Rich. Caulfield Council Book of Cork & early annals

548

THE BISHOP OF CORK'S LETTERS ABOUT THE CATHEDRAL.

Columbine Lee, eldest son of Mr. Augustus Carree, merchant; Riggs, eldest son of Mr. Caleb Falkener, mercht.; John Masters Gibson, having served Tho. Browne, one of the present Sheriffs; Henry, eldest son of lHugh Mitchell, dec. ; William, eldest son of Wm. Pope, Sen., Mercht. ; Ussher Philpot, having served Mr. Wm. Pope; John, eldest son of Henry Fitz- gerrald, cooper, dec., now settled in the City in his late father's business; Jonathan, eldest son of Richard Rogers, apothecary, dec. That Mr. Wm. Ricketts, mercht., be admitted free, paying £10; Richard Bradshaw, g1·atis. That Mary, widow of Wm. Maybury, be paid £5 paid by her husband to be admitted free, she being very poor. That Thos. Price, having served John Richards, be admitted free. That Richard, eldest son of Ebenezer Pike, be admitted free. William, eldest son of Thos. Aus~n, to be admitted free, and Walter Lane, having served Dan I. Engaine. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sher. Fuller and Browne; Alden. Morley, Bennett, !1illerd, Austin, Huleatt, Croker; Mr. Carree, Dring, Baldwin, C. S. 24 Dec., 1735. That Wm. Longfield, having served Mr. John Harper, be admitted free ; also John Minton, having served Henry Whitcraft; Jacob Donnellan, apothecary, having served Mr. Nath•. Barry; and Davis Slone, having served George Slone. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sheriff Fuller and Browne ; Alden. Morley, Bennett, Millerd, Austin, Huleatt, Croker, Pembrock, Fuller ;4 Mr. Carree, Engain, Dring, Baldwin, and Yeamans, C. S. 14 Jan., 1735-6. That the Bishop of Cork's Letters, one 6 Dec. ult., the other 20 do., be entered in this book. "Dublin, Dec. 6, 1735. . " Gent., '' I was surprised to hear from your representatives that they had received speedy instructions from you to apply to Parliament for a tax upon coals in the City of Cork, and to have this tax applied towards build- ing of a Workhouse. I cannot, indeed, say that your design is not a good

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