1582.
Large fish, 17 yards long, the jaw 3¼ yards long, body 4½ yards thick, caught at Caister.
1583.
No one could be elected a Burgess in Parliament unless he was an Alderman.
1585.
The Privy Council requested the town to provide ships for the transport of 400 soldiers into the Low Countries. To raise funds, every Alderman advanced £5, and every Common Councilman £2 10s., the rest of the money being raised by assessment.
1586.
Pulpit erected at the west-end of St. Nicholas’ Church; removed in 1635. Another erected in the south-east comer of the south aisle, which was also removed in 1846.
Number of “tippling houses” in Yarmouth restricted to 16.