1502-03 William Webster of Syston, butcher, became a freeman of Leicester. [1] Becoming a freeman "enabled him to sell his meat in Leicester without paying a heavy toll. It also laid upon him responsibilities, notably those of fair trading and of contributing a resonable amount to the borough expenses." [2]
1535-36 William "Wybster" was deleted from the rolls of the freemen of Leicester. [3]
[1] Florence E. (Mrs. S. H.) Skillington, "The Ancestry of Governor John Webster," The American Genealogist 24 (1948), 197-214, at 207, citing Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester (Leicester, 1927), 60, [AmericanAncestors].
[2] Florence E. (Mrs. S. H.) Skillington, "The Ancestry of Governor John Webster," The American Genealogist 24 (1948), 197-214, at 198, [AmericanAncestors].
[3] Florence E. (Mrs. S. H.) Skillington, "The Ancestry of Governor John Webster," The American Genealogist 24 (1948), 197-214, at 207, citing Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester (Leicester, 1927), 68, [AmericanAncestors].