page_title: Mayor of South Molton
hierarchical_section_title: Mayor of South Molton
caption_attribution_description: English: Mayor's Chain of Office, Mayor of South Molton, Devon, made in 1893, from which hangs a miniature portrait of Hugh Squier (d.1710), the town's "great benefactor". (Source: Morey, Gertrude, Hugh Squier of South Molton, 1625-1710; A Note of his Founding of the Free School in South Molton, his Will and his Benefactions to the Town, published in Devon Historian, Vol. 23, 1981, pp.7-11, p.11)
context_page_description: The Mayor of South Molton in Devon is an ancient historical office which survives at the present time. In the Middle Ages the town of South Molton was incorporated by royal charter into a borough governed by a Mayor and Corporation. This enabled the inhabitants to free themselves from the jurisdiction of the lord of the manor of South Molton and to subject themselves instead to the jurisdiction of the king.
context_section_description: The Mayor of South Molton in Devon is an ancient historical office which survives at the present time. In the Middle Ages the town of South Molton was incorporated by royal charter into a borough governed by a Mayor and Corporation. This enabled the inhabitants to free themselves from the jurisdiction of the lord of the manor of South Molton and to subject themselves instead to the jurisdiction of the king.
caption: Mayor's Chain of Office, Mayor of South Molton, made in 1893, from which hangs a miniature portrait of Hugh Squier (died 1710), the town's "great benefactor".[1] Above is an enamelled coat of arms of the Borough of South Molton: Azure, a bishop's mitre in chief a sheep's fleece or
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