Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Preface
• Foreword
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Abbreviations
• INTRODUCTION
• THE BOROUGH BEFORE 1623
• i. The Rights and Privileges of the Burgesses
• ii. The Lords' Revenues
• iii. The Fairs and Markets
• iv. The Duties of the Mayor
• v. Evidence of Early Incorporation
• Note
• A: The Hundred or Town Court
• B: The Toll of the Pyx
• C: Tenurial Arrangements within a Borough
• PART ONE
• THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
• Chapter I Characteristics of the 'Close' Corporation
• Chapter II The Corporation and its Officers
• Chapter III The Maintenance of Law and Order
• Chapter IV The Borough and its Lords
• Chapter VI The Decay of the 'Close' Corporation
• Notes Appended to Part One:
• A. The Mayor's Oath
• B. Certificates of Admission of Freemen
• C. Changes in the Social Status of Burgesses and Freemen
• D. Disputes between Mr. Burgh and other Landowners
• PART TWO
• THE REFORMED CORPORATION
• Chapter I The Reform of Corporations Act
• Chapter II The New Structure of Municipal Government
• Chapter III General Administrative Duties of the Corporation
• Chapter IV The Maintenance of Law and Order
• Chapter V Other Administrative Bodies Within the Borough
• Chapter VI Public Health: The Problem and its Solution
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• A. Some Notes on the Topography of Old Newport
• i. A Description of the Town
• ii. Additional Note on Chantries
• iii. Additional Note on the Bridge
• B. Early Aldermen of Newport
• C. A Receipt signed by the Mayor and Aldermen
• D. Roll of Mayors (incomplete)
• E. Public Notice of Proposed Sale of Corporation Property
• F. The Equipment and Organization of Newport Workhouse
• G. Two Proclamations by Borough Magistrates
• H. Conviction by the Borough Magistrates
• I. Correspondence Concerning a New Town Clock
• Bibliography
• Index