27 page book, re-worked from the original publication.
Extracted from "The History of Maidstone".
Supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.
CONTENTS:
The Portreve and his Brethren
Incorporation of the Town
The first Charter revoked
The second Charter
Representative Burgesses in Parliament
Curious By-Laws
Early Creation of Freemen
The third & fourth Charters
Announcement of Corporation Meetings
Andrew Broughton & Charles I.
The fifth Charter
The Kentish Petition of 1701
Five Justices Imprisoned
Thomas Bliss
The Corporation Dissolved
The sixth Charter
New Town Hall
Corporation Feasts
The Corporation Rent-roll in 1822
Non-Resident Freemen
Parliamentary and Municipal Reform