Note 339.1 — APPENDIX TO PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION
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For this extract from the Assembly books of the City of Norwich I am indebted to the Rev. William Hudson of Eastbourne, who further adds the following particulars:—
The Mayor this year was Thomas Elys who is mentioned in the Paston Letters (iv. 139) as a great supporter of the Duke of Suffolk and opponent of Paston.
The Recorder apparently was John Damme, I suppose the same who occurs so often as a friend of the Pastons.
What with this divergence of feeling and the difficulty of satisfying Lord Scales as well as their own duty towards the City the case was a delicate one and was rather ingeniously dealt with.
There is no other reference to the matter in the Norwich documents so far as I am aware.
339.2 The house is supposed to have been in the parish of St. Peter Hungate, but it is not certainly known.
339.3 About this period the 24 Ward Constables were associated in an Assembly with the 60 Common Councillors. This is why they are mentioned here, not with any reference to ‘police’ action.
340.1 Members of the Common Council.