A volume of English miscellanies illustrating the history and language of the northern counties of England.

"Chiefly drawn from the registers of the lord mayor and corporation of York."-Pref., p. [v]

Edited by James Raine.

I. An account of the proceedings in a remarkable case of adulteration at York.-II. Verdicts of the searchers called in to decide about encroachments, etc., in the city of York.-III. Presentments of the juries at the courts of the abbot of Selby.-IV. Certificates of the English parentage and birth of certain persons who have been charged with being Scots.-V. The programme for the reception of Henry VII. on his first visit to York in 1486.-VI. Customs and liberties of the burgesses of New Malton. Saec. XV.-VII. The sonnge of Sir Andraye Barton, knight.-Appendix: An attempt at a glossary of the northern words in the publications of the Surtees society, with additions from other northern sources.

Mode of access: Internet.

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