Francis Blomefield

“ The Mayor is to try all causes, where the Sheriffs shall any way be charged with doing wrong, and hath power to relieve the oppressed, by punishing the sheriffs according to the offence.
The Mayor for the time being is always a justice of the peace by his office, and shall yearly choose four others, to be justices for his assistants, and no justice of the county of Norfolk, or any other justices of peace whatever, are to exercise their office in the city or its county, either by land or water. ”

“ In 1409, at the request of the commons, it was granted, that the mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty of Norwich, shall for certain years, have the aulnage and survey of measuring all manner of worsteds made in Norwich or Norfolk, and none shall be sold without their seal, for which they shall take a halfpenny for each piece sealed, and such as are not measure shall be forfeited, half to the King, and half to the city; in which grant, all the terms, makings, and quantities of worsteds may be seen: this aulnage and seal was let this year to two citizens at 20 marks rent. ”

“ When the charter first came down, the seal of the bailiffs was disused, and a new city seal made; in the midst is our Blessed Saviour arising from his tomb, with a glory about his head, his right-hand is held up towards heaven, and in his left hand is a mound or globe, with the cross on its top ”