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 190 DUNHEVED. this Accompt to be made before the chief-steward of ye town, or his Depute : Provided always that, if any Doubt or Ambiguite do rise among ye Multitude of ye Burgesses upon this Accompt, then ye Maiore so chosen shall command Silence, And the 16 Aldermen and Burgesses shall draw them together in ye Council Chamber, or in some other place Necessary, and to Order ye Matters by their Discretions. Item, we do awarde further that none of the 8 Aldermen shall be sworn of ye Jury within ye town, in consideration that it is not meet they should be both Presentors & Judges. Item, we do further Awarde that ye Election of ye portryes shall remain as of old, that is to say, the one to be chosen by ye Mayor, and ye other by ye portrive Burgesses. Item, we do finally award that all Displeasures, Debates, or Strifes that have risen within this Town, through ye Occasion of this matter shall cease and be clearly forgiven on all sides, as though never such matter of strife had been, of what Degree soever the persons be. Provided always that, if hereafter there arise any Ambiguitie or Doubt about this our present Awarde, then ye same to be resolved by us, ye said Commissioners, and by none others, during our lives. Ryc. Graynfield, Hew Trevanyon, WlLLM. GODOLPHIN, Jun., Wm. DYNHAM, Commissioners. Edward VI. died on the 6th July, 1553, and was succeeded by his elder sister, Mary, a zealous Roman Catholic. It will have been noticed that we have, from time to time, cursorily referred to great historical events which were contemporaneous with the subjects under our im- mediate treatment. We shall be pardoned for adopting this course by the antiquary, who knows the thrill of pleasure engendered by handling the parchment on which the ink was wet when matters which were affecting the whole civilized world were in progress. We have now just passed through the period when the first religious reformation was agitating the kingdoms;