FROM ELIZABETH I TO VICTORIA
Written by Brynmor Pierce Jones
Published by Newport Corporation
in 1957
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FROM ELIZABETH I TO VICTORIA
Written by Brynmor Pierce Jones.
Stock no. 1703707
1st.
1957.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The government of Newport (Monmouthshire) 1550-1850. B/w illustrations. Wrapper price-cut and foxed. Foxing to outer page edges.
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FROM ELIZABETH I TO VICTORIA
Written by Brynmor Pierce Jones.
Stock no. 586139
1st.
1957.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The government of Newport (Monmouthshire) 1550-1850. B/w illustrations. Covers lightly mottled.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- THE BOROUGH BEFORE 1623
- i. The Rights and Privileges of the Burgesses
- ii. The Lords' Revenues
- iii. The Fairs and Markets
- iv. The Duties of the Mayor
- v. Evidence of Early Incorporation
- Note
- A: The Hundred or Town Court
- B: The Toll of the Pyx
- C: Tenurial Arrangements within a Borough
- PART ONE
- THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
- Chapter I Characteristics of the 'Close' Corporation
- Chapter II The Corporation and its Officers
- Chapter III The Maintenance of Law and Order
- Chapter IV The Borough and its Lords
- Chapter VI The Decay of the 'Close' Corporation
- Notes Appended to Part One:
- A. The Mayor's Oath
- B. Certificates of Admission of Freemen
- C. Changes in the Social Status of Burgesses and Freemen
- D. Disputes between Mr. Burgh and other Landowners
- PART TWO
- THE REFORMED CORPORATION
- Chapter I The Reform of Corporations Act
- Chapter II The New Structure of Municipal Government
- Chapter III General Administrative Duties of the Corporation
- Chapter IV The Maintenance of Law and Order
- Chapter V Other Administrative Bodies Within the Borough
- Chapter VI Public Health: The Problem and its Solution
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- A. Some Notes on the Topography of Old Newport
- i. A Description of the Town
- ii. Additional Note on Chantries
- iii. Additional Note on the Bridge
- B. Early Aldermen of Newport
- C. A Receipt signed by the Mayor and Aldermen
- D. Roll of Mayors (incomplete)
- E. Public Notice of Proposed Sale of Corporation Property
- F. The Equipment and Organization of Newport Workhouse
- G. Two Proclamations by Borough Magistrates
- H. Conviction by the Borough Magistrates
- I. Correspondence Concerning a New Town Clock
- Bibliography
- Index