Copies of affidavits, order in council, statement of case, and petition, made in the matter of a complaint to the privy council from Cooper Gravenor, bailiff of Ipswich, against Leicester Martin, Devereux Edgar, Orlando Bridgeman, Milleson Edgar and John Dade, M.D. (five of the commissioners for putting in execution in Suffolk an act for recruiting the land forces) on the ground of their hindering him in the discharge of his duty whilst enlisting soldiers, in Mar 1709, 1709
File
MS. Rawl. B. 428
Held at the Weston Library
Prefixed on a fly-leaf is an account of Gravenor's proceedings during his four years' bailiwick; and at the end is attached a long letter from the transcriber of the volume (apparently Orlando Bridgman) to his brother (Rich. Bridgeman), exposing the character of Gravenor and the deponents on his behalf, dated 20 May 1709.
Dates
- 1709
Extent
21 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 428
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 428.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11778.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11778.
Custodial History
Olim peculium Kath. Bridgeman; in catal. codd. MSS. ejus, 13.
Physical Facet
On parchment, in folio
Repository Details
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