Francis Blomefield

“ All which common-council men shall have such and as great power and authority in the city, as the common council of the city of London have and enjoy there.
Twenty-four of the most substantial citizens dwelling in the city, shall be chosen Aldermen, and shall hold that state and degree for life, unless there be any reasonable cause for removing them, whose names shall be read before the common council yearly, that every Easter Monday, six of them may be chosen before the mayor by the common council, for Conisford ward ”

“ They have also liberty by this charter, that if any laws, customs, and ordinances, heretofore made or used, be defective or difficult to be understood, or any things arise new, that want laws and ordinances to be made for, then the mayor and aldermen, and the major part of them, with the consent and approbation of the major part of the common council, have full power and may make any new remedy, agreeable to conscience and reason, for the common profit of the citizens, and other people going thither, which ordinances so made, they may put in execution by themselves and officers. ”

“ The recorder is to be sworn before the mayor and his council, in a common assembly, to give him good and true counsel, "in use and execution of governaunce, of common right of the common people, and the common good, shall not pay for any offence or negligence, done by the sheriffs in their office," the recorder shall not be judge of the sheriffs court and council, in any thing that may be hinderance to the mayor's court, contrary to their oath. ”

“ And on the death or displacing any alderman, the mayor shall summon the ward to the Gild-hall, to choose another in his room, to serve as alderman for that ward, out of the most worthy and able citizens inhabiting in the city. ”

“ Such crafts as have serche in London, shall have serche in Norwich, in the same manner as London, except such as have patents, charters, or grants.
And if there be such crafts in Norwich as are not in London, they shall choose two masters, and do as the other crafts in Norwich do. ”

“ There shall be a common assembly always on Holy Cross Day, when the new elect shall name two persons to bear the sword, of which the assembly shall choose one to that office, and four persons for serjeants, and the assembly shall choose two, all which shall be officers for a year. ”

“ And if it seme to the meyr whan the xxiiijd. ben thus chosen, that ony of them be not sufficient, that then shall the meyr have chalenge, and restreyne as the meyr of London hath, be ordinaunce in the cite of London. ”