A Volume Of English Miscellanies Illustrating The History And Language Of The Northern Counties Of England Classic Reprint

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331363972
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book A Volume of English Miscellanies written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Volume of English Miscellanies: Illustrating the History and Language of the Northern Counties of England These Miscellanies have been prepared to make a small second volume for 1888. They are historical documents of considerable interest and have a great dialectic value in addition to the information they afford about Northern persons and manners. The documents are chiefly drawn from the registers of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of York, and comprise: - I. An account of the proceedings in a remarkable case of adulteration at York, showing the care that was taken to prevent what has been in all ages one of the great vices of traders. It also shows how a criminal could often escape from justice by appealing for protection to some great personage. II. All the verdicts of the searchers called in to decide about encroachments, &c., in the city of York, down to the year 1500. III. The presentments of the juries appended to the Court-rolls of the Abbots of Selby, from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Londesborough. IV. A series of certificates of the parentage and birth of certain persons who had been charged with being Scots. This series contains all the certificates in English on the York registers, and they are exceedingly carious. V. The programme for the reception of Henry VII. on his first visit to York in 1486. VI. The customs and liberties of the burgesses of New Malton, from the original roll in the possession of Earl Fitzwilliam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.