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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Memorandum by Joseph Edmondson concerning rules of precedency for colonial governments
Edmondson, Joseph, d. 1786
Volume 09, Page 291

[B. P. R. O. No. Car. B. T. Vol. 17.]

Rules of Precedency compared and adjusted from the several Acts and Statutes made and provided for the Settlement of the Precedency of Men and Women in England by

JOSEPH EDMONDSON
Mowbry Herall.

PRECEDENCY OF MEN.
PRECEDENCY OF WOMEN.
Governor of the Province
Governors Wife
President of the Council.
His Wife
Councellors
Their Wives
Speaker of the Commons
His Wife
House of Assembly
Chief Justice
His Wife
Baron of the Exchequer
His Wife
Associate Judges
Their Wives
Baronets
Their Wives
Attorney General
His Wife
Judge of the Admiralty
His Wife
Secretary of the Province
His Wife
Gentlemen of the Assembly
Their Wives
Mayor
His Wife
Aldermen
Their Wives.
Members of the Corporation
Their Wives.