This volumes completes the edition of the earliest surviving minute book of the borough of Grantham (1633-1704). It takes up the story of the town’s government at the point where the Restoration settlement was taking effect and continues through the dramatic events of 1685-88 when King James II sought to impose a more centralised control over the cities and boroughs of the kingdom. Subsidiary themes include the precautions against plague in 1665, shortage of coinage, leading to the issue and recall of the town’s half-pennies in 1667-74: references to non-conformity in 1668-69 and the lives of some of the Corporation members. The text, transcribed in full, is accompanied by a detailed introduction, setting the governance of Restoration Grantham in its wider context.
Editor John B. Manterfield
Publication Date 2022 for membership year 2020-2021
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620-2731, USA
Website: www.boydellandbrewer.com
Printed & bound TJ Books Ltd., Padstow, Cornwall
This publication is printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 978 1 910653 08 1
Content
Frontispiece: Map of Grantham in 1665
Contents, 1 page
List of Illustrations & Maps, 1 page
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Abbreviations, 1 page
Editorial Note, 1 page
Introduction, 50 pages
The Hall Book of Grantham 485 pages
Appendix 1: Courts and Assemblies 1662-1704, 2 pages
Appendix 2: List of Aldermen, Comburgesses and Second Twelvemen 1662-1704, 8 pages
Index of Personal Names, 19 pages
Index of Places, 3 pages
Index of Subjects, 5 pages
Jacket front: Grantham Hall Book: detail showing the names of those attending the first Court of Alderman Michael Taylor on 31 October 1662. By kind permission of Lincolnshire Archives and South Kesteven District Council.