84 Bradford-upon-Avon. © [ The Manor. 
The duty of the ‘ConsraBizs’ consisted generally in préserving 
the peace of the neighbourhood, by ‘arresting felons, pursuing hues 
and cries according to law, and apprehending rogues, vagrants 
and sturdy beggars.’ 
The ‘TyruincMeEn’ were a kind of petty constables, appointed 
for the several Tythings, to assist those just alluded to in the 
execution of their office. They had also to make presentments 
at the Law-days of offences cognizable at Court Leet, to give the 
names of ‘foreigners’ living within their portion of the Manor, and 
to collect the Lord’s accustomed dues within their several Tythings. 
It was their duty also to hand in lists of ‘ Resiants,’ that is, of in- 
habitants, qualified to serve in like office with themselves, and from 
these were appointed their successors in the manner we have just 
described. 
We have already alluded to the general duties of the ‘Haywarp’ 
(see p. 15). He had, in the discharge of them, to see that the 
cattle neither broke nor cropped the hedges and inclosed grounds, 
and to keep the grass from hurt or destruction. He had to look to 
the fields and impound all ‘estrayes,’ (that is, cattle that tres- 
passed,) to inspect that no pound breaches be made, and if any, to 
present them at the Leet. When there was a large unenclosed 
portion of common land in the parish, the duties of the Hayward 
were neither few, nor unimportant. The Haywards of the several 
Tythings had first of all to put stray cattle into the pound belong- 
ing to their own Tything, and then, if not claimed by the owner 
within three days, to bring them to the Hayward of the Hundred, 
to be placed by him in the Hundred Pound. After a certain time, 
if still unclaimed, they were sold to pay expenses that had been 
incurred, and the surplus, if any, belonged to the Lord of the 
Manor. 
The name ‘ PorTrEEVe’ given to the principal officer of the Bo- 
rough, especially when coupled (as in the extract given in p. 80) 
with ‘ Burgesses,’ would seem almost to imply the existence of a 
charter of incorporation for our town. There is a tradition which 
has often been repeated to me by old people, that Bradford was 
formerly a chartered town with all the usual privileges, and amongst 
