[813] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. 3, p. 211. Gross, ii. 153. The best mill-stones in those days came from Paris, or from Andernach on the Rhine. A good mill-stone might cost from £3 to £4. (Rogers’ Work and Wages, i. 113.)
[814] Even from the thirteenth century. (Gross, ii. 153.)
[815] Gross, ii. 159.
[816] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. 3, pp. 225-231.
[817] Gross, ii. 158, etc. 168.
[818] Compare this with Southampton, where the alderman was himself mayor.
[819] Gross, ii. 155-156.
[820] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. 3, p. 194.
[821] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. 3, 195-6. Beloe, Our Borough, p. 19.
[822] Beloe, Our Borough, 15.