A manuscript volume, imperfect at the beginning and end, containing copies of some one hundred and fifty legal documents of various kinds of the early 18th century, relating for the most part to North and East Lancashire. Original pagination: 9-258.
Lancashire Legal Commonplace Book
- Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 909
- Dates of Creation
- 18th Century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 322 x 204 mm 1 volume (124 folios) Vellum binding
Scope and Content
Access Information
The manuscript is available for consultation by any accredited reader.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the John Rylands Library by Blanshard Stamp esq. in May 1938.
Note
Description compiled by Henry Sullivan, project archivist.
Other Finding Aids
Catalogued in the Hand-List of Additions to the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1937-1951 (English MS 909).