Burgomasters

Burgomasters of them, that there were sent messengers and agents, in the behalfe of the common society of the Hans marchants, vnto the towne of Dordract, to conferre with the ambassadors of England, about the redressing of iniuries attempted on both parts: where diuers agreements were set downe betweene the sayd ambassadors, and messengers, as in the indentures made for the same purpose it doth more manifestly appeare.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Netherlandish garments suitable for Burgomasters of the sixteenth century, then we can believe that the following description, quoted by the Countess of Wilton, is hardly overdrawn.

Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

German Burgomasters visited the City of London and were cordially received by King Edward himself.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

The Burgomasters everywhere warned the townspeople against acts of violence, which would involve reprisals.

New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? Various

Burgomasters of Beyne-Heusay and of Grivegnee shall immediately draw up a list of persons who shall be held as hostages, at the fort of

The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Various

Orders were accordingly issued by the Civil Governors of provinces, and by the Burgomasters of towns, that the civilian inhabitants were to take no part in hostilities and to offer no provocation to the invaders.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

As such it is a masterpiece, and one's imagination can easily go back to the times when the powerful and masterful Burgomasters and Sheriffs met in the almost oppressing splendour of its vast hall.

Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

Burgomasters, and other members of the civic administration.

The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Various

The King for many reasons refused; nevertheless two days afterwards formal invitations were sent out to all the Princes and to the Burgomasters of the free cities, inviting them to a Congress which was to meet at Frankfort.

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Headlam, James W 1899

Hals painted his Burgomasters, he was careful to place them in definite and comprehensible surroundings.

Modern Painting 1892