Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 95
of a very primitive form, andthe design has every appearance ofhigh antiquity. The seal, however,now in use was engraved in 1669, when, being cut in silver, it cost 35s. It is remarkable, as an historical feature of a borough resting uponsuch an origin, that it successfully resisted the attacks of… … 88 LYMINGTON AND ITS BURGESSES. Regulating of Corporations, appears to have made alterationswhich were quietly disregarded: and, when James the Second in1687 summoned the mayor and burgesses of Lymington to theKings Bench by a Quo Warranto, they pleaded a prescriptive right,which proved an…
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