burgess-ship

It is computed by the historians that out of three thousand families who composed the population of Geneva towards the end of the seventeenth century, there were hardly fifty who before the Reformation had acquired the position of burgess-ship.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

Membership in the gild was not exactly coincident with burgess-ship; persons who lived outside of the town were sometimes admitted into that organization, and, on the other hand, some inhabitants of the town were not included among its members.

An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Edward Potts Cheyney 1904

Geneva towards the end of the seventeenth century, there were hardly fifty who before the Reformation had acquired the position of burgess-ship.

Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880

This afternoon after dinner comes Mr. Stephenson, one of the burgesses of the town, to tell me that the Mayor and burgesses did desire my acceptance of a burgess-ship, and were ready at the Mayor's to make me one.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

This afternoon after dinner comes Mr. Stephenson, one of the burgesses of the town, to tell me that the Mayor and burgesses did desire my acceptance of a burgess-ship, and were ready at the Mayor's to make me one.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

This afternoon after dinner comes Mr. Stephenson, one of the burgesses of the town, to tell me that the Mayor and burgesses did desire my acceptance of a burgess-ship, and were ready at the Mayor's to make me one.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 15: March/April 1661-62 Samuel Pepys 1668

This afternoon after dinner comes Mr. Stephenson, one of the burgesses of the town, to tell me that the Mayor and burgesses did desire my acceptance of a burgess-ship, and were ready at the Mayor's to make me one.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662

Alexander disdained the ambassadors of Corinth, who came to offer him a burgess-ship of their city; but when they proceeded to lay before him that Bacchus and Hercules were also in the register, he graciously thanked them.

The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

Amongst those empty favours of hers, there is none that so much pleases vain humour natural to my country, as an authentic bull of a Roman burgess-ship, that was granted me when I was last there, glorious in seals and gilded letters, and granted with all gracious liberality.

The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

Alexander disdained the ambassadors of Corinth, who came to offer him a burgess-ship of their city; but when they proceeded to lay before him that Bacchus and Hercules were also in the register, he graciously thanked them.

The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 Michel de Montaigne 1562