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Excerpt from Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, Vol. 3
The first alderman of whom there is mention is William de Chesney, mentioned in a charter of about Stephen's reign was an exceptional time, and it is. Quite exceptional that a knight, as William de Chesney was, should be an alderman. We have no other instance of such a thing.
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