Corporation of Nottingham (1914)
Source:
Corporation of Nottingham (Comp.)
RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM: BEING A SERIES OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION OF NOTTINGHAM: VOL.VI. 1702-1760 [includes records relating to the Plough Day Fair]
Nottingham: Thos. Forman & Sons, 1914
The extracts include the following records relating to Nottingham's Plough
Day Fair;
The original Latin text of Queen Anne's Grant for the January and Easter fairs,
dated 30th Aug.1712, is given on pages 2-7, with a parallel English
translation.
The Minutes of the Common Council for 16th Jan.1709-10 (pp.47-48) read;
"Grant of two fairs. - Ordered That this Corporacions Members of Parliament be
wrote to about getting a Grant for two Faires more in the Yeare within this
Town. and to know the Charge and Difficulty. And 'tis ordered That if the said
Faires be obtained; The one of them shall be on the Friday before Plow Monday
and ye other on Friday before Easter."
Further minutes dated Friday 28th Dec.1711 (p.53) read;
"The New Fairs - Memorandum. Itt is agreed that applicacion be made for this
town to have two new Faires on the Fryday before Plow-Monday and on the
Thursday before Easter every Yeare and this Applicacion be made to our
Parliament men."
Lastly, minutes dated Friday 7th March 1711-12 (p.54) read;
"Fairs - Memorandum this day Itt was agreed That the Faire which was appointed
to be held on the Fryday before Plow-Monday be Described for more certainty to
be kept on the Fryday imediately preceding the Tuesday next after Epiphany And
that both the Faires be held on the dayes agreed on by this and the former
order and for 8 dayes after."
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Nottingham, Notts. (SK5739)
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| Years: |
Granted 1712; Minuted 1709/1710; Minuted 1711; Minuted 1711/1712
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| Subjects: |
Plough Day Fair; Friday before Plow Monday; Fryday before Plow-Monday; Fairs; Easter Fair; Charter
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00533
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Last Updated Sep 1992 by Peter Millington.
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