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Example sentences for "aldermen"

Lexicographically close words:
aldehyde; aldehydes; alder; aldermanic; aldermanry; alders; ale; aleatory; alegre; alehouse
  1. But, of course, such proceedings completely alienated all who had anything to lose, and the mayor and aldermen began to devise measures for expelling Cade and his followers from the city.

  2. He sent for the mayor and aldermen with the sheriffs, and desired them in the king's name to make inquiry of the constables in every ward of the city what men had taken part with Paston in recent gatherings.

  3. Happily, before they accomplished their purpose the mayor and aldermen came to the spot.

  4. It is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors.

  5. The town is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors.

  6. The borough is under a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.

  7. The borough is under a mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors.

  8. The borough is under a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors.

  9. In what ward do you live, and what is the name of the alderman or aldermen from that ward?

  10. He was then summoned, and the list of names having been read over to him, he might indicate to the Mayor and Aldermen any that he held suspect.

  11. From the same reign also dates an ordinance that the Aldermen and men of the respective wards should keep watch and ward on horseback at night, each Alderman keeping three horses for that object.

  12. The Inner Soke is identical with the present ward of Aldgate, but there is no record to show that the priory was represented in the Court of Aldermen for this ward, as they were afterwards for their Outer Soken.

  13. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was residing in Baynard Castle, after the murder of his nephews, when he was waited upon by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, for the purpose of requesting him to assume the Crown.

  14. At this time the aldermen were elected annually until 17 Richard II.

  15. On that day the king sat in state, attended by "the cardinal and many great lords," and the mayor and aldermen of London.

  16. On the 14th, the Recorder and some aldermen waited upon the king at Greenwich, to solicit pardon for the rest of the prisoners, which he bluntly refused, but ordered them to be brought before him at Westminster on the 22nd.

  17. The corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 24 councillors.

  18. The municipal borough is under a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors.

  19. And the private mourners of the deceased, consisting of--Aldermen Wood and Birch, Rev.

  20. It allows the Aldermen to pass over the veto of the Mayor a resolution granting a railroad franchise, provided the consent of one-half of the abutting property-owners be obtained.

  21. We answer, that the aldermen may choose other aldermen for a year, and one or two burgomasters from their own number also for a year.

  22. The aldermen have no right to elect Schoeffen.

  23. If a man refuses to pay a fine but admits that he owes it, the aldermen may seize and imprison him until he pays it.

  24. This rejoiced the aldermen very much and restored their confidence.

  25. The aldermen shall take counsel with the wisest people and then appoint their courts at whatever time they wish.

  26. But the burggrave has no right to depose aldermen and put others in their place.

  27. And also whether the burggrave may depose some of the aldermen and appoint others in their place.

  28. We answer, that aldermen have jurisdiction over the said things, and that if a man refuses to pay his fine, they may seize and imprison him until he pays it, as is written above.

  29. All the aldermen of the city of Brunswick, etc.

  30. The honorable Schoeffen and the aldermen of Magdeburg drew up this law of Magdeburg for the noble duke, Henry, and his citizens of Breslau, and, if necessary, will aid them in keeping it.

  31. New aldermen shall be elected every year as follows: Seven new aldermen shall be elected in the old town, and three of the former aldermen from the same quarter shall be chosen to remain in office another year.

  32. The king then said to the aldermen that he himself could not come into the mark because he had been chosen king of the Romans, and he must therefore endeavor to rule the realm and to restore unity to the church [i.

  33. We answer, that the aldermen may make laws and fix their penalties provided these laws do not conflict with the laws of the city.

  34. Several of his ancestors were aldermen and merchants in that city--e.

  35. Henley is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors.

  36. A mayor, aldermen and councillors received governing power by a charter of 1898.

  37. Hemel Hempstead is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.

  38. The government is in the hands of a municipal council consisting of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.

  39. The town is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.

  40. It was not incorporated, however, until 1645, when it was made a free borough under the title of "aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Malmesbury, County Wilts.

  41. Hours, and after-dinner pursuits, must have altered marvellously since those days, and the body of aldermen with them.

  42. The protest of the Jewish aldermen was drowned in the general noise of protests and demonstrations which filled the air during the revolutionary year.

  43. Of course, most of the English-speaking aldermen did not take kindly to the new régime and Raymond Préfontaine got his full share of their hot shot and it hurt him as much as water hurts a duck’s back.

  44. An amendment to the charter was prepared for five districts with three aldermen to each, and presented to the legislative committee of the Provincial Government at Quebec.

  45. The by-law governing the bureau calls for a board to consist of the mayor, nine aldermen of the city and nine citizens outside of the city council.

  46. The number of the aldermen was raised to nine and each of the suburban wards received the same rights as the city wards to three representatives.

  47. This election was the most important of recent years, the positions of mayor, four controllers and thirty-two aldermen being vacant.

  48. Among the new aldermen elected were several of those who had been scored in Judge Cannon’s report, so short-lived is a city’s remembrance.

  49. He said: “The question has been frequently discussed, both in the Council and outside of it, as to whether the aldermen should be paid for their services.

  50. Henceforth, let the New York Aldermen who gave to the Turkish Ambassador ham sandwiches and bad sherry rest in peace.

  51. We know what the aldermen are, what political conditions are.

  52. That relieves, your aldermen of all responsibility, doesn't it?

  53. One hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand, let us say, for the right to build tracks on Maplewood Avenue, and we sold nearly two million dollars worth of the securities back to the public whose aldermen had sold us the franchise.

  54. After fitting deliberation, one evening in February the Board of Aldermen met and granted the franchise.

  55. Thou wilt do well in time, if thou wilt be ruled by thy betters, that is by my selfe, and such graue Aldermen of the playhouse as I am.

  56. Three years earlier, the aldermen and town-council of Aberdeen seem to have arrived at more just ideas of its laws of propagation, and to have distinctly suspected impure sexual intercourse as the mode of communication of the malady.

  57. The muck is everywhere deep enough for hogs and fat aldermen to wallow in, and would serve well the purposes of a supper-eating corporation, whose chief business it was to fatten turtles and make Presidents.

  58. Some of our Aldermen say ye can't see such sights nowhere else.

  59. No one has a nicer regard for the Board of Aldermen than Madame Flamingo; no one can reciprocate this regard more condescendingly than the honorable Board of Aldermen do.

  60. The London mayoral elections were hotly fought over until in 1285, when the aldermen began to act with the aid of an elected council in each of the twenty-four wards, which decentralized the government of the city.

  61. The leading men of these guilds were generally aldermen and the guilds acted like municipal committees of trade and manufactures.

  62. The mayor and aldermen of London may set the price of coals coming into this port.

  63. Any false work found shall be taken before the mayor and aldermen by the wardens.

  64. Aldermen were constantly making rounds to test measures and weights, wine cups, the height of tavern signs, and the mesh of the fishing nets, which had to be at least two inches wide.

  65. In 1291, the aldermen for the first time included a fishmonger.

  66. As of old times, brokers approved by the Mayor and aldermen made contracts with merchants concerning their wares.

  67. Since "the inconveniences urged by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were many," the Lords of the Privy Council decided to take advantage of the flaw discovered by the Lord Chief Justice, and prohibit the erection of the playhouse.

  68. Lord Mayor and Aldermen requesting the "final suppressing of the said stage plays, as well at the Theatre, Curtain, and Bankside as in all other places in and about the city.

  69. Before being acted all plays should be "first perused and allowed in such order and form, and by such persons as by the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen for the time being shall be appointed.

  70. The Holywell property, at the dissolution of the Priory, had passed under the jurisdiction of the Crown, and hence the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen could not enforce municipal ordinances there.

  71. As a result, the attempts on the part of the Lord Mayor and his Aldermen to regulate the players were often interfered with by other or higher authority.

  72. Fleetwood records the upshot thus: Upon Sunday my Lord [Mayor] sent two aldermen to the court for the suppressing and pulling down of the Theatre and Curtain.

  73. The aldermen and councilmen vote separately on matters involving the expenditure of money, and the concurrence of both bodies is necessary to an appropriation.

  74. The legislative body is composed of councilmen from the different wards, elected by the whole city, and aldermen who are elected in a like manner.

  75. Ordinance by the mayor and aldermen of London as to markets of West Cheap and Cornhill.

  76. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London to the Abbot and Bailiffs and Good Folk of the Town of Colchester.

  77. It was therefore awarded by the said mayor and aldermen that the said William Cokke should have the punishment of the pillory.

  78. Viscount Nevill, the Deputy-Mayor, the Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, the Common Councilmen, Constables.

  79. The case of the King against the Aldermen of Yarmouth is reported.

  80. The following Whig Aldermen then went out of office;—R.

  81. The validity of the election is, however, disputed on the grounds of a bad vote on the Tory side, and an informality in the appointment of an Alderman to preside in the absence of the Aldermen of the Ward.

  82. For some little time there was much winking and smiling amongst the Aldermen and Councillors.

  83. The Aldermen and Councillors according to priority of election, the former in Wards in which they resided, the latter in the Wards for which they were elected, commencing with the North Ward.

  84. On the following day the Aldermen and Council met at the same place for the election of a Mayor and for other public business.

  85. Pearson is 4, and as 10 Aldermen voted for him, he is in fact returned by gentlemen who are now out of office.

  86. The retiring Aldermen (except Mr. Barth) were entertained by their Tory friends previous to their quitting office.

  87. The following Aldermen had been re-appointed:—Sir E.

  88. In the afternoon of the same day, the Duke of Perth entered the town, and took possession in the name of James the Third, whose manifesto was read; the mayor and aldermen attending the Duke, the sword and mace being carried before them.


  89. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aldermen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.