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First published 19th January 2015 (Last Modified 27th December 2022)

A Map of Oldgate Ward

Map of Oldgate 2 Noble Street 4 Noble Street 6 Noble Street 8 Noble Street 10 Noble Street 5 Noble Street 3 Noble Street 1 Noble Street 7 Noble Street 9 Noble Street 11 Noble Street 12 Noble Street 14 Noble Street 17 Noble Street 13 Noble Street 3 Fitches Court 1 Fitches Court 2 Fitches Court 15 Noble Street 1 Lolly Dott Lane 3 Lolly Dott Lane 15 Stanning Lane 17 Stanning Lane 19 Stanning Lane 21 Stanning Lane 23 Stanning Lane 21 Stanning Lane 26 Stanning Lane 24 Stanning Lane 22 Stanning Lane 20 Stanning Lane 18 Stanning Lane 16 Stanning Lane 1 Oate Lane 4 Lolly Dott Lane 2 Lolly Dott Lane 19 Noble Street 16 Noble Street 18 Noble Street 20 Noble Street 22 Noble Street 25 Noble Street 23 Noble Street 21 Noble Street 11 Stanning Lane 13 Stanning Lane 7 Stanning Lane 9 Stanning Lane 5 Stanning Lane 3 Stanning Lane 1 Stanning Lane 7 Maiden Lane 5 Maiden Lane 3 Maiden Lane 1 Maiden Lane 29 Noble Street 27 Noble Street 2 Anns Lane 4 Anns Lane 6 Anns Lane 8 Anns Lane 1 Martins Alley 1 Anns Alley 2 Anns Alley 3 Anns Alley 2 Martins Alley 3 Martins Alley 4 Martins Alley 5 Martins Alley 10 Anns Lane 22 Martins Lane 24 Martins Lane 23 Martins Lane 21 Martins Lane 19 Martins Lane 17 Martins Lane 10 Bull & Mouth Street 1 Bull & Mouth Street 2 Bull & Mouth Street 3 Bull & Mouth Street 4 Bull & Mouth Street 5 Bull & Mouth Street 6 Bull & Mouth Street 7 Bull & Mouth Street 8 Angell Street 8 Bull & Mouth Street 9 Bull & Mouth Street Bull & Mouth Inn 6 Angell Street 4 Angell Street 2 Angell Street 13 Martins Lane 15 Martins Lane 20 Martins Lane 7 Anns Lane 5 Anns Lane 3 Anns Lane 1 Anns Lane 2 Bell Lane 4 Bell Lane 6 Bell Lane 8 Bell Lane 5 Bell Lane 7 Bell Lane 7 Bell Lane 18 Martins Lane 16 Martins Lane 1 Great Dean Court 12 Martins Lane 14 Martins Lane 11 Martins Lane 1 Angell Street 3 Angell Street 5 Angell Street 7 Angell Street 10 Angell Street 12 Angell Street 14 Angell Street 16 Angell Street 15 Angell Street 13 Angell Street 2 Kings Court 11 Angell Street 9 Angell Street 1 Kings Court 9 Martins Lane 7 Martins Lane 3 Kings Court 2 Christophers Alley 4 Christophers Alley 6 Christophers Alley 3 Christophers Alley 1 Christophers Alley 3 Martins Lane 5 Martins Lane 10 Martins Lane 8 Martins Lane 6 Martins Lane 4 Martins Lane 2 Martins Lane 1 Old Rents 2 Old Rents 3 Old Rents 2 Great Dean Court 3 Great Dean Court 4 Great Dean Court 5 Great Dean Court 6 Great Dean Court 7 Great Dean Court 8 Great Dean Court Three Crown Court 3 Bell Lane 1 Bell Lane 2 Foster Lane 3 George Street 5 George Street 6 George Street 7 George Street 1 New Rents 5 New Rents 1 Johns Alley 1 Martins Lane 13 Blowbladder Street 15 Blowbladder Street 11 Blowbladder Street 9 Blowbladder Street 7 Blowbladder Street 5 Blowbladder Street 3 Blowbladder Street 1 Blowbladder Street 28 Foster Lane 24 Foster Lane 26 Foster Lane 4 Dark Entry 5 Dark Entry 1 Dark Entry 1 Round Court 2 Round Court 6 New Rents 7 New Rents 8 New Rents 9 New Rents 10 New Rents 11 New Rents 12 New Rents 8 George Street 1 George Street 4 Foster Lane 6 Foster Lane 8 Foster Lane 10 Foster Lane 12 Foster Lane 14 Foster Lane 16 Foster Lane 3 Dark Entry 2 Dark Entry 18 Foster Lane 20 Foster Lane 22 Foster Lane 19 Foster Lane 17 Foster Lane 15 Foster Lane 13 Foster Lane 11 Foster Lane 9 Foster Lane 7 Foster Lane 5 Foster Lane 3 Foster Lane 1 Foster Lane 2 Maiden Lane 4 Maiden Lane 1 Gutter Lane 1 Gold Court 2 Gold Court 3 Gold Court 1 Carry Lane 2 Carry Lane 4 Carry Lane 1 Rose & Crown Court 2 Rose & Crown Court 1 Priests Court 2 Priests Court 3 Priests Court 15 Gutter Lane Rose & Crown Inn 3 Rose & Crown Court 5 Rose & Crown Court 13 Gutter Lane 11 Gutter Lane 9 Gutter Lane 10 Carry Lane 6 Carry Lane 8 Carry Lane 3 Carry Lane 7 Gutter Lane 5 Gutter Lane 3 Gutter Lane

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You've recently become a master painter and have managed to buy a small property in the ward of Oldgate which you've setup as a small shop and business. As you're a guildmember and property owner, you're now an elector for Oldgate. You've seen that the best way to help yourself get rich (or, at least, not end up in so much debt to the goldsmiths that you're just working for them), is to get involved in politics.

Can you become the alderman for Oldgate?

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  • Last updated: December 27, 2022 at 11:53 am
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Elections

First published 22nd May 2000 (Last Modified 14th August 2016)
  1. Election of Councillors and Alderman
    Every Midwinter the electors of a ward may cast a vote to elect one person to the Wardmoot of that ward. The guildmember receiving the highest number of votes is elected as Alderman of that ward for a period of one year. The remaining people for whom votes have been cast are ranked in order of the number of votes cast for them, with the person receiving the highest total being placed at the top of the list. The top twelve guildmembers on this list are elected as councillors for a period of one year. In the event that less than twelve guildmembers are present on the list, all the guildmembers on the list are elected as councillors and the Alderman must co-opt sufficient guildmembers owning property in that ward to act as councillors to make up a total of twelve councillors.
  2. Election of Envoys
    In the month of Skelern, the Clerk of the Court of Common Council shall accept nominations for envoys to the following cities: Salvoyn, Eresan, Nyskilde, and Cascorach. The nominations must be for members of the Court of Common Council, and if the nomination is for a member of the Aldermanic Court, the nominated member may insist that the clerk reject the nomination. During the first meeting of the Aldermanic Court held in the month of Galemir, the Aldermanic Court shall elect the envoy for each of the above mentioned cities from amongst the nominated members for that city. In the event of a tie the Lord of the City has a casting vote.In the event of one person being elected to two or more envoyships, that person must choose one of the envoyships. The other envoyship(s) are then awarded to the candidate with the next highest total of votes.
  3. Election of Committee Chairs
    In the month of Skelern, the Clerk of the Court of Aldermanic Court shall accept nominations for chairmen of the following committees of the Witanmoot: Treasury, Trade, Law & Order, Shipping, Welfare & Education, and Lands & Agriculture from members of the Aldermanic Court. The nominations must be for members of the Court of Aldermanic Court.During the first meeting of the Aldermanic Court held in the month of Galemir, the Aldermanic Court shall elect the chairman for each of the above mentioned committees from amongst the nominated members for that committee. In the event of a tie the Lord of the City has a casting vote.In the event of one person being elected to two or more chairmanships, that person must choose one of the chairmanships. The other chairmanship(s) are then awarded to the candidate with the next highest total of votes.
  4. Election of the Sherrifs
    In the month of Menderal, the Clerk of the Aldermanic Court shall accept accept nominations for the post of Sherrif from members of the Aldermanic Court. The nominations must be for members of the Court of Aldermanic Court. During the Midsummer festival, each member of the Aldermanic Court shall have two votes in the Election of the Sherrifs. The two votes must be for different candidates (but one or both votes may be absentions). The Lord of the City shall not normally vote, but has a casting vote with which to resolve any ties.
  5. Election of the Lord of the City
    During the Greengrass Festival, each member of the Aldermanic Court has one vote in the Election of the Lord of the City. Each vote must be cast for either the existing Lord of the City, for one of the two sherrifs or not cast at all. The person with the highest number of votes shall be the Lord of the City. In the event of a tie, the existing Lord of the City has the casting vote.

Last updated: August 14, 2016 at 10:19 am

Definitions

First published 22nd May 2000 (Last Modified 27th August 2017)

For the purposes of the motions carried by the court of common council the following definitions shall apply:

Guildmembers
Guildmembers are those inhabitants recognised by a guild charter as being members of a guild.
Guild Charter
A Guild Charter is a document recognised by the monarch as such.
Citizen
A citizen is a householder, or a person recognised by a householder as being members of that household who has either sworn as follows: "I declare my loyalty to the City of Linrodeth and place my fealty to it above all other Cities, States and Kingdoms." or was a citizen prior to Ternost 150. Direct employees of the witanmoot (or have been a member of the Guard for 15 years or more), who must also make the same oath, are also classed as citizens. Citizens (or the householder of their household) must pay the poll tax of that household's ward.12
Ward
A ward is an area of the city of Linrodeth recognised as such by the court of common council.
Householder
Any inhabitant owning property in a ward of the city of Linrodeth. If a citizen owns property in more than one ward, that citizen is considered to run a separate household in each ward in which that citizen owns property, and as such is liable to pay the poll tax for each such household.
Elector
An elector for a ward is a citizen who owns property in that ward. Provided that the value of the citizens' share of the property is worth at least £10 and the Citizen is aged 21 years or older.3
Alderman
An alderman for a ward is a guildmember who resides in that ward and is elected to that post as per the witanmoot procedures for Aldermen and Councillors. Aldermen are members of the Aldermanic Court and of the Court of Common Council.
Councillor
A councillor for a ward is a guildmember who resides in that ward and is elected to that post as per the witanmoot procedures for Aldermen and Councillors. Councillors are members of the Court of Common Council.
Inhabitant
An inhabitant of the city of Linrodeth is anybody capable of saying (or writing), in Athionic, the phrase "I am an inhabitant of the City of Linrodeth", and whose residence is within one mile radius of the Mootstoneboundaries of the City of Linrodeth as measured by the Lord of the City on the Springtide Festival 152.4
Lord of the City
The Lord of the City is elected by the Aldermanic Court by the standard procedure for the election of the lord of the city. The Lord of the City is also the Lord Chief Magistrate and the Duke of the Ishta Valley. The Lord of the City is a member of the Aldermanic Court and of the Court of Common Council.
Sherrif
The two sherrifs are elected by the Aldermanic Court by the standard procedure for the election of the sherrifs. The two sherrifs are members of the Aldermanic Court and the Court of Common Council.
The Royal Court
Any court designated as such by the Monarch.
The Court of the Lord Chief Magistrate
Any court designated as such by the Lord Chief Magistrate.
The Sherrif's Court
Any court designated as such by either Sherrif.
The Magistrate's Court
Any court designated as such by any Alderman.
The Aldermanic Court
Any meeting designated as such by any 13 (all of whom must be present) members of the Aldermanic Court.
The Court of Common Council
Any meeting designated as such by any 140 (all of whom must be present) members of the Court of Common Council.
Wardmoot
Any meeting designated as such by both the alderman and a majority of councillors for that ward.

Last updated: August 27, 2017 at 19:41 pm

Footnotes

  1. Underlined text added by motion proposed by Alison Shefford and passed by the court of common council in Galemir 150. ↩
  2. Double underlined text added by motion proposed by Maureen Quiller and passed in Ternost 150 ↩
  3. Underlined text added by motion proposed by Eva Capel and seconded by Mary Hastings and passed by the Court of Common Council during spring 159 ↩
  4. overstruck text deleted and replaced by the underlined text by motion proposed by Jim Bottler and passed Pipetal 152 ↩