Hervy

But when years were shorter, different perspectives and priorities abounded, as in the following passage from Toward the Flame: A Memoir of World War I by Hervy Allen:

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After a "wordy and most abusive dispute" carried on in the Guildhall between the ex-mayor and Gregory de Rokesley who acted as spokesman for the body of aldermen, Hervy left the hall and summoned the craft-guilds to meet him in Cheapside.

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Hervy was a worthy successor to Fitz-Thomas, and, under his government, the craft guilds improved their position.

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Westminster by a large number of supporters, who took the opportunity of the aldermen laying their case before the council to insist loudly, as they waited in the adjacent hall, upon their own right of election and their choice of Hervy.

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Fearing lest a riot might follow, the chancellor — Walter de Merton, through whose mediation Hervy had been at last accepted as mayor by the aldermen — ordered his arrest.

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M181 The after-results of the policy of Hervy and Fitz-Thomas.

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The next day, upon the resumption of the session, a certain roll was produced and publicly read, in which "the presumptuous acts and injuries, of most notorious character" which Hervy was alleged to have committed during his mayoralty were set forth at length.

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Hervy was, accordingly, attached but released on bail, and early in the following January (1274), his charters were duly examined in the Husting before all the people, and declared void.

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Hervy paid no heed to this warning, but continued to present himself at

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M179 Charges against Hervy for acts done during his mayoralty.

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