BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS 1653-1688
Written by Arthur J. Willis, Margaret J. Hoad
Published by Phillimore
in 1971
ISBN: 0850330114
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BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS 1653-1688
Written by Arthur J. Willis, Margaret J. Hoad.
Stock no. 807545
1st.
1971.
Hardback.
Large format.
As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Portsmouth Record Series. This volume gives a fascinating picture of life in 17th century Portsmouth. It is a full summary of all the surviving papers of cases heard by the Borough Justices. Large format. Folding b/w map. Endpapers are also maps. ISBN: 0850330114.
Front cover
Contents
- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 The Manuscripts, by Margaret J. Hoad
- 2 The Justices of the Peace and their work, by Robert P. Grime
- 3 The Portsmouth Borough Sessions, by Margaret J. Hoad
- NOTES ON TEH FORM OF THE CALENDAR
- CALENDAR OF PORTSMOUTH BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS, 1653-1688
- APPENDICES
- I Full texts of specimen documents
- II Sessions entries abstracted from Election and Sessions books
- III Portsmouth Sessions Papers in the Public Record Office (State Papers Domestic)
- IV Portsmouth Sessions Paper in the British Museum
- V Table of Justices of the Peace in Portsmouth, 1652-1688
- VI Table of Statutes referred to in the text
- VII Concordance of document numbers
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX