Ipswich Borough Archives 1255-1835

Ipswich Borough Archives 1255-1835 by David Allen

All the surviving records of the old Corporation, from the first charter under King John in 1200 to its dissolution in 1835; particularly rich in medieval legal records, Tudor and Stuart financial records. Ipswich received its first charter from King John in 1200; the Corporation records survive from 1255, placing the borough archive among the earliest in England, antedated only by Leicester, Shrewsbury, Wallingford, London and Exeter. The archive is particularly rich in records of the medieval courts, most notably perhaps those of the Court of Petty Pleas, whose cases touched almost every aspect of town life, and those of the Petty Court of Recognizances -in effect a register of deeds furnishing a detailed record of transactions involving burgage tenements. The financial records of Treasurer and Chamberlains are particularly detailed for the Elizabethan and Stuart periods, and muchsocial history is contained in the records of various town charities. This catalogue, published to celebrate the 800th anniversary of John's charter, includes all the surviving records of the old Corporation down to its dissolution in 1835, thus facilitating access to an unjustly neglected major source for the history of Suffolk. Also two contextual essays: The Government of Ipswich from its Origins to c. 1550 by GEOFFREY MARTIN (former Keeper of the Rolls) and The Government of Ipswich from c. 1550-1835 by FRANK GRACE (Lecturer, Suffolk College). Dr DAVID ALLEN is on the staff of the Suffolk Record Office in Ipswich and editor of the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.

Fundamental research tool.. in the very best tradition of county record series scholarship. * ARCHIVES *

DAVID ALLEN was archivist in the Suffolk Record Office for over thirty years.

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ISBN 13	9780851157726
ISBN 10	0851157726
Titre	Ipswich Borough Archives 1255-1835
Auteur	David Allen
Série	Suffolk Records Society
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Année de publication	2000-07-07
Nombre de pages	680
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