Calendar Of Wills Proved And Enrolled In The Court Of Husting, London, A.d. 1258-a.d. 1688..
Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt; boards have blind stamped borders with decorated inner corners; City arms, gilt, on spines. Top edges gilt. Part I has presentation label to Maidstone Free Library and Part II has ink inscription to record the presentation in 1890, both on front paste-down. Slight sunning of spines and top of front board (Part II only) and blackening of lower right hand page edges. Half titles and last index page (Part II only) browned. Otherwise fine condition.
£175.00
Details
CITY OF LONDON WILLS, 1258-1688
Publisher
Printed by order of the Corporation of the City of London, under the direction of the Library Committee. Printed by John C. Francis, Took's Court, London E.C.,
Date
1889-1890.
Synopsis
Preserved among the archives of the corporation of the city of london, at the guildhall. edited, with an introduction, by reginald r. sharpe, d.c.l., of st. john's college, oxford; of the inner temple, barrister-at-law; records clerk in the office of the town clerk of the city of london. part i. a.d. 1258-a.d. 1358. part ii. a.d, 1358- a.d. 1688.
Item Description
4to. 7.25 x 10.25 inches. Part I. [6] + xlviii + 834 pp. + [3]. Part II. [4] + liv + [ii] + 924 pp. + [2].
Notes
The two volumes were edited by Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1848-1925) and copies were obviously presented by the Town Clerk of the Corporation of London to public libraries around the country. They contain summaries of thousands of wills proved in the City of London for a period of 430 years. This provides a valuable record of the various trades practised and of the fixed and movable possessions, including stock, tools and household possessions of the inhabitants.
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