An account of the corporation of Beccles Fen, with a tr. of their charter. Repr. with notes and additions1826 |
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... present tract of marshes , from Yarmouth to some dis- tance above Beccles , was an estuary , or arm of the sea . Some years afterwards , by the shifting of the sands off the coast , or some other cause , the mouth of the estuary began ...
... present tract of marshes , from Yarmouth to some dis- tance above Beccles , was an estuary , or arm of the sea . Some years afterwards , by the shifting of the sands off the coast , or some other cause , the mouth of the estuary began ...
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... present to discover . † ( 2 ) The only memorial * The parchment book , marked A. 66 + In 1391 the inhabitants took possession of the common to themselves , but were soon obliged to yield to the claim of the abbot . The following is a ...
... present to discover . † ( 2 ) The only memorial * The parchment book , marked A. 66 + In 1391 the inhabitants took possession of the common to themselves , but were soon obliged to yield to the claim of the abbot . The following is a ...
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... present to be found . It would be useless to detail the particulars of these disputes , even if the memorandums of them which remain , rendered it pos- sible to do it with impartiality . ( 9 ) The issue of them was , a surrender of the ...
... present to be found . It would be useless to detail the particulars of these disputes , even if the memorandums of them which remain , rendered it pos- sible to do it with impartiality . ( 9 ) The issue of them was , a surrender of the ...
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... present charter of the corporation . § It is singular that this meeting was not at the guild - hall , but at the church ; and that the surrender was signed by the churchwardens , without any mention whatever of the fen - reeves . ( 10 ) ...
... present charter of the corporation . § It is singular that this meeting was not at the guild - hall , but at the church ; and that the surrender was signed by the churchwardens , without any mention whatever of the fen - reeves . ( 10 ) ...
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... present charter of the corporation . Some attempts were made , about the 21st of James the First , to invalidate the charter , by one Lockington , and also by a Mr. Vaughan , the rector of Beccles , but they only tended to ratify and ...
... present charter of the corporation . Some attempts were made , about the 21st of James the First , to invalidate the charter , by one Lockington , and also by a Mr. Vaughan , the rector of Beccles , but they only tended to ratify and ...
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abbot accompte according acres aforesaid Portreeve appointed Barsham Beccles aforesaid Beccles Fen belonging cattall cause charter com❜on Common Clerk Common Council common seal Commonalty constituc'ons constitutions corporac'on county of Suffolk Court dayes ditches Downinge ev'y tyme everye feast Fen aforesaid Fen of Beccles Fen-reeves fenn forfeite for ev'y form aforesaid Gillingham grant henceforth iiiid Item John John Leman land late king letters patent marsh or pasture noe p'son notwithstanding number of twelve oath office of Portreeve office or offices ordain order or class ordynance p'cell p'chase p'son or p'sons p'te p❜son parcel thereof pasture aforesaid payde payne of forfeiting Portreeve and Surveyors premises presents putt reeve rent residue Ringsfield seid Will'm Rede Sergeants at Mace seyd shal be lawfull shillings Suffolk sworn swyne tenements things town aforesaid town of Beccles twenty-four inhabitants twoe unto veyors w'ch whatsoever whereof the Portreeve William Worlingham xijd yearly
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Page 17 - This Book of Articles before rehearsed is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
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Page 70 - Any statute, act, ordinance, provision, proclamation, or restraint, heretofore had, made, published, ordained, or provided, or any other thing, cause, or matter whatsoever, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. In Witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent : Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the fourth day of March, in the three and thirtieth year of our reign, Annoque Domini one thousand six hundred and eighty-one. " By writ of Privy Seal, PIGOTT.