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BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS 1653-1688

Written by Arthur J. Willis, Margaret J. Hoad
Published by Phillimore in 1971
ISBN: 0850330114

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.

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Front cover

Cover of BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS 1653-1688 by Arthur J. Willis; Margaret J. Hoad

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