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 71 The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547-1603 Volume III
Editor A.E.B. Owen, M.A. Senior Under-Librarian, Cambridge University Library
Date For the year ending 31st August 1977
Publication Date 1977
Size 250 x 150 mm
Language English. The text uses the original sixteenth century spelling set in a modern typeface.
Printer Popper & Company Limited, Welwyn Garden City
Note On the reverse of the title page: The Society is grateful to the British Academy for a generous grant towards the cost of this publication.
Content Contents, 1 page
Introduction including Addenda and Corrigenda: Volume I and Volume II, 8 pages
Synopsis of Documents in Volume III, 1 page
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 117 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 19 pages
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description This is the final volume of the early Holland sewers records described under Volume 54.
Editor A.E.B. Owen, M.A. Senior Under-Librarian, Cambridge University Library
Date For the year ending 31st August 1977
Publication Date 1977
Size 250 x 150 mm
Language English. The text uses the original sixteenth century spelling set in a modern typeface.
Printer Popper & Company Limited, Welwyn Garden City
Note On the reverse of the title page: The Society is grateful to the British Academy for a generous grant towards the cost of this publication.
Content Contents, 1 page
Introduction including Addenda and Corrigenda: Volume I and Volume II, 8 pages
Synopsis of Documents in Volume III, 1 page
Text of the records of the Courts of Sewers, 117 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 19 pages
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description This is the final volume of the early Holland sewers records described under Volume 54.