| In 1287 the bishop and the king were suing the townsmen for infringing various traditional lordly rights. |
| 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. |
| From the square townsmen view the church's apse and radiating symmetrical apsidal chapels. |
| The townsmen invested in communal halls, one for each of the four guilds, which served social, charitable, and religious purposes. |
| In any case, townsmen were loathe to serve in parliament, no matter what the pay. |
