"A breife declaration of the information, examination, and proofes of the abuses of oastmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in corrupt minglinge of coales, of their censures for the same, of the meanes and courses used and desired for a reformation, contayninge the whole proceedeinge and state of this cause since the beginninge thereof," and of the patents granted for surveyors of coals at Newcastle, Sunderland, etc., from Feb 1617 to Feb 1625, 17th century
Prefixed is a copy of the sentence of fine and imprisonment passed in the Court of Star-Chamber, in Easter Term, 1618, upon some of the oastmen, at the suit of Andrew Boyd, for mixing base coals with good, which sentence was ordered to be publicly read in Newcastle market.
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
35 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 784
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. C. 784.
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. 12624.
Custodial History
Number 497 in Peter Le Neve's library.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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