Oxford Mileways Act 1771: Commissioners
The Mileways Act of 1771 starts with an enormous list of “Commissioners for putting the Act into Execution”. This is reproduced below, with the names listed in tabular format for convenience, but left in the order in which they were listed, which is not always strictly alphabetical.
Magistrates and Officers, for the Time being, of the University of Oxford, and of the Colleges and Halls therein, to wit, The Vicechancellor, his Assessor, or Deputy in the University Court, all Heads or Governors of Colleges and Halls, the Canons of the Cathedral Church of Christ, the several Royal Professors, and all other University Professors and Prelectors, the Proctors of the University, the Publick Orator, the Bodleian and Radclivian Librarians, the Keepers of the University Archieves [sic], Masters Masters of the Streets, the Register of the University, and the Vice-principals of the several Halls;
and also the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Assistants, Bailiffs, Townclerk, and Solicitor of the City of Oxford for the Time being, and such other of the Citizens of Oxford as have now, or hereafter shall have served the Office of Bailiff of the said City;
together with:
BaronetsThe Right Honourable The Right Honourable The Right Honourable The Right Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable Sir Roger Newdigate Sir James Dashwood Sir Charles Cotterell Dormer Sir Banks Jenkinson Sir William Stonehouse Sir John Peshal Sir Francis Knollys Sir Gregory Turner Sir Thomas Stapleton
KnightsSir William Henry Ashurst Sir William Blackstone Sir George Nares Sir Thomas Munday
EsquireFrancis Page
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Doctors in DivinityPhanuel Bacon Henry Barton Edward Bentham Thomas Bray Richard Browne Benjamin Buckler Daniel Burton Ralph Cawley John Chalmers Thomas Chapman John Clark Richard Cust William Dennison George Dixon David Durell Edward Edwards Thomas Fry Thomas Fothergill William Gower George Huddesford George Horne Richard Hutchison Thomas Hunt Benjamin Hallifax Joseph Hoare John Chesher Heyborne John Jefferys Benjamin Kennicott Theophilus Leigh John Long John Moore Tredway Nash Thomas Nowell Henry Parker Gilbert Parker Charles Pilkington Francis Randolph Thomas Randolph John Ratcliffe Christopher Robinson John Sandford William Sharpe Thomas Sharpe John Tottie Ashton Thorpe Francis Webber Thomas West Nathan Wetherell Thomas Winchester George Windham Benjamin Wheeler, ………… Foley
Doctors of LawThomas Bever Richard Brown William Seward Samuel Forster Joseph Smith James Stonehouse
Doctors of PhysickSwithin Adee John Foulkes John Kelly William Lewis Humphrey Sibthorpe Walter Ruding John Smith William Vivian
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EsquiresHenry Ashurst John Aubrey Richard Aubrey Charles Barrow Thomas Blackall John Caillaud Robert Chambers Edward Dandridge William Draper John Folliot James Hargreaves John Hacker Richard Head Benjamin Holloway Charles Jenkinson William Ledwell John Morton John Nourse Lewis Pryse Alexander Popham John Parker Giles Rooke George Augustus Schutz Hardinge Stracey John Treacher James Turner Robert Vansittart Thomas Walker Francis Wastie Thomas Whorwood George White William Wykeham Richard Woddeson John Fane Joseph Bullock Charles Bowles Oldfield Bowles Stuckley Bayntun James Lamb Thomas Paynton …. Sayer Gascoigne Frederick William Lenthall John Lenthall Robert Fettyplace Thomas Rollinson Lock Rollinson Farmedow Pennystone Richard Lowndes John Skynner William Skynner James Jones William Lowndes Stone William Lowndes Francis Fane Henry Mason Philip Powis Philip Lybbe Powis
ClerksJohn Alleyne Henry Blackstone Richard Bowles Thomas Cooke John Cooke Samuel Cooke Clayton Cracherode John Cox John Chaundler John Davey Richard Davis Thomas Griffith Thomas Hawkins Benjamin Holloway Thomas Hornsby Lionel Kirkham John Lowry Charles Mortimer John Napleton Richard Nicoll Ralph Nicholson John Noel Stephen Pemberton Francis Rowden Edward Smallwell Thomas Treacher Phipps Weston Edward Whitmore Thomas Warton William Wright Robert Watkin Thomas Gregory James Reading Paulo Tookie Martin Stapleton Christopher Marshall
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GentlemenWilliam Applebee John Austin James Burrows Thomas Burrows James Clarke Charles Collins John Curtis Samuel Culley John Dewe Henry Drought William Drought James Etty Richard Finch James Fletcher William Fletcher Joseph Fortnom Samuel Fox John Fowle Samuel Glass John Grosvenor Giles Hall Nicholas Halse Richard Holloway John Holman John Horsman William Huddesford William Jackson Ralph Kirby Samuel Kilner Robert Langford Isaac Lawrence Edward Lock John Leasingby Samuel Malbon Richard Madge Richard Martin James Matthews Joseph Meysey Charles Moore James Morrell James Morten Charles Nourse Sackville Parker John Philips Daniel Prince Archdale Rooke Vincent Shortland James Stout Deodatus Stone John Stevens Thomas Sayer Thomas Spencer William Elias Taunton Richard Tawney Joseph Tyrrell Edward Tawney William Thorpe John Treacher Thomas Tredwell George Tonge William Tomkins Henry Towsey John Townsend Philip Ward Benjamin Watson John Watson Richard Way John Walker Thomas Wood Richard Bew Antony Sawyer Samuel Benwell |
and One Person for each and every of the Colleges and Parishes in the said University and City, and the Suburbs thereof, and the said Parish of Saint Clement, to be elected in manner hereafter mentioned, and their Successors, shall be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for putting this Act in Execution.