A VELLUM DECLARATION OF 1777 GRANTING ROBERT CLARKE THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH SIGNED BY J SPURGEON

BURGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH

Publication Date: 1777

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A VELLUM DECLARATION OF 1777 GRANTING ROBERT CLARKE THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH SIGNED BY J SPURGEON (TOWN CLERK?) STATING "TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS PRESENT WRITING SHALL COME NATHANIEL SYMONDS ESQUIRE MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK SENDS GREETING KNOW YE THAT I. WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. ON SEPTEMBER LAST HAVE RECEIVED ROBERT CLARKE. SON OF ROBERT CLARKE ONE OF THE FREEMEN OF SAID BOROUGH TO THE LIBERTIES OF THE SAME". THERE FOLLOWS A DEMAND THAT ROBERT CLARKE AND HIS SERVANTS AND MERCHANDISES BE ALLOWED TO PASS 'QUITELY AND PEACEABLY' WITHOUT CUSTOM AND TOLL. DATED 6th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1777 " ENTERED UPON A ROLL STAMPT WITH TWO TWELVEPENNY STAMPS". SIGNED SPURGEON. VERSO IS LARGELY A DECLARATION OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING, ENDING SO HELP ME GOD" WHICH WAS PRESUMABLY READ OUT BY ROBERT CLARKE. THERE ARE TWO SLITS AND A RED MARK TO THE SIDE OF THE TEXT INDICATING THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY A WAX SEAL AND RIBBON IN PLACE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS, (Approx 8" by 7 1/2").

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A VELLUM DECLARATION OF 1777 GRANTING ROBERT CLARKE THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH SIGNED BY J SPURGEON
• Publication Date: 1777
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good