Records relating to the election of burghal officials at New Radnor
- NLW MS 14546E.
- File
- 1692-1719
Records relating to the election of burghal officials at New Radnor, including: the election of Thomas Lewis of Harpton, esq., to be chief Burgess of bor. New Radnor, in place of Wm Morgan, esq., dec., by the Bayliff, Aldermen and Burgesses of the aforesaid p., Aug. 29 1692, with names subscribed (copy); the election of Henry Bull of Downfield, gent., to be a Burgess of bor. New Radnor in place of Roger Stephens of Evengob, dec., by the Mayor [?and a] number of Burgesses of the aforesaid bor., Aug. 4 1708, with names of those present subscribed (copy); the election of John Miles of Evenjob, gent., in place of Gwynne [?Hartstonge] of Trewern, esq., dec., to be a burgess of bor. New Radnor, June 30 1709, with a list of Burgesses there at the election, and names subscribed (copy); the affidavit, Jan. 10 1719, of Nicholas Taylor of Presteign, Saml Barton of Vronlow, and Roger Tonman, all of co. Rad., esq's, that they are Burgesses of bor. New Radnor and give usages and precedents of the elections for the corporation during their time; the affidavit, Jan. 10 1719, of Jonas Stephens (late of Bestbrooke in bor. New Radnor) now of Presteign, co. Rad., esq., that he hath been a capital burgess for 40 years of the aforesaid bor. and has in his possession a copy of a charter granted by Queen Eliz. and that John Miles and other defts resided outside the boundaries of the aforesaid bor. have therefore no claim to the positions they hold in the corporation;. The affidavit, Jan. 12 1719, of Thomas Holt the elder of Kinaston, co. Rad., yeoman, in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others. His evidence is especially against Thos Lewis, whom he accuses of partiality of justice in a case where Lewes[?'] kinsman assaulted deponent; the affidavit, Jan. 12 1719, of Richard James the elder of New Radnor, yeoman, in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, for claiming to be officials and councilmen of the borough of the aforesaid town; the affidavit, Jan. 12 1719, of William Evans of Salford, sometime sergeant at Mace for and of bor. New Radnor, yeoman, in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, in a claim to be burgesses and officials of the aforesaid bor.; the affidavit, Jan. 12 1719, of Richard James the elder of New Radnor, yeoman, in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, when defts claimed to be members of the corporation of New Radnor though living outside the aforesaid bor. and therefore incapable of being so; the affidavit, Feb. 5 1719, of James Hutson of Old Radnor, co. Rad., yeoman, and sometime sergeant at Mace for bor. New Radnor in which he gives the precedents and usages during his recollection for the election to the Corporation of the aforesaid bor., and his evidence in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others; the affidavit, Feb. 5 1719, of Henry Bull of Dunfield in Herefordshire, esq., one of the defts in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, in a claim that he should cause why, on information in nature of a 'quo warranto' should not be exhibited against him, by what authority he claims to be an alderman of bor. New Radnor, and pleading lack of time to prepare his defence; the affidavit, Feb. 5 1719, of Thomas Lewis the elder of Harpton, co. Rad., esq., one of the defts in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, in a claim that he should show cause why, on information in nature of a 'quo warranto' should not be exhibited against him, by what authority he claims to be an alderman of bor. New Radnor, and pleading lack of time to prepare his defence; the affidavit, Feb. 5 1719, of Lemuell Lloyd of Kington, Herefordshire, esq., one of the defts in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, in a claim that he should show cause why, on information in nature of a 'quo warranto' should not be exhibited against him, by what authority he claims to be a burgess of bor. New Radnor, and pleading lack of time to prepare his defence; the election of all the officers for bor. New Radnor, Sept. 21 1719, with a list of those burgesses present at the election, and names subscribed (copy); the election of Henry Vaughan of Hergist, Herefordshire, esq., to be a burgess of bor. New Radnor, in place of Charles Hanmer, esq., dec., by the mayor [?and a] number of Burgesses of the aforesaid bor., Oct. 19 1719, with names subscribed of those present (copy); information on a writ of 'quo warranto' in the case of Rex v. John Miles and others, 1719, in a claim concerning the elegibility of the defendants to be officials and burgesses of New Radnor; the case for the defendants in Rex v. John Miles and others, 1719, in a claim for showing cause why they should not be presented for acting as officials and burgesses of bor. New Radnor (copy); a royal command to the bailiff, aldermen and burgesses of bor. New Radnor, concerning the election of Thos Ransome as chief Burgess of the aforesaid bor., 1719 [sic] (Latin); an account, [1719] of the incorporation of the town of New Radnor temp. Eliz. 4 by the name of Bayliffe, Aldermen and Burgess, with a long account of the Charter and Corporation, and details of elections and town officials; the case and evidence for the defts in Rex v. John Miles and others in a claim that they, living outside the liberties of bor. New Radnor, are incapacitated from holding their offices on the Corporation of the aforesaid bor. [1719]; two copies, 1719, of the affidavit of John Miles, present Bailiff to the bor. and Corporation of New Radnor, in answer to the 'quo warranto' against him for claiming to be bailiff of the aforesaid bor. and asking for more time to prepare his defence; the affidavit, 1719, of Edward Phillips of New Radnor, and sometime sergeant at Mace for bor. New Radnor, concerning the usages and precedents in the election to the corporation of the aforesaid bor.; the affidavit, 1719, of Howell Lewis, Town clerk of the bor. and Liberties of New Radnor, for fourteen years, giving the usages and precedents during his time of office and of those elected to the corporation by the aforesaid bor.; and an order, 1719, to move in the King's Bench for information in the nature of a quo warranto against Nicholas Taylor, Jonas Stephens and David Morgan, esq's, and William Chamberlain and Erekioll Weston, gent., for acting as capital Burgesses for bor. New Radnor.