1582
Large fish, 17 yards long, the jaw 3¼ yards long, body 4½ yards thick, caught at Caister.
1583
No one could be elected a Burgess in Parliament unless he was an Alderman.
1585
The Privy Council requested the town to provide ships for the transport of 400 soldiers into the Low Countries. To raise funds, every Alderman advanced £5, and every Common Councilman £2 10s., the rest of the money being raised by assessment.