With over four hundred pages this book is probably the most complete list of Mayors, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Common Councillors, the Society of Merchant Venturers and some of the more important offices under the Corporation, such as librarians, postmasters, physicians at the Bristol Royal Infirmary plus many other offices, some dating back to the sixteenth century. Many have basic biographical note...
Published in 1881 and 1882 this set of three volumes is what can only be described as being a truly exceptional series of books covering all aspects of the history of Bristol.
Volume one deals with the Civil History of the city.
Volume two with the Ecclesiastical History
Volume three with Civil and Modern (to 1882) History.
Each volume is packed with historical information relating to a...
This book of three hundred plus pages was first published in 1886 and contains abstracts from over four hundred wills from the Bristol area. The wills date from the mid fourteenth to the sixteenth century and are packed with personal and local information which will be of great interest to anyone studying the city of having ancestors from this area. Index and is fully searchable.
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This book deals with an unsettled period of English History, for it runs from 1656 to 1698 which is a period that embraces part of the Protectorate (1653 to 1659), the restored Commonwealth (1659), the reign of Charles II (1660 to 1685) the reign of James II (1685 to 1688) and William and Mary to 1689.
As with all “Poor Books” it deals with the income and disbursement to the poor. There are...
