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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 20 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SUDBURY , a See also:

market See also:town and municipal See also:borough of See also:England, chiefly in the Sudbury See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Suffolk, but partly in the See also:Saffron See also:Walden division of See also:Essex. Pop. (1901), 7109. It lies on the See also:river See also:Stour (which is navigable up to the town), 59 M. N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. All See also:Saints' See also:parish See also:church, consisting of See also:chancel, See also:nave, aisles and See also:tower, is chiefly Perpendicular—the chancel being Decorated. It possesses a See also:fine oaken See also:pulpit of 1490. The church was restored in 1882. St See also:Peter's is Perpendicular, with a finely carved nave roof. St See also:Gregory's, once collegiate, is Perpendicular. It has a See also:rich See also:spire-shaped See also:font-See also:cover of See also:wood, gilt and painted. The See also:grammar school was founded by See also:William Wood in 1491.

There are some old See also:

half-timbered houses, including one very fine example. The See also:principal See also:modern buildings are the town-See also:hall, See also:Victoria hall and St Leonard's See also:hospital. Coco-See also:nut See also:matting is an important manufacture; See also:silk manufactures were transferred from London during the 19th See also:century, and horsehair See also:weaving was established at the same See also:time. There are also See also:flour-See also:mills, See also:malt-kilns, See also:lime-See also:works, and See also:brick and See also:tile yards. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. The borough lies wholly in the administrative See also:county of See also:West Suffolk. See also:Area, 1925 acres. The See also:ancient Saxon' borough of Sudbury (Sudbyrig, Sudberi, Suthberia) was the centre of the See also:southern portion of the See also:East Anglian See also:kingdom. Before the See also:Conquest it was a borough owned by the See also:mother of See also:Earl See also:Morcar, from whom it was taken by William I., who held it in io86. It was alienated from the See also:Crown to an ancestor of See also:Gilbert de See also:Clare, 9th earl of See also:Gloucester. In 1271 the earl gave the burgesses their first See also:charter confirming to them all their ancient liberties and customs. The earl of See also:March granted a charter to the mayor and bailiffs of Sudbury in 1397.

In 1440 and again in 1445 the men and tenantsof Sudbury obtained a royal See also:

confirmation of their privileges. They were incorporated in 1553 under the name of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Sudbury, and charters were granted to the town by See also:Elizabeth, See also:Charles II. and See also:James II. Its constitution was re-formed by the See also:act of 1835. It was represented in See also:parliament by two burgesses from 1558 till its disfranchisement in 1844. The See also:lord of the borough had a market and See also:fair in the 13th century,.and three fairs in March, See also:July and See also:December were held in 1792. Markets still exist on Thursdays and Saturdays. Weavers were introduced by See also:Edward III., and the town became the See also:chief centre of the Suffolk See also:cloth See also:industry after the Restoration.

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