and 100. households, vnderlyeth the
gouernment of a Maior & his 10. brethren, and possesseth sundry
large priuiledges ouer the whole hauen, to wit, an yeerely rent of
boates and barges appertayning to the harbour, ancorage of strange
shipping, crowning of dead persons, laying of arrests, and other
Admirall rights, besides electing of Burgesses for the Parliaments,
benefit of the passage, foreclosing all others, saue themselues,
from dredging of Oysters, except betweene Candlemas and Easter,
weekely markets, halfe-yeerely fayres, &c.
The towne is of late yeeres well encreased and adorned with buildings,
& the townsmen addict themselues to the honest trade of marchandise,
which endoweth them with a competent wealth. Some 7. or 8. ships
belong thereunto.
It was not long since, that the neighbour-ministers successiuely
bestowed their paines in preaching there, on the market daies,
and the bordering gentlemen yeelded their presence. Sermon ended,
the Preachers resorted to one ordinary, and the Gentlemen to another.
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