27th Jan, 2016 10:00

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts
 
  Lot 109
 
Lot 109 - EAST ANGLIA - King's Lynn Port. An Act To...

EAST ANGLIA - King's Lynn Port. An Act To alter and amend an Act passed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, for the better Regulation of Pilots and Bridgemen, and for laying down Moorings and preventing Mischief by Fire in the Port of King's Lynn. [London:] J. Dorington, Hayward, and Ellicombe, 1841. Small folio, 28-pages, stitched. Provenance: substantial contemporary manuscript annotations and lists including "Names of Pilots", "Pilots' Earnings", "Coals & Goods imported into & exported from Lynn" and "New Boat 1803"; Josiah Greene (contemporary signature). With c. 40 18th- and 19th-century Acts relating to East Anglia including An Act for Draining certain Fen Lands and Wet Grounds in the Parish of Helgay, in the County of Norfolk ([N.p., n.d.], 7-pages), An Act for Erecting Hospitals and Workhouses within the Borough of Kings Lynn ... for the better Imploying and Maintaining the Poor there (London, 1701, 11-pages) and An Act for Dividing, Allotting, and Inclosing, the Lands and Grounds called Whole Year Lands, Half Year inclosures, Open Field Lands, Shack Meadows, and also certain Commons, Sverals, and Wastes, within the Parish of Tottenhill with West Briggs, in the County of Norfolk ([N.p.], 1780, 24-pages), a few duplicates. The lot sold not subject to return. (c.40)

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