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annually, viz. on the Wednesday before
Easter, on the first Wednesday in June, and
on the 15th of August. It is govern'd by a Mayor,
&c. The Assizes and Sessions, for the most Part, are held in this
City
King Edward I. held a Parliament here in the 35th
Year of his Reign; and King Henry II. committed the
Custody of the City to the Citizens, and granted them the said
City, and the Mills thereunto belonging, and the Royalty of
Eden Water, in Fee Farm at 80 l. per Annum, with
Liberty of the Waste, and to be free from Toll, &c. This City had
also Charters granted them by several succeeding Kings, as King
Edward III. Richard II. his Grandson, Henry
IV. and Henry VI. by some of which, the Citizens are freed
from the Fee-Farm Rent payable to the Crown, and enjoy the
Fishery in the River Eden, with large Common of Pasture,
Right of Fairs and Markets, and many other Immunities which are
vested in the Corporation, (in whom also is the Manor) consisting
of a Mayor, 12 Aldermen, two Sheriffs, or Bailiffs, 24 Capital
Citizens, or Common-Council Men, and a Recorder.
The Representatives in Parliament are chosen by the Freemen of
this City, who are commonly reckon'd to be 500; tho' by giving
honorary Freedoms, the Number is much increas'd. The Revenues of
the City amount to 4 or 500 l. per Annum, and the Number
of the Inhabitants taking in those of the Suburbs (tho' the
Houses there are but few) is upwards of 2000.
There are but two Parish Churches in this City, St. Mary's
and St. Cuthbert's: St. Mary's is the Cathedral,
and stands almost in the Middle of it, but is separated from it
by a Wall of its own; the eastern Part, which is the newer, is a
curious Piece of Workmanship; the Choir, which, with the Isles,
is 71 Feet broad, is a fine Piece of Building, the E. Window
thereof is 48 Feet in Height, and 30 in Breadth, adorned with
Pillars of curious Workmanship; the Roof is elegantly vaulted
with Wood, and embellish'd with the Arms of England and
France quarter'd, the Piercy's, Lucy's, Warren's,
Mowbray's, and many others. In the Choir are the Monuments of
three Bishops of this See, Bell, Robinson,, and
Smith,
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