The History of Manchester; In Four Books

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1775. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... in. Dated at Manchester the fourteenth day of May in the* yeare of our Lord one thousand three hundred and one 1301 and in the yeare of the raigne of king Edward sonne of king Henry the twenty ninth. Mr. Hollingworth in his M. S. History of Manchester, p. 6, speaks thus of the charter. Thomas Grelle granted to the burgesses of Manchester that it should be liber burgus and enjoy certaine priviledges.--See more in the charter. It was confirmed by King James. And a record in Kuerden's M. S. Quarto p. 52 (archives of Manchester library 18.4) fays thus. Tho. West miles dominus de la Ware clamat se habere villam de Manchester fore libcrum burgum, villam mercati, ac emendandum aflizae panis et cervisiae ac puniendum vitellariorum de mercandisis mis contra affissam j--theoloneum tarn quolibet die feptimanae quam die mercati, ac stallagium in villa--j. libertates de infangthef, pacis fractae, emendandum aflizae panis et cervifiae fractae, ac weif et stray, necnon puniendum de carnificibus, tunnatoribus, de mercandisis >--furcas, pillorium, et tumbrel, ferianv per DEGREES dies in vigilia et in die. et crastino Sti. Matthaei, . et libe.ram warrenam.-- 1 ... ., - N IV. A NUMBER of RECORDS. ( .-) This is Dr. Kuerden's own account of himself, which is drawn up on a loose paper in the Quarto M. S. Account concerning the Author of the History of LanCashire. HE was born in Lancafhyre in Keurdon of- an antiant family of Henry I. or King Stephen date, schooled at Leyland under on Mr. Sherburn wel known in schoole learning, after admitted into St. Mary Hall Oxon. at which time could have given a good account of school learning, but also in the mathematicks, and could have read a chapter in the Hebrew Bible