| In any case, townsmen were loathe to serve in parliament, no matter what the pay. |
| It would seem that on request of the King, a ship had to be made to fulfil the obligations of the townsmen. |
| Cloth manufacture employed a large number of townsmen in its various stages. |
| In 1287 the bishop and the king were suing the townsmen for infringing various traditional lordly rights. |
| A royal charter of 1447 was acquired by the townsmen in order to try to overcome local disputes. |
| Harrod blamed the Bishop for exploiting hostilities between groups of townsmen, so as to consolidate his own lordship over the borough. |
