Authograph letter signed by Fran Parker to unknown recipient [manuscript], 7th July 1688.
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Authograph letter signed by Fran Parker to unknown recipient [manuscript], 7th July 1688.
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Associated name
Parker, Fran(cis), correspondent.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
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FAST ACC 271890 (flat)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "A letter apparently from a steward to his master about an ongoing legal dispute. Reporting on the 'affidavit of M.Williams and others & motion in the Exchequer'. 'Finds' [i.e. fines] have been set, but there appears to be a dispute about submitting to the jurisdiction of the Commissioners. 'Dr. Browne hath promised to pay his proportionable share to all charges & damages ...' In a footnote, Parker writes: 'I desyre you to look over ... Tho. Crippe his papers and writeings ... he & your father afterwards were Commissioners of Sewers' and hopes the Commissioners will stop 'meddling in our marshes'. Courts of Commissioners of Sewers were established by 1531, not for managing effluent, but with jurisdiction over sea defences, navigation of rivers in specified areas and similar matters. This document may refer to the Romney Marshes in Kent." Ordered from: Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, D9154, 2017-11-22.
Folger accession
271890