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FIFTH SERIES.—VOL. XVI, NO. LXIV. OCTOBER, 1899. GLIMPSES OF ELIZABETHAN PEMBROKE¬ SHIRE. BY TIIE REV. JAMES PHILLIPS. [Continuedfrom vol. xv, p. 311.) IV.—Odds and Ends about Haverfordwest. The Oldest Municipal Balance Sheet. The printed list of Mayors begins with the year 1563. A few earlier names are known, and in one or two instances it is possible to fix the dates. The discussion of these, and of the change from Portreeve to Mayor, I must reserve for another paper. The first six entries are as follows :— 1563. — Taylor. 1564. William Gwyn. 1565. William ap Rees. 1566. ditto. 1567. John Voyle. 1568. George Pynde. The oldest extant "Mayor's Account" is that of William ap Rees for his two years of office. It is one page of a four-page sheet, on another page of which is that of the bailiffs under his successor, John Voyle. A third page contains only an entry of the price received for the sale of the chalice and copes of St. Mary's, and a fourth is blank. 5th skr., vol. xvr. 19