014 TilE ELDEST SOX OF EVERY FREEMAN OF FULL AGE TO BF. FREE.
besides £10 8s. 7d. by him laid out in erecting a new spit at Cove; It., lGs. to l\fr. Burgess Browne, for slating the bog-house on the Blind Quay; It., £!) 15s. to Charles Dickenson, for '24 constables staves; It., £5 7s. 1d. to "\Vm. Wily, Blacksmith, "for work done; It., £3 4s. to George Ward, House Carpenter, for work done; It., 2 guineas to Joseph Bullen, six months' attendance on the Mayor's Office and Exchange. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sher. Day and Leycester; Alden. Westropp, Phil- pott, Bury, vVetherall, Maylor, Baker, WeLb, Rowland, Travers; Mr. Browne, Izod, and Harding, C. S.· 20 Dec., 1776. No business for want of a sufficient number.- Wm. Snowe, Clk. of Council. Present-l\fr. Mayor, Sher. Day; Alden. Westropp, Maylor, Baker, Webb, Rowland, Travers; Mr. Browne and Izod. 24 Dec., 1776. No business for want of a sufficient number. - Wm. Snowe, Clk. of Council. Present--l\!r. Mayor, Sher. Leycester; Alden. Westropp, Maylor, Baker, Webb, Rowland, Travers; l\fr. Browne, and Izod. 31 Dec., 1776. Whereas the Mayor, &c., have been served with a writ of mandamus of the K. B., to wit : " George III., &c. To the Mayor, &c., of Corke, greeting. Whereas from time to time whereof the 1nemory of man is not to the contrary, the eldest son of every Freeman on attaining the age of twenty-one claim to be entitled to be admitted freemen, whether the father be living or dead; and as Richard Fitton, Esq., eldest son of William F., a Freeman, hath attained 21 years, and as alledged, made application to the Mayor, &c., to be ad- mitted a Freeman. You, the Mayor, &c., not ignorant of the premises, &c., refuse in contempt of us. 'Ve, willing that speedy justice be done said Richard, formly enjoin you, after the receipt of this writ, you admit said
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