We, the undersigned, Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the Parish
of Dudley, respectfully request you to convene a PUBLIC
MEETING, for the purpose of considering the desirability of
presenting a Petition to the Queen in Council, praying Her
Majesty to grant a Charter of Incorporation to this Borough.
James C. Browne, D.C.L., vicar
Alexander George Davies, M.A., incumbent of St. James's
John Davies, M.A., incumbent of St. Edmund's
E. H. L. Noott, B.A., incumbent of St. John's, Dudley
Robert Harper, M.A., head master of the Grammar School
George Lewis, Presbyterian minister, Dudley
Richard Rymer, Wesleyan minister, Dudley
David Evans, Baptist minister, Dudley
Matthew Gibson, Unitarian minister
Jas. Bond, Catholic priest, Dudley
Samuel Price, tanner and currier
Hy. Coldicott, solicitor
Theophilus Tinsley, merchant
Thos. Sheppard, ironmonger
Geo. J. England, maltster and brewer
Ed. M. Warmington, solicitor
John Round Tilley, tanner
Daniel Timmins, surgeon
R. C. Buck, chemist
W. Challingsworth, victualler
Reginald Unwin Dudley, silk mercer
William Beddard, Jun., wholesale grocer
John Finch, iron founder
Henry Bagott, woollen draper
C. F. G. Clark, chemist
Thomas Price, tanner and currier
J. O. Pearse, agent
James Cartwright, wine merchant
Saml. D. Fereday, surgeon
J. H. Deakin, wine merchant
Joseph Taylor, agent
W. H. Laxton, bookseller
Thos. Baker, shoe manufacturer
John Dawson, chemist
John Whitehouse, Dudley
Saml. Bastick, hatter
John S. Fisher, jeweller
James Hemmings, shoe manufacturer
H. Wythes, plumber
Ed. Bowen, draper
Joseph Sheldon, milliner
Alexander M. Intyre, draper
Thos. Maguire, boot maker
Ebenezer Hutchings, news agent
C. Cetti, furniture dealer
Joseph Holland, pork butcher
William Coleman, spirit merchant
Isaac Collins, hosier
William Hewitt, fruiterer
George Henry Hewitt, ditto
E. Lancey
George Whitford, bookseller
S. Q. Cook, draper
Joseph Caswell, tobacconist
J. C. Green, banker
John Cartwright, banker's clerk
E. Dunn, chemist
W. Piddington, tobacconist
Henry Woodhouse, innkeeper
F. C. Hickling, clerk
John Bromwich, jeweller
Cornelius James, wire worker
George Thorns, pork butcher
Edwin Baker, fruiterer
J. C. Westley, brass founder
B. Wilcox, currier
J. Parsons
Alexander Barker
Bartholomew Duffy, shoemaker
James Frost, iron merchant
Jos. Walker, wholesale draper
William Palmer
William Holland, builder
John G Wright, auctioneer
S. Grosvenor, M.B., Oxon.
W. Fletcher and Sons, nail ironmongers
William Smith, victualler
James Grigg, wheelwright
William Wilkinson, vice and anvil manufacturer
James Woodall, builder
Matthew Smith
John Jones, shoemaker
Charles Pardoe, victualler
Thomas Parsons
John Baker
Thomas Lees, shopkeeper
William Iles, iron dealer
Saml. Ward, butcher
Charles T. Sturtevant, artist
James Henry Bourne, grocer
Joseph Owen, broker
John Fisher, merchant
William Richards, draper
Richard Coates, watchmaker
William Insull, bookseller
Fredk. Tandy
Saml. Lee, baker
Hy. Mence, shoemaker
J. Thompson, painter
Richard Davies, fruiterer
J. T. Edwards, watchmaker
Francis Garner, confectioner
Richard Williams, shoemaker
Joseph Watson, victualler
Henry Bodin, builder
George Grove, builder
Wm. Hooper, victualler
George Smith, engineer
Edward Round, agent
George Hartshorne, iron merchant
Daniel G. Ward, iron merchant
George Cooke, victualler
James Wright, engineer
H. and J. Wright and Co., engineers
Thomas Ward, victualler
Jesse Crompton, farrier
John Hyslop, wine merchant
George Ashfield, baker
Thomas Hale, schoolmaster
Thomas Marsh, grocer
William Nelson, builder
George Chaplin, hatter
Robert Houghton, draper
John Williscroft, hatter
Thomas Roberts, draper
John Evans, hosier
C. H. Gare, chemist
John Smart, fruiterer
Mark Malugani, umbrella manufacturer
Thomas Timmins, butcher
Joseph Waterson, cabinet maker
Mark W. Dickins, agent
Joseph Williams, schoolmaster
Charles W. Westley, brass founder
Hy. Harper, coal master
James Fisher, surgeon, Dudley
John Tandy, Dudley
William Gordon Coulton, solicitor, Dudley
George Wood, wine merchant
Joseph Stokes, solicitor, Dudley
Samuel Mills, stationer, Dudley
Enoch Brooks, currier
James Shedden, stationer
William Waring, tailor
Samuel Waring, tailor
Thomas Wright, ironmaster
James Wilkins, hair dresser
Samuel Dudley, confectioner
Joseph Green, millinery warehouseman
John Harris, hosier
James Homer, butcher
Messrs. T. and S. Davies, spirit merchants
C. H. Tyler, cement manufacturer
W. Morris, tailor
John Bagott and Son, tailors
E. Hollier, chemist
T. L. Rutland, clothier
Edward Smith, grocer
John Neale, hatter
George Morris, cab proprietor
M. Dennison, chemist
Thomas Willis, wholesale grocer, Market Place
Fox Wright, commercial traveller, Rose Hill
Thomas Stevenson, clothier
Benjamin Guest, confectioner
Edward Wood, woollen draper
Thomas Reynolds, confectioner
Thomas L. Stevenson, clothier
James Cowden Haxeltine, butcher
Thomas Allen, wine merchant
James Ellis, wine merchant
Richard Clark, haberdasher
George Stevenson, clothier
Edward Devall, clothier
Joseph Stevenson, clothier
Joseph Goodwin, printer, &c.
John Davies, furniture dealer
Henry Timmins, butcher
James Brown, egg merchant
William Pearsall, victualler
James Smitheman, victualler
M. Brown, agent
Hughes and Hanson, wine merchants
Cordy Manby, merchant, Dudley
Henry Jennings, clerk, Dudley
J. W. Matthews, oil merchant, Dudley
Joseph Eld, tobacconist, Dudley
George Edward Horton, surgeon
John Underhill, licensed victualler
Owen Wright, vice and anvil manufacturer, Tower-street
J. Houghton, surgeon, New-street
Evan Roberts, innkeeper
Thomas Brettell, surveyor
Thomas Davenport, innkeeper
Thomas W. Smart, bacon factor
Arthur Timmins, upholsterer
John Castree, agent
Geo. Burn Lowe, attorney at law
Thomas Morris, chemist, &c.
Chas. Russell, auctioneer
John Bent, Jun., auctioneer
Thos. Steedman, merchant
Richard Winter, banker's clerk
James Sackerson, cabinet maker
Richard Wilkinson, vice manufacturer
Joseph Skidmore, victualler
A. Gaul, saddler
George Bagott, Chemist, High-street, Dudley
E. T. Terry, grocer, Dudley
John Danes, shoe manufacturer
William Summerland, milliner, &c.
John Jordan, grocer
Edward Grainger, draper
Rudge and Griffith, drapers
James Shedden, tailor
Alexander Shedden, tailor
Alfred Bowers, butcher
Isaac Aulton, victualler
William and Edward Thompson, maltsters
Edward Packwood, pork butcher
Thomas Danks, auctioneer
William Steele, photographer
Henry Smith, maltster
Frederick Blunson, hosier, &c.
George Pitt, currier
Joseph Hillman, currier
Thomas Harvey, general dealer
Daniel Timmins, hairdresser
John Roberts, watchmaker
Henry Hayward, butcher
James Stokes, cutler
William Bagott, draper
Henry Wood, grocer
Thomas Mason, tobacco dealer
Thomas Smith, maltster
James Evans, butcher
Job Thomas Hamblett, grocer, &c.
Ann Richards, grocer
Henry Rushton, builder
Solomon Danby, victualler
John Chambers, victualler
Joshua Wilkinson, vice maker, Freebodies
William Clarke, baker
Thomas Westwood, slater
Jacob Westwood, slater
John Lloyd, victualler
Daniel May, butcher
Henry Beeston, butcher
Thomas Price, pawnbroker
And others, making a total of 717 signatures of largest
Ratepayers.
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In compliance with the above numerously signed Requisition,
I hereby convene A PUBLIC MEETING to be held in the PUBLIC
HALL of the NEW MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, Wolverhampton Street, on
FRIDAY Evening, JANUARY 22nd, 1864, at half-past Six o'clock.
SAMUEL RUDGE, Mayor.
_January 15th, 1864._
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