[1] A painting of Henry Leach (1798-1873) artist unknown, was presented to the Wisbech Corporation by his family.
The last official duty of the council was to confer the freedom of the borough on D Company, 6 Royal Anglian Regiment.
The head, has the arms of the Borough of Wisbech on top, and is surmounted by a large crown, and is decorated with the rose, thistle, harp, and fleur de lis.
That charter made Wisbech a corporate borough for the first time, and gave the burgesses the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal.
This seal is now on the reverse of the chain, and the gold and enamel pendant on the front was presented by Alderman A. W. Collett, Mayor of Wisbech, in 1935 to commemorate the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The chain's links record mayors from 1834 onwards.
Now had been added a handsome massive silver mace, which was presented to the mayor on behalf of the town by Lord Peckover of Wisbech.
His lordship, on his return home after his elevation to the peerage, had a very hearty reception by the mayor and corporation, the former giving a luncheon in his honour.
"[9] It was a custom in England to present a gift, often a cradle, to the mayor and mayoress on the birth of a child during their year of office.
The cradle is in the form of a Nautilus shell, and is elegantly chased and embossed, the interior being of rich gilt.
On the top of the cradle are engraved the arms of; the borough; on one side is the following inscription' "Presented to the Mayoress of Wisbech by the members of the Corporation and private friends; to record the birth of a son during the third year of the Mayoralty of Richard Young, Esq., Mayor of Wisbech, 1861.