meeting or Assembly of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymen of the several Companies of the City of London in Common Hall assembled.
This selection the liverymen must ratify by stating that the man named is their free choice.
To this assembly the recorder or law officer of the city then makes a short, set speech, declaring that from the time of King John the liverymen have possessed the rights of election which they are now to exercise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "liverymen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
