Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Minute Book 1617-1660

<p>In the seventeenth century the town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was emerging from its medieval troubles to become a significant harbour on the south coast. The Minute Book covering the years 1617-1660 provides the context for its economic and strategic development. It gives detailed surveys of the properties and rents as well as listing the customs duties and acting as a register for the enrolment of freemen and apprentices. It documents the daily decisions of the assembly and sets out the ordinances by which the town was governed; noting the leaseholders and profits of the market bridge and customs duties and appointments of the officers who regulated affairs during the turbulent years of the reign of Charles I the Civil War and the Commonwealth. This is the second enlarged edition of an edition first published in 1960.</p><p><br></p>