The Black Book of Southampton, Vol. 1: Transcribed and Edited From the Ms. In the Audit House, With Translation, Introduction, Notes, Etc (Classic Reprint)
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A. B. Wallis Chapman
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1331937361
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Excerpt from The Black Book of Southampton, Vol. 1: Transcribed and Edited From the Ms. In the Audit House, With Translation, Introduction, Notes, Etc
The Black Book of Southampton - so called from its black leather cover - is a thick volume 15¾ inches by 11¼ inches, composed of about a hundred and fifty-two leaves of paper, of which about two-thirds have been more or less well filled. In some cases the page is written from top to bottom with an allowance for margin, but, generally speaking, each fresh document commences on a fresh page. The leaves are written on both sides, but are numbered on one only; for convenience, the reverse side of every leaf has been called leaf B in the present edition - Fol. I, Fol. I B, and so forth.
The book must have been begun towards the close of the fourteenth century: the earliest document it contains is dated 1388, but as it appears on Fol. IV, and has been preceded by several documents dated 1392, it was presumably inserted at some period later than the date given. The handwriting, however, of the earliest documents seems to belong to the late fourteenth or the early fifteenth century; and altogether it may be guessed that the use of the book began somewhere between 1390 and 1400.
The documents contained in the Black Book are very various in nature; the greater number consist of copies of conveyances of land between burgesses and town dwellers, which have been laid before the town court with a view to their acceptance by the same, and to their consequent enrolment in the town records. But the book also includes a few town ordinances, and memoranda of important transactions in which the town was concerned. These ordinances and memoranda are for the most part written in Old French, or, in the case of the later documents, in English.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Black Book of Southampton - so called from its black leather cover - is a thick volume 15¾ inches by 11¼ inches, composed of about a hundred and fifty-two leaves of paper, of which about two-thirds have been more or less well filled. In some cases the page is written from top to bottom with an allowance for margin, but, generally speaking, each fresh document commences on a fresh page. The leaves are written on both sides, but are numbered on one only; for convenience, the reverse side of every leaf has been called leaf B in the present edition - Fol. I, Fol. I B, and so forth.
The book must have been begun towards the close of the fourteenth century: the earliest document it contains is dated 1388, but as it appears on Fol. IV, and has been preceded by several documents dated 1392, it was presumably inserted at some period later than the date given. The handwriting, however, of the earliest documents seems to belong to the late fourteenth or the early fifteenth century; and altogether it may be guessed that the use of the book began somewhere between 1390 and 1400.
The documents contained in the Black Book are very various in nature; the greater number consist of copies of conveyances of land between burgesses and town dwellers, which have been laid before the town court with a view to their acceptance by the same, and to their consequent enrolment in the town records. But the book also includes a few town ordinances, and memoranda of important transactions in which the town was concerned. These ordinances and memoranda are for the most part written in Old French, or, in the case of the later documents, in English.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
