COLLECTIONS for the history of Chester, containing:- 1. "The antiquitie[s] of the most antient and famous cittie of Chester., collected by learned and experienced authors of great antiquity, being here born," etc.; chiefly derived from the collections of Robert Rogers, Archdeacon of Chester (s...
PAPERS relating to a suit between the city of Chester and Sir Ranulph Crewe, Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1625-6, concerning the tolls at the East-gate; 1627-1631. For more documents respecting the same suit, see Harley MS. 2091, ff. 243-300. At the beginning is a table of contents, in the ...
TRANSCRIPT of the royal charter granted to the borough of Saltash, in Cornwall, 27 Nov. 35 Chas. II. [1683]; with a note on the changes introduced by the charter of George III. [1774]. At f. 48 b is an entry signed "Nic. Nepean," to the effect that the writer was appointed a burgess 14 June, 177...
LIST of Parliamentary electors for Saltash [in 1806], with notes; followed (ff. 11-24 b) by letters, 23 Mar.-2 June, 1806, concerning the preparations for the approaching election, with lists of important electors and hints as to how their votes may be secured in the interest of the Marquis of B...
"SALTASH Election Case; l9th Feb. 1807. A statement of the evidence and arguments of counsel before the Committee of the House of Commons, upon the controverted election for Saltash"; by Samuel Carpenter, barrister-at-law. Printed, London, 1808: an interleaved copy, with MS. notes. Paper; ff. 14...
TRANSCRIPT of Domesday Book, so far as it relates to Derbyshire; with an identification of the names of places (f 34), in the hand of Edw. Vernon, D.D., rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, London (ob. 1761). Paper; ff. 34. XVIIIth cent. Folio. Edward Vernon, DD, Rector of St George's, Bloomsbur...
BRIEF NOTES for a history of Derbyshire by Edward Vernon, D.D. (see No. 816, above). Paper; ff 28. XVIIIth cent. Presented to Thomas Astle (f. 3) by Dr. Vernon's niece and executrix, Mrs. Mary Yates, 1762. Folio. Edward Vernon, DD, Rector of St George's, Bloomsbury: Notes for a history of Derby...
PAPERS relating to Derby and Coventry, viz.:- 1. Transcript of royal charters granted to the borough of Derby; tempp. Hen. II.-Chas. II. f. 1. 2. Papers concerning the project of making the Derwent navigable up to Derby, viz. (a) Letter from the Mayor and Burgesses of Derby to [Thomas] Parke...
"A CHOROGRAHICAL, and Historicall, Description of ye county of Devon and city of Exon, in which is set down ye nature of ye country, of ye people, ye commodities, and goverments thereof, with sundry other things incident and worthy to be known, collected by T[ristram] R[isdon], Gent., for ye lov...
TRANSCRIPT Of statutes and ordinances of the College of Vicars Choral of Exeter Cathedral as drawn up 7 Apr. 1591; including English versions of the statutes of Bishop Edmund Stafford, dated 1403, and of two statutes ordained respectively by "Petrus Primus" [Peter Quivil, Bishop 1280-1291] and T...