[776] This was an old family in the town, for in 1314-15 complaint was made that Hugh Holyligebroke and the community were sheltering and defending robbers and felons so that the country could not get justice on them. Rot. Parl. i. 324.
[777] Hist. MSS. Com. v. 535-42.
[778] Ibid. 535-42.
[779] Ibid. vi. 543-4.
[780] Hist. MSS. Com. iv. I, 425, 429; Ibid. vi. 541.
[781] Bailiff and jurats were allowed to hold taverns of wine and ale “notwithstanding their office, so that they do not sell more dear on account of their office.” Lyon’s Dover, ii. 337.
[782] Hist. MSS. Com. v. 534, 535, 539, 543, 544.
[783] The twelve jurats were summoned by the common horn to assemble for business in the parish church until they hired a room in 1410 to hold their meetings and to store the goods of the community; in 1421 they built or repaired a common house with thatched roof and glass windows, an exchequer table covered with green cloth, and a bell to ring for the election of jurats. A book of customs was probably drawn up under Richard the Second, a small seal made in 1389, and a bell in 1424. Hist. MSS. Com. v. 534, 537, 540, 541, 546.
[784] Lyon’s Dover, ii. 313-14.
[785] Hist. MSS. Com. v. 535.