Public Officers at Lynn around 1860

Headboroughs & constables, 1856

Borough of King's Lynn, Court Leet Book, 1846-1871 The Court Leet or View of Frankpledge of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen held for the said Borough and the Liberties thereof on Tuesday the twenty eighth day of October One Thousand eight hundred and fifty six By and Before William Seppings Esquire Mayor and Edward Lane Swatman Gentleman Steward.
The Names of the Headboroughs or Capital Pledges and of the Constables Sworn to serve in the respective, Offices, until the twenty eighth day of October 1857:

Wards Headboroughs Constables
North End Joseph Cooper & William Clarke Richard Medlock & John Brown
Kettlewell John Browning & Albert Langford Richard Medlock & Robert Wilkin
Paradise James Burlingham & Robert S. Baker Thos. Folkard & Thos. Turner
Jews Lane John Green & Chas. Ibberson John Curtis & Thos. Youngs
Chequer Daniel C. Burlingham & Joseph Kerkham John Ransome
New Conduit Thomas March & James Pond Robert Cuson & Chas. Huggins
Trinity Hall Samuel Pridgson & Luke Webster William Clarke & Armiger Arnold
Sedgeford Lane John Dyker Thew & John Bray Philip Dawes & Robt. Coulsdone
Stonegate James Seals & John Learmouth Thomas Grint & Edwd. Hanby
Southgate Charles Bennett & John Laird Robert Coe & William Coe

Sergeants at Mace: James Dewson, George Lake, Thos. V. Wright & Harry M. Butcher
Extra Constables: Thomas Fulcher & William Andrews

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Corporation of King's Lynn, 1863-4
[White's Directory of Norfolk, 1864]

Mayor: William Burkitt,Esq.
Recorder: Martin John West, Esq.
Aldermen: John Gower Saunders, Wm. Seppings, and Walter Moyse, Esqrs., who retire in 1865; and
Lewis Whincop Jarvis, Fras. Cresswell, and John Osborne Smetham, Esqrs., who retire in 1868.

Councillors (the figures show the year in which each Councillor retires from office):

North Ward Middle Ward South Ward
1864 James Seals 1864 Wm. Plews 1864 Lionel Self
1864 Wm. Monement 1864 John Thorley 1864 Benj. Hewetson
1865 Richard Bagge 1865 Hy. B. Plowright 1865 Edw. Everard
1865 Thos. M. Wilkin 1865 William Armes 1865 Geo. Holditch
1866 Hy. W. Allen 1866 William Burkitt 1866 John D. Thew
1866 Robert Cook 1866 James S. Marsters 1866 Joseph Cooper

Town Clerk & Clerk of Borough Courts, &c.: Edw. Lane Swatman, Esq.
Clerk of the Peace & Borough Coroner: Philip Wilson, Esq.
Borough Treasurer: Edwin Elmer Durrant, Esq.
Serjeants at Mace: Robert Cotton, H.M. Butcher, Wm. Bailey, and Geo. Lake
Sword Bearer & Inspector of Nuisances: Richard Beeson
Town Crier: Geo. Arnold
Mayor's Beadle: Thos. Fulcher
Pinder: W. Barnes
Inspector of Weights and Measures: Samuel Linay
Clerk of the Markets: L. Ambler
Borough Magistrates: The Mayor, the Ex-Mayor, and T.A. Carter, J. Wales, W. Clifton, W. Moyse, R. Pitcher, W. Armes, W. Burkitt, R. Cook, J. Cooper, G. Holditch, and W. Monement, Esqrs.
Clerk to Magistrates: John Ewing Jeffery, Esq.
Borough Charity Trustees: Chas. Willett, Wm. Clifton, Richard Bagge, Thos. Augustus Carter, and Lionel Self, Esqrs., appointed 1835; and Joseph Cooper, Edw. Everard, L.W. Jarvis, Walter Moyse, Robt. Pitcher, Wm. Seppings, Wm. Armes, Fras. Jph. Cresswell, Geo. Holditch, Jph. Kerkham, Robt. Cook, and Jph. Wales, Esqrs., and the Rev. E.F.E. Hankinson, appointed 29th January, 1864.
Clerk to Charity Trustees: Edw. Lane Swatman, Esq.

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Public officers, 1869
[Kelly's directory 1869]

Assessor of Land & Property Tax Frederic Wade St James' street
Bailiff of County Court James Smith South Everard street
Borough Treasurer Chas. William Harding Queen street
Clerk to the Borough Magistrates of King's Lynn, Clerk to Commissioners of Property, Income & Land & Assessed Taxes for Freebridge Marshland David Ward Tuesday Market place
Clerk to Magistrates & to Commissioners of Land, Assessed & Propery Tax for the Hundred of Freebridge Lynn, Clerk to the Land, Assessed & Income Taxes for the Borough Commissioners of King's Lynn & High Constable for Freebridge Lynn Robert Huxley Aldham King street
Clerk to the Guardians of Freebridge Lynn Union, & to Assessment Committee, also Superintendent Registrar & Vestry Clerk of South Lynn, Steward to the Manors of Howards inTerrington & Docking Hall in Docking Robert Huxley Aldham King street
Clerk to the Guardians of King's Lynn John J. Coulton St James' street
Registrar of County Court Frederick Robert Partridge Chapel street
Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, & Vestry Clerk of St Margaret John James Coulton St James' street
Registrar of Marriages for Lynn District Edward M. Beloe St James' street
Registrar of Births & Deaths for Lynn Middle District Alfred Dow St James' place
Registrar of Births & Deaths for Lynn North District Horatio Nelson Tower street
Registrar of Births & Deaths for Lynn South District James Eccles South Everard street
Clerk to Charity Trustees for the Borough of Lynn Edward Milligen Beloe St James' street
Clerk to the Eau Brink Navigation Commissioners Thomas G. Archer King street
Clerk to the Paving Commissioners John J. Coulton St James' street
Clerk of the Peace for Lynn Thomas G. Archer King street
Clerk to the Commissioners of Sewers for Norfolk David Ward Tuesday Market place
Clerk to the River Ouse Haling Commissioners David Ward Tuesday Market place
Clerk to the Pilot & Harbour Mooring Commissioners John O. Smetham Tuesday Market place
Clerk to the Ouse Bank Commissioners (1st & 2nd Districts), Clerk to the Magdalen Drainage Commissioners, & Clerk to the Holme Sluice District David Ward Tuesday Market place
Clerk to the Select Trustees of Lynn Harbour Edward M. Beloe St James' street
Clerk to the Trustees of Lynn Eastgate, Lynn Southgate, & Lynn & Wisbech Turnpike Roads John J. Coulton St James' street
Clerk to the Burial Board Thomas G. Archer King street
Clerk of the Cattle Market Thomas Goskar St Nicholas street
Collector of Town Dues Francis John Swatman Custom house, Purfleet quay
Coroner for the Borough of Lynn Edward Milligen Beloe St James' street
Coroner for the County of Norfolk & Deputy Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster Thomas Martin Wilkin St James' street
Commissioner for Taking Bail & Affidavits in the Court of Admiralty John O. Smetham Tuesday Market place
Deputy Receiver of Droits of Admiralty Wm. Garland Kingstaith square
Engineer to the Bedford Level Corporation William D. Harding Tuesday Market place
Harbour Master Robert Eggett 10 Mill Fleet terrace
Inspector of Gas meters Thomas Burtn Tuesday Market place
Inspector of Nuisances Richard Beeson 26 Austin street
Lloyd's Surveyor William Garland Kingstaith square
Joint Lloyd's Agents Commander William Garland,RN & William Henry Garland  
Receiver of Droits & Wreck John O. Smetham Tuesday Market place
Superintendent to the Ouse Outfall Commissioners William D. Harding Tuesday Market place
Supervisor of Inland Revenue Harry George Attfield Kingstaith square
Town Crier George Arnold Blackfriars road
Town Surveyor John Hall South Everard street

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