By Press Association 2021 Chris Brown, the Town Crier and Mayor’s Serjant of Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, exercises his right as an Honorary Freeman to drive sheep through Wimborne without charge, albeit through the Wimborne Model Town A town crier exercised his right to drive sheep through a town for free, but had to make do with a model version. Chris Brown has been the Town Mayor’s Serjant and Crier of Wimborne Minster in Dorset since 1998. In 2018 he was made an honorary freeman of the town, only the fourth person to be given the title, which comes with the right to drive sheep through its streets without charge.