Stowe MS 834-839

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 and St. Botolph, vol. iv. consisting of an abstract of the chartulary of the former, from the original "in the possession of the Hon^ble Philip. Yorke, Esq." The only original documents are (vol. ii. f. 45) a letter from Thomas Ruse to Alderman Boys, 19 June, 1684, concerning the surrender of the Charter of the borough; and another letter (vol. iv. f. 2) from Dr. Birch to Morant, 1 Oct. 1748. Paper; ff. 109, 102, 96, 89, 100, 65. Small Quarto.