Del 38 - Suffolk Records Society

Town Finances of Elizabethan Ipswich Select Treasurers' and Chamberlains' Accounts

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Selected treasurers' and chamberlains' accounts detailing the income and expenditure of a wealthy provincial town and port, and revealing urban life from travelling players to punishing criminals.The treasurers' and chamberlains' accounts of Elizabethan Ipswich are a detailed record of the annual income and expenditure of the town's ruling body during one of the most fascinating periods of its history. A major source for any detailed study of the Suffolk borough at a time when it was among the country's ten richest provincial towns, the entries selected from the accounts not only shed light on sixteenth-century urban administration but also providevivid insights into the social and economic life of the period: the equipping of soldiers, ducking of scolds, and performances of town minstrels and itinerant players.JOHN WEBB was formerly Principal Lecturer in History at Portsmouth Polytechnic.

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Utgivningsdatum1996-11-07
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt646 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSuffolk Records Society
Antal sidor198
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780851156439

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A note on the covers of accounts; tables I-III - a schedule of extant accounts of Ipswich treasurers and chamberlains before 1603; treasurers' accounts - 1559-60, 1571-2, 1577-8, 1586-7, 1593-4; chamberlains' accounts - 1568-9, 1571-2, 1577-8, 1586-7, 1601-2; appendices - treasurers 1558-1603, chamberlains 1558-1603, treasurers' annual income and expenditure, chamberlains' annual income and expenditure, the oaths of office, inventories of items in the custody of the treasurer.

Ipswich was one of the leading provincial towns of Elizabethan England, so these detailed accounts suppy a valuable insight into the life and government of a manor urban community.. Full of significant detail for both those interested in the local history of the town and for a wider readership, primarily composed of those concerned with social matters. etailed and provoking views of the 'social edge' of Elizabethan Ipswich make this well-edited collection of fiscal documents a valuable asset for both social and economic historians alike.