By tie Rev. Canon J. R Jackson, F.S.A. 209 



person, prelate, state or potentate hathe or oughte to have any jurysdictyon, 

 powre, superyoryte prehemynence or authority ecclesiastically or spiritually within 

 this Realme. And therefore I doe renounce and forsake all foreyne jurisdictyons, 

 powres superioritys and authoryties and promise that from henceforth I shall 

 bear faithe and trewe allegiance tooe the Quenes Highnes her heires and lawfull 

 successours and tooe my powre shall assyste and defende all Jurisdictions, privi- 

 leges preheminences and auctoryties granted or beelongeinge tooe to the Quenes 

 Highnes her heires and successors or unyted and annexed untooe the ymperiall 

 Crowne of this Realme, and I shall and wyll tooe the uttermost of my powre and 

 habylytie soe far forthe as my knowledge and dyscretion shall serve, mayntayne 

 uphoulde and keepe all suche aunciente lyberties, pryviledges and custoomes as 

 dooeth belong or in anyewyse appertaine untooe the sayd Burrough of Calne And 

 alsoe observe and keepe all suche lawfull orders, Instytucyons and decrees as have 

 been heretofore made by my predecessors Burgesses of the saide boorroughe, or 

 hereafter shall bee made for the benefit and utylytie of the said Boorroughe, soe 

 helpe mee God and by the contents of this Booke." 



No. V. 



Extracts from the Old Council Book of the Guild-Stewards and 

 Burgesses of Calne. 



" Calne The Booke of th'accompte of the Burges Stuard there, and newlye 

 Booroughe. drawen owte and Regestred by Phyllyppe Ryche, Clerke, the Fifthe 

 daye of Maye, Anno Dni 1584 : And in the XXVI th Yere of the 

 Raigne of owre Soveraigne Elyzabeth : By the grace of God 

 Quene of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, Defender of the Faithe, 

 &c. ; as followeth." 



This heading states the account to have been drawn out in 1584, 

 but the account itself begins in 1561. The yearly statements are 

 very short and simple, consisting only of the receipt and expenditure 

 of some small rents paid for grounds called " The Alders " and 

 " Portmarsh " ; and of the interest upon the Town Stock, a fund 

 which appears to have been principally formed by donations from time 

 to time by various Members in Parliament for the borough. The rents 

 of the grounds are called "Foreign Receipts." Another item of 

 receipt is occasionally met with, under the name of " Incomes " ; the 

 meaning of which appears to be this :— The ancient custom was, that 

 any person occupying a " common house " (i.e., a house that entitled 

 him to a beast grazing on the common) , if he were a " Town-born 

 child," he should pay 3$. 4>d., if an " out-comer or a stranger not 

 born within the Borough," 6s. Sd. fee, before he should have freedom 

 to put in any stock. This was called " paying his in-come." 



