Grantham had considerable local importance as a garrison town for both sides during the first Civil War. Its situation on the Great North Road gave it additional military and strategic significance. The Hallbook contains the recorded minutes of Grantham Corporation; it reflects the fates of successive aldermen who joined the Royal forces, went as hostage to Lincoln, and suffered imprisonment in Nottingham castle, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the townspeople during this time of crisis. Householders were forced to pay taxes to both sides in the war, as well as shouldering their normal burden of taxation. Besides contributing to poor relief, their time and talents were also in demand for many tasks, including paving the streets, reinforcing the banks of the Witham, maintaining the town wells, doing watch and ward, paying quarteridge, and removing refuse from the streets. This latest volume of the Lincoln Record Society provides much evidence about the local impact of hostilities on the social and economic life of the town.
Volume 83 Grantham During the Interregnum: The Hallbook of Grantham, 1641-1649
Editor Bill Couth
Publication Date 1995
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
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. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604, USA
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
ISBN 0 901503 56 8
Content Printed end papers. Map - Part of Lincolnshire comprehending the Soke of Grantham from E. Turnor, Collections for the history of the town and soke of Grantham, London, 1806
Contents, 1 page
General Editor’s Note, 1 page
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Frontispiece, Sketch plan of the centre of Grantham c. 1640
The Hall Book of Grantham 1641-1649, 140 pages
Index of Persons, 7 pages
Index of Places and Subjects, 2 pages
B&B Website blurb Grantham had considerable local importance as a garrison town for both sides during the first Civil War. Its situation on the Great North Road gave it additional military and strategic significance. The Hallbook contains the recorded minutes of Grantham Corporation; it reflects the fates of successive aldermen who joined the Royal forces, went as hostage to Lincoln, and suffered imprisonment in Nottingham castle, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the townspeople during this time of crisis. Householders were forced to pay taxes to both sides in the war, as well as shouldering their normal burden of taxation. Besides contributing to poor relief, their time and talents were also in demand for many tasks, including paving the streets, reinforcing the banks of the Witham, maintaining the town wells, doing watch and ward, paying quarteridge, and removing refuse from the streets. This latest volume of the Lincoln Record Society provides much evidence about the local impact of hostilities on the social and economic life of the town.
Review Deserves the attention of anyone interested in urban history at this critical juncture in English history. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL
Editor Bill Couth
Publication Date 1995
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
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. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604, USA
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
ISBN 0 901503 56 8
Content Printed end papers. Map - Part of Lincolnshire comprehending the Soke of Grantham from E. Turnor, Collections for the history of the town and soke of Grantham, London, 1806
Contents, 1 page
General Editor’s Note, 1 page
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Frontispiece, Sketch plan of the centre of Grantham c. 1640
The Hall Book of Grantham 1641-1649, 140 pages
Index of Persons, 7 pages
Index of Places and Subjects, 2 pages
B&B Website blurb Grantham had considerable local importance as a garrison town for both sides during the first Civil War. Its situation on the Great North Road gave it additional military and strategic significance. The Hallbook contains the recorded minutes of Grantham Corporation; it reflects the fates of successive aldermen who joined the Royal forces, went as hostage to Lincoln, and suffered imprisonment in Nottingham castle, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the townspeople during this time of crisis. Householders were forced to pay taxes to both sides in the war, as well as shouldering their normal burden of taxation. Besides contributing to poor relief, their time and talents were also in demand for many tasks, including paving the streets, reinforcing the banks of the Witham, maintaining the town wells, doing watch and ward, paying quarteridge, and removing refuse from the streets. This latest volume of the Lincoln Record Society provides much evidence about the local impact of hostilities on the social and economic life of the town.
Review Deserves the attention of anyone interested in urban history at this critical juncture in English history. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL