Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

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Memorandum that the 14th day of February, in the twenty second year of king Edward IV, came afore John Marshall, lieutenant, Robert Rede Gyrdewler, unto the council chamber with other persons with him; and then and there showed, how that William Welles, carpenter, should report, that the last day of January last past, sitting at the ale at Eden Berry’s, Gotherymgate [Goodramgate], that one asked and said among the fellowship sitting at ale, “Sirs, whom shall we have to our mayor this year?” Whereunto answered and said Stephen Hodgson, “Sirs, methink, and it please the commons, I would we had master Wrangwith, for he is the mayor that my lord of Gloucester will do for.”

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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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Wrangwith had to wait till 1484, after Richard’s coronation.

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Original

Memorandum that the 14th day of February, in the twenty second year of king Edward IV, came afore John Marshall lieutenant, Robert Rede Gyrdewler, unto the council chamber with odyr persons with him; and then and there shewyd, how that William Welles carpenter should report, that the last day of January last past, sytying at the ale at Eden Berys Gotherymgate, that one askyd and said emong the felliship sityng at ale, syrs whome shall we have to our mair this yere? whereunto answered and said Stephen Hodgson, syrs methyng, and it please the commons, I wodd we had master Wrangwith, for he is the mair that my lord of Gloucester will do for.

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