Droytwich
CASE
.
KING
John
Granted
to
the
Burgesses
of
Droytwich
and
their
Heirs
,
the
Salt
Springs
there
,
rendring
the
yearly
Fee
Farm
Rent
of
100
l.
Sterling
,
and
the
Salt
Water
hath
ever
since
been
divided
into
Four
Hundred
and
Four
Shares
called
Bulleries
.
The
Grantees
of
King
John
and
their
Heirs
have
aliened
and
sold
their
whole
inheritance
in
the
Salt
Springs
to
several
persons
,
who
at
this
day
stand
seized
in
Fee
of
the
same
,
and
pay
the
Fee
Farm
Rent
according
to
their
respective
Shares
,
and
from
the
time
of
King
John's
Grant
,
to
the
Reign
of
Queen
Mary
the
Inheritors
of
the
Salt
Springs
govern'd
the
same
,
and
were
deemed
Burgesses
of
Droytwich
,
and
whoever
sold
his
Inheritance
,
ceased
to
be
a
Burgess
.
Queen
Mary
Incorporated
the
Burrough
of
Droytwich
,
by
the
Name
of
Bailiffs
and
Burgesses
,
but
takes
no
notice
of
the
Salt
Works
,
nor
is
there
any
Order
,
or
Direction
given
by
King
John's
Grant
,
or
any
subsequent
Charter
for
the
Governing
,
or
Managing
thereof
.
There
are
but
Nine
Persons
who
inhabit
within
the
Burrough
of
Droytwich
,
who
with
the
Assistance
of
thirteen
others
,
they
have
admitted
into
the
Corporation
,
pretend
to
the
Power
of
Governing
,
Managing
,
and
taxing
the
Inheritance
in
the
Salt
Springs
at
pleasure
;
excluding
the
real
Owners
thereof
from
Voting
,
or
Acting
therein
.
And
altho
the
Proprietors
of
the
Salt
Springs
are
undoubtedly
Burgesses
of
Droytwich
,
and
consequently
Members
of
the
Corporation
;
yet
by
this
Bill
they
do
not
seek
any
relief
therein
,
but
only
that
they
may
have
a
Vote
in
the
Managing
and
Taxing
of
their
own
Estates
.
It
is
alledged
the
present
Members
of
the
Corporation
of
Drotwich
have
150
Shares
in
the
Salt
Springs
.
Note
,
The
Persons
following
are
Members
of
the
Corporation
,
and
have
a
Hundred
and
Twenty
of
the
Hundred
and
Fifty
,
and
are
for
passing
the
Bill
.
-
Earl
of
Shrewsbury
.
-
Lord
Coventry
.
-
Sir
John
Pakington
.
-
Sir
Walter
Blount
.
-
Sir
Thomas
Cookes
.
-
Sir
John
Talbot
.
-
Sir
Harry
Conningsby
.
-
Edmund
Wyld
,
Esq
-
John
Winford
,
Esq
-
Robert
Steynor
,
Esq
-
John
Newport
,
Esq
-
Thomas
Lench
,
Esq
-
Mr.
Thomas
Rastel
.
-
Mr.
Jos
Butler
.
The
Persons
who
Oppose
passing
the
Bill
are
Twenty
two
,
of
which
number
Twelve
have
only
the
bare
Qualification
of
a
Pepper-corn
;
and
the
other
Ten
have
22
Shares
and
a
half
in
the
Salt
Springs
and
no
more
.
The
Remainder
of
the
404
Shares
are
given
to
Charitable
Uses
,
or
vested
in
Widows
and
Infants
,
or
persons
who
live
far
remote
.
|
|
Shares
.
|
|
The
Persons
above
Named
have
|
120
|
|
The
Persons
who
are
excluded
from
Ordering
and
Managing
their
own
Estates
have
|
174
|
|
The
Persons
for
the
Bill
have
|
294
|
|
The
Persons
who
oppose
the
Bill
|
22
and
a
half
.
|