Year |
Event |
1514 |
Henry VIII commissions Sir William Molyneux and others to find out if the mayor and bugesses had admitted non-residents to Gild membership [B12] |
1515 |
Liverpool's first town hall is built |
1524 |
Sir William Molyneux rents land near Moor Green as a site for a new barn to hold the tithes of Walton (hence the name Tithebarn Street) [B12] |
1533 |
Leland notes Liverpool as a place to which 'Irish merchants come much ...' [B12] |
1555 |
The total shipping registered in Liverpool is 222 tons for twelve ships |
1557 |
Liverpool owns 13 vessels, the largest being 100 tons and manned by 200 seamen [B12] |
1558 |
Liverpool's annual fair is dropped due to sickness when 240 persons (third of population) are said to have died [B12] |
1561 |
Mayor Robert Corbett starts a fund for a new harbour after it is destroyed by a violent storm [B12] |
1565 |
Liverpool's population is recorded as about 700 [B12] |
1567 |
The cattle market is moved from the High Street market to Pool Lane [B12] |
1576 |
The mayor arranges a great bonfire at market place near the high cross on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession [B12] |
1577 |
Lord Derby stays at the tower for four days when a festival is held in his honour [B12] |
1578 |
Chester tries to compel ships calling on the Cheshire side of the Mersey to pay dues [B12] |
1580 |
Mayor Edward Halsall tells the Assembly that boroughs misfortunes are "due to lack of" ... "the most discreet and substantial of the burgesses" to administer [B12] |
1586 |
Camden publishes his "Brittania" in which he mentions "Lirpoole" |
1587 |
The water baliffs are ordered to seize and sell all corn found in ships leaving the Mersey [B12] |
1588 |
Francis Bacon represents Liverpool in parliament |
1590 |
Liverpool's population is something over 1000 and less than it had been in 1346 [B12] |
1591 |
A special rate is levied to engage Mr Carter, a preacher who receives four pounds per annum [B12] |
1592 |
The mayor is fined for having guests at his house who did not go to church on the Sabbath [B12] |