Alnwick Corporation Act, 1882
WHEREAS the town of Alnwick in the county of Northumberland and parish of Alnwick is or claims to be an ancient borough by prescription and the freemen of the said borough are or claim to be a body corporate by prescription by the name of the Chamberlains Common Council and Freemen of Alnwick; And whereas eight persons out of the Common Council (which consists of twenty-four of the said freemen including the four chamberlains) are annually returned to the court of the lord of the manor of Aln...