The Black Book Of Southampton Vol 1

Author : A. B. Wallis Chapman
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ISBN 13 : 9781332490233
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Black Book of Southampton, Vol. 3 written by A. B. Wallis Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Black Book of Southampton, Vol. 3: Transcribed and Edited From the Ms. In the Audit House, With Translation, Introduction, Notes, Etc The first two volumes of the Black Book of Southampton cover in the whole the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV. This last volume overlaps the second a little in point of date, but in the main it is contemporary with the Tudor period. Unlike the earlier volumes, Volume III includes only one ordinance; on the other hand there are some town memoranda of unusual interest, besides numerous wills and land conveyances. As in the earlier part of the book, the chronology of the deeds is irregular and confused. The earliest document in this volume is dated 1462, and the deeds, with some slight variations, continue in fairly regular order till 1513, when there is a sudden unexplained gap of about thirty years. Fol. LXXXVl B is dated 1518; Fol. LXXXVII, 1513; and Fol. LXXXVIII, 1543. From this time onward the entries are again fairly regular for about twenty years. Then (Fol. Cv) there is a copy of an inquiry concerning common lands dated 1549; copies of early agreements and inquiries concerning the common, the enrolments of which are dated 1571; an interesting list of deeds and charters in the possession of the town in 1570; a deed concerning the Grammar School, executed in 1554; the will of Thomas Fasshon, probably made before 1558; a list of the rates of petty custom, wharfage and hallage payable on all kinds of linen and canvas, dated 1574; then three or four blank pages; and on Fol. CXVI an entry in a very neat and clear seventeenth century hand of the appointment of a town clerk. The actual appointment was made in 1620, the entry not till 1636, - three years before the date of the charter in which the existence of a town clerk was first legally recognised. 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.