Recognition of Freemen
Much confusion lies between the recognition of admission to ‘Borough Freedom’ and that of admission to ‘membership’ of Borough Guilds/Gilds. All of whom may be referred to as ‘Freemen’. I beg your indulgence as I return once again to that much haunted subject of ‘Admissions to Borough Freedom’. The deviations over ‘rights of admission’ have troubled me for many years. The subject of rights of Admission to Borough Freedom is a legal entity that developed from early traditions. The present-day…