PLYMOUTH MEMOIRS. 
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concerning the preparation of a ship for his service. The seal of the com- 
monalty of the town of " Svtton Svper Plymmvth" occurs on a deed of 1368. 
In 1377 letters patent directing the fortification of the town were addressed 
to the mayor and bailiffs and honest men and commonalty. The names of 
several ante Act Charter mayors have been recovered; and seeing that I 
accidentally came across one in a document loose in a miscellaneous bundle in 
the State Paper Office, I am not without hope that more may yet be found. 
Those known are : 
1310 Richard le Tannere, prepositus of Sutton. 
1313 William Berd, prepositus, also member. 
1318 Richard Tannere. 
1325 Edward de Northcote, prior's prepositus. 
1370 Maurice Berd, mayor. 
1377 John Venour, mayor of Sutton. 
1381 William Honyton, mayor. 
1383 Humphry Passour, mayor. 
1395 Walter Crocker, mayor of Sutton. 
1397 Richard Row, mayor. 
1398 Walter Dymcock, prepositus. 
1399 to 1403 ? Walter Pollard, mayor. 
1408 William Bentele, mayor. 
1412 William Rogherene, mayor of Plymouth. 
1413 William Bentley, mayor of Sutton. 
1414 Henry Boon, mayor of Plymouth. 
1418 William Bentley, mayor. 
1439 William Totwell, prior's portreeve of Sutton. 
With the exception of the few years during which the Charter granted 
by Charles II. in substitution for its predecessors was in force, until the old 
Charters were re-granted by William III., the government of the town from 
1440 until the date of the Municipal Reform Act, 1835, was in the hands of 
a mayor; twelve aldermen, magistrates, masters, or capital burgesses; and 
twenty-four assistants or common councilmen — familiarly known as the 
twelve and twenty-four. 
1440. Henry VI. 
1440 1. Kitherige [Kethriche]. # 
" Thys was the First may re namyd by the Kynge and made by acte 
of ply anient." — B.B. 
1440-41 
2. 
Walter Clovelly [CloveUey]. 
1441-42 
3. 
Pollard. 
1442-43 
4. 
Jn° Shepley [Schepeley]. 
1443-44 
5. 
W m Nichols [Nycoll]. 
1444-45 
6. 
W m Nichols [JSTycoll]. 
1445-46 
7. 
Jn° Shepley [Schepeley]. 
1446-47 
8. 
Jn° Facy [Facye]. 
