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 63 The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547-1603 Volume II
Editor A.E.B. Owen, M.A. Under-Librarian, Cambridge University Library
Date For the year ending 31st August 1968
Publication Date 1968
Size 250 x 150 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.
Note On the reverse of the title page: This volume has been produced with the assistance of a grant from the British Academy.
Content General Editor’s Preface noting the death Miss Mary Kirkus, editor of Volume I, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
Introduction to Volume II, 3 pages
Documents printed in Volume I, 1 page
Synopsis of documents in Volume II, 1 page
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 159 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 23 pages
Index of Counties, 1 page
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description This is the second volume of the trilogy described under Volume 54.
Editor A.E.B. Owen, M.A. Under-Librarian, Cambridge University Library
Date For the year ending 31st August 1968
Publication Date 1968
Size 250 x 150 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.
Note On the reverse of the title page: This volume has been produced with the assistance of a grant from the British Academy.
Content General Editor’s Preface noting the death Miss Mary Kirkus, editor of Volume I, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
Introduction to Volume II, 3 pages
Documents printed in Volume I, 1 page
Synopsis of documents in Volume II, 1 page
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 159 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 23 pages
Index of Counties, 1 page
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description This is the second volume of the trilogy described under Volume 54.