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	John Shadrach Piercy
	Hundred of Bassetlaw \| Derivation of the Town's name \| General description
	Prefatory observations \| Extracts from the Doomsday Book \| Public and private grants, &c. chronologically arranged
	First establishment of corporations \| Recapitulation of ancient grants, charters, &c. \| Charter of King James I.
	State of the representation \| Contested elections \| Election of 1826 \| List of representatives
	Antiquity of the office of bailiff \| Aldermen of 1607 \| List of bailiffs from 1700 \| Present body corporate
	Places of public worship \| The Parish Church \| The Methodist chapel \| The Independent Dissenters' chapel
	The Free Grammar School \| The National School \| Sleswicke's hospital \| The Alms Houses \| The Dorcas Charity
	Public buildings, works &c. \| The Square, &c. \| The Town Hall \| The Theatre \| The News Room \| The Post Office \| The Bank \| The Workhouse \| The bridge \| The Broad Stone
	The Great North Road \| The Deanry of Retford \| The Chesterfield Canal \| The River Idle \| The Cars and Commons
	Miscellaneous articles \| The Savings' Bank \| Mr Holmes' Room \| Mr John Hudson's Room \| Biographical sketches
	West Retford \| General description \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of the Rectors \| Holy Trinity Hospital \| The Free School \| Baptists' Meeting House \| Family of the Denmans
	Babworth \| General description \| The Parish Church \| The hamlet of Ranby \| The hamlet of Moreton
	Ordsall \| General description \| The hamlet of Thrumpton \| Whitehouses \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of Rectors
	Grove \| General description \| Castle Hill Wood \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of Rectors \| Family of the Eyres
	Clarborough \| General description \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of vicars \| The hamlet of Bolham \| Hamlet of Welham \| Hamlets of Moorgate and Spittal-Hill \| Hamlet of Little Greenley

	Map 1. The Retford area in 1836
	Map 2. East and West Retford in 1836
	Map 3. Detailed map of East and West Retford (1835)

ANTIQUITY OF THE OFFICE OF BAILIFF (part 2).

LIST OF BAILIFFS FROM 1700.

The following are the names of the bailiffs from 1700 to 1828, with notice of particular events, local and general, arranged under the years in which the several occurrences took place.

1700	Edward Jackson and William Peete
1701	William Bellamy and John Reynolds
1702	John Reynolds and Jonathan Lidgett
1703	Francis Dunston and Edward Thompson
1704	William Booth and Thomas Wright
1705	Jonathan Lidgett and Joseph Granger
1706	Edward Jackson and John Marr
1707	Jacob Mason and Thomas West
1708	Unknown
1709	Unknown
1710	Edward Jackson and William Golland
1711	Thomas West and Rado Hepwell
1712	Thomas West and Rado Hepwell
1713	Unknown
1714	William Booth and John Riley
1715	William Peete and Edward Jackson
1716	Edward Jackson and Thomas Novas
1717	John Booth and Edward Pickering
1718	Dobson Jackson and George Booth
1719	William Peete and Edward Fossist
1726	Thomas Wright and Thomas Buxton
1721	Unknown
1722	Unknown
1723	Dobson Jackson and John Holsking
1724	Thomas West and Richard Cottain
1725	Thomas Wright and Thomas Buxton
1726	Matthew Bradshaw and Thomas Rose.
1727	Thomas Hodson and John Wright
1728	John Hodson and Thomas Wright
1729	Robert Atkin and Richard Jackson
1730	Unknown
1731	Edward Jackson and Richard Smith
1732	John Riley and John Bower
1733	Richard Jackson and John Harrison
1734	Dobson Jackson and John Parker
1735	Thomas Buxton and Benjamin Cromwell
1736	Robert Atkin and Robert Whitlam
1737	John Parker and Jonathan Bean
1738	Thomas West and Edward Taylor
1739	Richard Jackson and James Booth
1740	Dobson Jackson and James Mason
1741	John Booth and John Mason
1742	Thomas West and James Stenton
1743	Thomas Wright and John Williamson
1744	John Mason and John Parker
1745	William Goodall and John Bristow. This year the rebellion in Scotland, and the battle of Culloden, took place. An army of 6000 English and Hessians encamped upon Wheatley Hills; the soldiers on marching through here soon after, made a stable of the church for their horses.
1746	John Kirke and Francis Goodall
1747	James Mason and Benjamin Allison
1748	Benjamin Cromwell and John Wheat. Peace between England, France, and Spain proclaimed in February.
1749	Thomas Buxton and Robert Moody. Earthquakes felt in London on the 8th February, and the 8th of March.
1750	John Harrison and William Bailey. On the 23rd of August, the shock of earthquake as felt here, about seven in morning; the day was remarkably calm both before and after the shock.

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