Court Book of the Court of Record

The volume has not been very strictly kept and contains several gaps as follows:

Folio

1-3 blank

4-24 Courts, 3 Apr 1638 - 27 Apr 1641

24v-43v blank, except a note on the latter page by John Puckle, town clerk, that he has left the previous pages blank for inserting omissions of his predecessor Mr [William] Joye

44-76 Courts, 23 Apr 1644 - 18 Mar 1651

76v-78 blank

79-81 Courts, 1 Apr - 8 Jul 1651

82 Abortive entry for 13 Apr 1652

82v-88 blank

89-121 Courts, 30 Mar 1652 - 20 Oct 1657

122-3 blank

123v-4 Courts, 10 Aug - 7 Sep 1658

124v-31 blank, except a note on the latter page by Thomas Tournay, town clerk, that he has left the previous pages blank for inserting omissions of his predecessor Mr [Henry] Bromfield. On f130v he has made one such insertion.

132-53 Courts, 10 Jun 1673 - 28 Aug 1677

154-5 blank

156-66 Courts, 12 Mar 1677 - 27 Jan 1680; at f164v Samuel Stretton, town clerk, notes contain omissions in the preceding record in the time of his predecessor, Mr [Walter] Roberts

166v-71 blank, except a note on the latter page by Joseph Bigg, town clerk, that he has left the previous pages blank for inserting omissions of his predecessor Mr [Samuel] Stretton

172-8 Courts, 5 Apr 1681 - 18 Apr 1682

179 List of fines for opening shops and pursuing trade by corporate members; 1 Nov 1726

180-end blank