The Dean And Chapter Of Wells

Author : Historical Manuscripts Commission
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260028570
Total Pages : 974 pages
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Download or read book Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Historical Manuscripts Commission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, Vol. 2 The full account of the mss. Of the Dean and Chapter Of Wells given by Mr. W. H. B. Bird in the Introduction to the first volume of this Calendar renders any general description of them unnecessary here. The present volume takes up the Calendar where Mr. Bird left Off, and completes the Report. As explained by Mr. Bird, the present Report is a much amplified reprint of the Report prepared for the Historical mss. Commissioners by the late Rev. James Arthur Bennett, rector of South Cadbury, and issued in 1885. The arrangement of the documents in the present volume differs from that adopted by Mr. Bennett an analysis Of his volume is given by Mr. Bird (p. Viii), from which it will be seen that the Account Rolls were placed after the extracts from the Act and Ledger Books, and that each set of accounts was treated separately. It has now been considered that a strictly chronological arrangement is more useful to students, inasmuch as all the documents dealt with, though separate in form, are really parts of one whole and relate to one set Of transactions, the records of the working of the Chapter. Thus, an entry in an account roll may be explained by an order of the Chapter, while documents referred to in the Act Books are Often entered fully in the Ledger Books. Accordingly, all the documents (except the Charters) will here be found in chronological order, the accounts being placed at the end of the year, when documents other than accounts also exist. Obviously the charters do not fall in conveniently with this plan, and they have been placed together at the end of the volume, as before. A large number of these early deeds are undated. They were arranged, numbered and calendared a good many years ago by Mr. W. De Gray Birch, then of the British Museum. NO attempt has been made to interfere with his arrangement or to disturb the numbering, even in cases where a document was clearly misplaced N o. 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.