This volume is a continuation of Adolpus Ballard's study of medieval borough charters, British Borough Charters 1042 1216, continued in British Borough Charters 1216 1307, edited by Professor James Tait. Martin Weinbaum was an American historian who worked closely with Professor Tait during a stay in Manchester between 1933 and 1938, publishing this further continuation in 1943. Weinbaum discovered that after 1660 borough charters lost the individuality present in the medieval period, and this led him to end his analysis at 1660 instead of at 1835 as Ballard had planned. As a result of this...
This volume is a continuation of Adolpus Ballard's study of medieval borough charters, British Borough Charters 1042 1216, continued in British Boroug...