jan 1, 1596 - resiant

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Resident, as a noun or adjective, a status within a community that could guarantee a person’s rights and liberties. 1476 <i>the tenauntes of oure Duchie of Lancastre and thinhabitaunts and receants</i>, York (YRS98/112); 1534 <i>then habytances </i>[the inhabitants]<i> and receauntes within the said towne ... shuld elect ... gouerners</i>, Beverley (YRS41/34); 1570 <i>tymbre for necesarie buyldynges ... to be takyn by the appointment of the officers ... resiant within the seyd manor</i>, Honley (YDK81); 1596 ‘Any person chosen Governor shall be <i>Resiant, Inhabytinge and keepe house</i> within the town’, Beverley (YRS84/39).

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