Southmolton: …Town Council Meeting: The annual meeting of the Council was held on Saturday. There were present the mayor (Mr. John Galliford) Aldermen Wite, Smyth and Bickell, Councillors John Cock, jun., R. Stone … … (local business includes) … The mayor affixed the corporate seal to the conveyances to Mr. Stapleton and Mr. Pynsent’s trustee of lands bought by these gentlemen at Northam …
[see also North Devon Journal: Thursday 14th November 1878 and Western Times: Tuesday 12th November 1878]
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Referenced
GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887