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aldermannia

aldermannia 1 office of (or ward governed by) civic alderman: a (London); b (elsewhere). a s1302 restitutus est ‥ in honore ~ie Londoniarum et factus est aldermannus de Basseishawe Ann. Lond. 104; 1321 prior [S. Trinitatis] ‥ est aldermannus medietatis illius warde [de Portesokene], racione cujus ~ie idem prior et predecessores sui semper hactenus ad husteng’ civitatis ‥ venerunt PQW 472a.  b 1217 habere facias Johanni de H. talem saisinam de ~a Lincolnie cum pertinentiis qualem habuit A. advunculus ejus Cl 340b; s1278 abbas ‥ dimisit cuidam magistro N. ‥ ~iam de Westgate [Canterbury] Thorne 1927. 2 office of alderman of guild. c1380 qui quidem aldermannus sic electus officium ~ie sue et custodie magne gilde predicte habere et exercere debet ad totam vitam suam (King’s Lynn) Gild Merch. II 168.

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