26 March 1662: The Leeds corporation appoints a cook, Thomas Gorst
James Wardell. 1846. The Municipal History of the Borough of Leeds, in the County of York. Leeds: Longman, Brown, and Company. Get it:
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The corporation “having received great testimony and satisfaction of the ability and fitness of Thomas Gorst, in the performance of the art, trade, or mystery of a cook,” ordered, that the said Thomas Gorst should from thenceforth be reputed “and taken to be the sole and only cook to the now present, or hereafter mayor and aldermen of the said borough;” and that he should “from time to time, upon any public occasion, dress, or order to be dressed, the several dishes appointed for any such meeting or solemnity.” The corporation also forbade any person to interfere with the said Thomas Gorst in his profession of a cook.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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The corporation “having received great testimony and satisfaction of the ability and fitness of Thomas Gorst, in the performance of the art, trade, or mystery of a cook,” ordered, that the said Thomas Gorst should from thenceforth be reputed “and taken to be the sole and only cook to the now present, or hereafter mayor and aldermen of the said borough;” and that he should “from time to time, upon any public occasion, dress, or order to be dressed, the several dishes appointed for any such meeting or solemnity.” The corporation also forbade any person to interfere with the said Thomas Gorst in his profession of a cook.
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