Camera regis, or, A short view of London containing the antiquity, fame, walls, bridge, river, gates, tower, cathedral, officers, courts, customs, franchises, &c. of that renowned city / collected out of law & history and methodized for the benefit of the present inhabitants by John Brydall ...
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Camera regis, or, A short view of London containing the antiquity, fame, walls, bridge, river, gates, tower, cathedral, officers, courts, customs, franchises, &c. of that renowned city / collected out of law & history and methodized for the benefit of the present inhabitants by John Brydall ...
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Brydall, John, b. 1635?
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London :: Printed for William Crooke ...,
1676.
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3. The Recorder.
A Recorder, is he, whom the Mayor, or other Magistrate of any City, or Town Corporate, having jurisdiction, or a Court of Record within their precincts by the Kings grant, doth associate unto him for this better direction in matters of Justice, and proceedings according to Law.
Thus much in general of the Recor∣der-ship of any City, or Town, but more particularly, we say, That the Recorder of London, is the person, whom the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen do asso∣ciate unto them for their better dire∣ction in matters of Justice, and pro∣ceedings
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according to Law; and there∣fore he ought to be a grave, and Learned Lawyer, well seen in the Common Law, and skillful in the Customs of the City; and such a one indeed is that ho∣nourable and very grave person, Sir John Howell (a member of the Royal Society of Lincolns Inne,) who at this very time is Recorder of this most glorious City.
The Recorder of London, takes place in Councils,* 1.1 and in Courts, before any man, that hath not been Lord Mayor, and learnedly delivers the Sentences of the whole Court.
By the Stat. of 23. H. 8. c. 6. the Mayors of the Staple at Westminster, and the Recorder of the City of London, joyntly together, have full authority to take Recognizances for the payment of debts, in the absence of the Chief Justi∣ces out of Term.
32. E. 1. Geoffry Hertilepole, Alder∣man, was elected to be Recorder of Lon∣don, and took his Oath, and was appoint∣ed to wear his apparel, as an Alderman.