The records of the Court of Sewers concern the district bounded by Friskney, Stickney, Dogdike, Kyme, Heckington, Helpringham, Swaton, Horbling, Bourne, Stamford, the Deepings, Crowland, Tydd St. Mary, Long Sutton, Lutton and Gedney. They consist of of verdicts, “laws” and ordinances, joyce books and acre books, and accounts. The joyce books give the names of the landholders with the length of the dike or bank for which they were responsible. Acre books list the names of the landholders with the acreage on which they were rated, The three volumes in the series throw light on the Courts of Sewers, and more generally on local administration in the later sixteenth century. The Introduction contains a description of the physical conditions that eventually led to the setting up of the Courts, and of the early methods used to try to prevent flooding getting worse.
Adapted from The Introduction.
Adapted from The Introduction.
Volume 54 The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547-1603 Volume I
Editor A. Mary Kirkus, Ph.D. Librarian of the University of Reading
Date For the year ending 31st August 1959
Volume 54 was published before Volume 53. In Volume 54 there was an inserted loose slip with the following text
Volume 53 for the year ending 31st August 1958, The State of the Ex-religious in the reign of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I, edited by G.A.J. Hodgett, will be published in a few weeks time.
Kathleen Major
Hon. General Editor
Publication Date 1959
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The text uses the original sixteenth century spelling set in a modern typeface.
Printer J.W. Ruddock & Sons Ltd., Lincoln
The following colophon size 17 x 25mm is on the last page.
Contents Preface, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
Abbreviations and Notes, 1 page
Map, The Fenlands of Lincolnshire, 1 page
Introduction, 85 pages
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 134 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 27 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 3 pages
Index of Subjects, 4 pages
Description The records of the Court of Sewers concern the district bounded by Friskney, Stickney, Dogdike, Kyme, Heckington, Helpringham, Swaton, Horbling, Bourne, Stamford, the Deepings, Crowland, Tydd St. Mary, Long Sutton, Lutton and Gedney. They consist of of verdicts, “laws” and ordinances, joyce books and acre books, and accounts. The joyce books give the names of the landholders with the length of the dike or bank for which they were responsible. Acre books list the names of the landholders with the acreage on which they were rated, The three volumes in the series throw light on the Courts of Sewers, and more generally on local administration in the later sixteenth century. The Introduction contains a description of the physical conditions that eventually led to the setting up of the Courts, and of the early methods used to try to prevent flooding getting worse.
Adapted from The Introduction.
Editor A. Mary Kirkus, Ph.D. Librarian of the University of Reading
Date For the year ending 31st August 1959
Volume 54 was published before Volume 53. In Volume 54 there was an inserted loose slip with the following text
Volume 53 for the year ending 31st August 1958, The State of the Ex-religious in the reign of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I, edited by G.A.J. Hodgett, will be published in a few weeks time.
Kathleen Major
Hon. General Editor
Publication Date 1959
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The text uses the original sixteenth century spelling set in a modern typeface.
Printer J.W. Ruddock & Sons Ltd., Lincoln
The following colophon size 17 x 25mm is on the last page.
Contents Preface, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
Abbreviations and Notes, 1 page
Map, The Fenlands of Lincolnshire, 1 page
Introduction, 85 pages
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 134 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 27 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 3 pages
Index of Subjects, 4 pages
Description The records of the Court of Sewers concern the district bounded by Friskney, Stickney, Dogdike, Kyme, Heckington, Helpringham, Swaton, Horbling, Bourne, Stamford, the Deepings, Crowland, Tydd St. Mary, Long Sutton, Lutton and Gedney. They consist of of verdicts, “laws” and ordinances, joyce books and acre books, and accounts. The joyce books give the names of the landholders with the length of the dike or bank for which they were responsible. Acre books list the names of the landholders with the acreage on which they were rated, The three volumes in the series throw light on the Courts of Sewers, and more generally on local administration in the later sixteenth century. The Introduction contains a description of the physical conditions that eventually led to the setting up of the Courts, and of the early methods used to try to prevent flooding getting worse.
Adapted from The Introduction.