Civic officials and Fire Engines The offices of the town were the - TopicsExpress



          

Civic officials and Fire Engines The offices of the town were the monopoly of particular families, most notably the Tottenhams. In 1688 it was ordered that ‘any of the burgesses, merchants or masters of companies meeting the mayor in the street are to attend him to his house or resting place, except some extraordinary occasion may arise’. The fine for failing to do this was a hefty five shillings. In 1707 it was agreed that for the future the sovereign was to carry ‘the rod of his authority at all times when he walks the streets by which he may be known by strangers and others by way of the distinction’. In 1777 Charles Tottenham, then treasurer, organised the town’s first fire engine, brought from London and costing £57.13s.11d. The fire station was on the Old Customhouse Quay, with a bellman employed on a salary of three pounds. In 1860 subscriptions for a new engine were taken from insurance companies in the town, landlords and Charles Tottenham MP. Source:History Ireland. New Ross Corporation Minutes.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:02:45 +0000

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