PAPERS relating to the payment by the borough of Colchester of composition-money for the maintenance of the Royal Household; 1596-1638. Included are;-(a) A complete survey of the borough for the assessment of the tax in 1596, and again in 1599. ff. 7, 25;-(b) Rating of the several parishes for 1...
RETURNS from the several parishes in Colchester, co. Essex, of assessments for the maintenance of the Parliamentary army, for royal subsidies, etc.; 4 Mar. 1642/3-16 Mar. 1664/5. A few letters and orders from the Parliamentary and County Committees are included; and a note by Rev. Philip Morant ...
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, by Rev. Philip Morant; consisting of copies and extracts of various documents, with notes, forming the materials for his History of Colchester (first published in 1748, afterwards enlarged and incorporated in his Hist. of Essex, 1768). In six vols., each of which has at the beginning a general description of its contents. Vols. i. and ii. deal with the town generally; vol. iii. with the civic government; and vols. iv.-vi. with the monasteries of St. John a...
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Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Collections relating to: 14th-18th centt.
Vol. II. ff. 102. includes: f. 45 Thomas Ruse: Letter to the Aldermen of Colchester: 1684. f. 45 Boys, Alderman of Colchester: Letter to, from T. Ruse: 1684.
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, co. Essex, with other miscellaneous papers, circ. 1300-1800, viz.:- 1. Speech of Sir Gilbert Dolben in the Convention Parliament, 28 Jan. 1688/9, on the state of the nation (Parl. Hist., vol. v., col. 36); in his own hand. f.1 2. Draft of a bill for excludin...