Bridport Borough

COURT RECORDS

QUARTER SESSIONS

LICENSING

COURT OF RECORD

MANORIAL

ADMINISTRATION

CUSTUMALS, FORMULARIES

MINUTES, MEMORANDA, ORDERS

APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICIALS

CHARTERS AND CONSTITUTION

CORRESPONDENCE

FINANCE

HARBOUR

MARKET

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

PROPERTY

MAPS

DEEDS

(BRIDPORT AND OTHER PARISHES)

DEVON:

SOMERSET:

ROADS

BRIDGES

RAILWAYS

WATCH, POLICE AND GOALS

LEGAL

WILLS

APPRENTICESHIP

CHARITY

SCHOOLS

ECCLESIASTICAL

ST MARY'S CHURCH

ST KATHERINE'S CHANTRY AND ST LEONARD'S CHAPEL

ST MARY'S CHANTRY

ST ANDREW'S CHAPEL

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST'S HOSPITAL OR PRIORY

ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, ST MATHERINE'S CHANTRY, MUNDEN'S CHANTRY

ST MICHAEL'S CHAPEL AND MUNDEN'S CHANTRY

OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS

POOR

ELECTIONS

SPECIAL COMMISSION

BOROUGH FROM 1835

COURT RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

CORRESPONDENCE

FINANCE

ELECTIONS

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY

RURAL DISTRICT

BURIAL BOARD

MISCELLANEOUS

BRIDPORT

DORSET

GENERAL PRINTED ITEMS

RECORDS OF THE BATTISCOMBE FAMILY OF SYMONDSBURY

DEEDS

ESTATE

FAMILY

LEGAL

BUSINESS

CHARITY

A manuscript calendar of the Bridport borough records (numbered PQ28 in the present list) was completed in 1903 by Thomas Wainwright. Not all the items listed in this have been found, while many of the existing documents, especially those of later date, were not included by Wainwright; there are also some inaccuracies in his descriptions. "A Brief Guide to the Municipal Records of Bridport", by E S Scroggs, 1953, gives a summary of Wainwright's classes with some additions, but it was not found practicable to keep this classification in the present list. Miss Scroggs also makes some brief remarks on the contents and scope of the collection.

Many documents are marked with physical numbers which are mentioned in Wainwright's calendar, but seem to be unrelated to his arrangement. These have been added in round brackets in the present list after the description of some items only, where it was felt that they might be a useful means of identification.

The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts described some of the records in the Appendix to their 6th Report, 1877 (see PQ26); references to transcripts or descriptions in this volume appear in the list in the form [H.M.C. p 475].

"The Bridport Borough Records and Ancient Manuscripts" by Thomas Wainwright, 1900, contains a series of articles reprinted from the Bridport News, including transcripts of selected documents (see PQ27). References to this appear in the form [Wainwright p 1]. For Wainwright's work on the records, see PQ26-32.

Deposited by the Bridport Borough Council, 20 July 1966, 11 November 1966, 15 March 1968 and 11 November 1969

Bridport Borough Recorders

1456/1457 John Newburgh

August 1 1667 John Hurden of Long Bredy

September 11 1667 Hugh Hodges of Sherborne

August 21 1693

William Bennet of Shaston, esquire

December 22 1707 Thomas Strangways of Melbury Sampford, esquire

October 3 1726 John Way esquire of St John's

May 11 1749 Richard Bradrepp of Mapperton, esquire

February 10 1775 James Kirkpatrick

March 28 1796 John Gurney, esquire

September 14 1807 John Disney, esquire

October 21 1823 Charles Frederick Williams, esquire

April 2 1833 David Jardine, esquire