A whale came ashore south of Grubb’s Haven, which was cut to pieces and carried away in carts.
1488.
The Bailiffs feasted Sir John Paston, son of the late John Paston, on porpoise, then a royal fish.
1493.
May 16th. By charter of Henry VII., Burgesses were empowered to constitute Justices of the Peace.
1508.
The fourth Haven made; and the fifth Haven cut in the reign of Henry VIII., 1529.
1509.
House of Carmelites, or White Friars, destroyed by fire; founded in Edward I.’s time, 1278.