OFFICERS of the COURT.
Reading edition
Edward Bacon, Esq; Recorder S. Mottram, Gent. Chief Constable
John Chamber, Esq; Steward Mr. Charles Lay, jun. Under Sheriff
Elisha De Hague, Gent. Town Cl. Mr. Charles Lay, sen. Sword Bearer
Elias Norgate, Esq; Coroner Mr. Cubit, Under Chamberlain
Thomas Marks, Gent. Coroner Mr. Rt. Harmer, Cl. of the Market
Mr. Wm. Dewing, Chamberlain Mr. Charles Lay, Water Bailiff.
The twelve wards are divided into four great wards, viz.
Conisford. Berstreet Mancroft. St. Peter, Manc.
N. Conisford St. Giles
S. Conisford St. Stephen’s
Coslany, or the ward beyond the water. Coslany Wymer, or the Long Ward. East Wymer
Colegate Mid. Wymer
Fyebridge West Wymer
Of these four great wards Conisford chooses twelve common-council, Coslany twelve, Mancroft sixteen, and Wymer twenty; in all sixty. The Nominees are elected by the freemen inhabiting the ward, and the Nominees name the other common council-men.