Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen. This is also a court of record, in which is lodged a great part of the executive power of the city, whereby all leases and other instruments that pass the city seal are executed; the assize of bread ascertained; contests relating to water courses and party walls, adjusted; and the city officers suspended and punished, according to the nature of their offences.
This court has a power of annually electing eleven overseers or rulers of the fraternity of watermen; and a right of fixing their several taxes with the approbation of the Privy Council; and likewise a right of disposing of most of the places belonging to the city officers.
Maypole alley, 1. Fenchurch street. 2. Holiwell street. 3. St. Margaret’s Hill. 4. St. Olave street. 5. Wych street.
May’s alley, Wheeler street.†
May’s buildings, Bedfordbury.†
May’s Farm, Dog row, Mile End.†
May’s yard, Barnaby street.†
Maze court, Tooley street.
Maze pond, near Snow fields, Southwark.
Maze Pond street, Southwark.