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Excerpt from History of Newark-on-Trent, Vol. 1: Being the Life Story of an Ancient Town In the preparation of this Work every class of Public Records has been carefully searched, and the results are prolific. That so much should exist relating to Newark in that great repository of the na tion's muniments is testimony to the truth of the assertion that our national records are not only most voluminous, but excel all others in age, beauty, correctness, and authority. Next in importance come our local records, and of. These Newark has the good fortune to possess a very considerable and valuable collection. When I issued the Annals, I remember being somewhat disappointed that the contents of the three old oak chests at the Town Hall, consisting of hundreds of tattered and miscellaneous documents, ancient and modern, yielded so little to me of interest or of value. The ancient documents consist mainly of writs, jury panels, Coroners' inquisitions, bonds, and the like, mainly of the time of Queen Elizabeth; together with some deeds, letters, etc., and vouchers for sundry payments. I was not then aware that they had already undergone the minute inspection of that learned antiquary, the Rev. J. F. Dimock, m.a., who had winnowed the grain from the chaff, and after carefully calendaring the more important deeds, had deposited them in the custody of the Town Clerk, Mr. T. F. A. Burnaby, with whose estimable successor, Mr. Godfrey Tallents, they now remain. To Mr. Dimock's calendar I am indebted for most of the summaries of our Newark deeds herein printed; but where a document seemed of especial interest, by reason of the important positions of the persons who were parties to it, or typical of the deeds of the period to which it relates, it'has been photographed and translated in full. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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