The court was formed of twelve freeholders, or freemen. Only electors who are freemen are eligible to stand. Germanicus was given a force of freemen and freedmen. Councils may make people honorary freemen or honorary aldermen. Only electors who are Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand. Most bishops had a different attitude toward freemen and nobles. The vast majority were slaves, with only 488,000 counted as "freemen". In 7 AD Augustus sent Germanicus to Illyricum with a force of freemen and freedmen. Both groups were hierarchically structured, with several classes of freemen and many types of slaves. There they could meet up with the significantly larger population of slaves and African freemen. In 1599, negotiation began between a number of lords and their freemen and the Spaniards. All these officers were to be elected annually by the freemen of the colony. Other transport fleets bringing further convicts as well as freemen to the colony would follow. The private property belonging to the freemen collectively was retained. The regiment is the only military unit to become Honorary Freemen of the Borough.