Category: History - Other
Yarmouth. Edward Ill’s Charter. The “Commons” support Lowestoft against the Crown. Charter revoked. Charter re-granted by Richard II. Riot at Lowestoft. Richard II. visits Yarmouth. Charter revoked and re-granted. “Composition” between the two towns.
Much light has been thrown on the character of Lowestoft some 300 years ago by the copies of the parish register, published in the “Parish Magazine,” which, I doubt not, many of...
11. PART II.—DOMESDAY BOOK.The most ancient record in which we find any mention of Lowestoft is Domesday Book. As this is the case with nearly every other town and parish in England, Lowestoft is not behi...
19. PART I.—IN THE TIME OF CHARLES I.At the beginning of the 17th century the decay of our fisheries, and the consequent loss of sailors, on whose services the country depended for the protection of our shores, cou...
20. PART II.—IN THE TIME OF CHARLES II.It was while our merchants were suffering from their losses caused by the great fire, that the Yarmouth people made a third effort to enforce the privileges of their ancient cha...
12. PART I.—LOWESTOFT IN THE 14TH CENTURY.Lowestoft lies hid in oblivion for some 300 years after her appearance in Domesday. During this time great changes had taken place in the country at large as well as in Lowestof...
10. PART I.—INTRODUCTORY—GEOLOGICAL.But if a thousand years or so would take in the origin of both Lowestoft and Yarmouth, questions have arisen affecting the relations of these towns which involve a much more ext...
13. PART II.—RISE OF LOWESTOFT, AND PARLIAMENTARY WAR WITH YARMOUTH.The free trade policy of the Statute of Herrings had not the desired effect of reducing the price of herrings, and the condition of Yarmouth was getting worst. Her haven was aga...
14. PART III.—EVIDENCE FURNISHED BY THE LAY SUBSIDIES OF THE GROWTH OFUnfortunately the records of the contest between Yarmouth and Lowestoft furnish us with no information as to the actual wealth and population of Lowestoft at this period, and we...
18. PART II.—LOWESTOFT AND YARMOUTH AT THE END OF THE 16TH CENTURY.Two hundred years had passed since the termination of the Parliamentary contest about the grant of Edward the III’s. Charter. Lowestoft had not only established her right to exi...
17. Chapter XVIII. “Our pewterers in time past employed the use ofpewter only upon dishes and pots, and a few other trifles for service, whereas now there are grown into such exquisite cunning that they can in manner imitate by infusion any fo...
16. Chapter XVI. “In times past men were contented to dwell in housesbuilt of sallow, willow &c., so that the use of the oak was in a manner dedicated wholly unto churches, religious houses, princes’ palaces, navigation, &c., but now sallow &c.,...
8. PART II. Third and last Contest with Yarmouth about 93–103Kirkley Road. The Yarmouth Bailiffs and their “Man of War.” Lowestoft appeals to the King. Sympathetic Letter of Charles II. to Lowestoft. Decision of the House of Lords. Procee...
7. PART I. Dutch and French Fishermen in the “British 81–92Seas.” Pamphlets of Sir Walter Raleigh and “Tobias Gentleman.” Ship-money. Fleet sent against the Dutch Busses. The Civil War. Cromwell’s visit to Lowestoft. The Bell in the Tow...
6. PART II. Lowestoft and Yarmouth at the end of the 75–8016th century. Gorleston Harbour. Second contest about Kirkley Road. The Star Chamber and the Judges. Opinion of Mr. Counsellor Bacon. First Boundary Pole fixed on Gunton Denes....
5. PART I. The Parish Register. The Trades of the 55–75Town. The Vicars. “Mr. Annott his Schoolmaster.” Resident Gentry. The Fish Trade. Piracy at Lowestoft. Cecil’s Fast. Lowestoft a Shopping Town. Population. Dutch Refugees. Holin...
3. PART II. Rise of Lowestoft. Parliamentary War with 37–46Yarmouth. Edward Ill’s Charter. The “Commons” support Lowestoft against the Crown. Charter revoked. Charter re-granted by Richard II. Riot at Lowestoft. Richard II. visits Yarmo...
1. PART II. Domesday Book. The Parishes of 11–269. PART II.—DOMESDAY BOOK.—THE PARISHES OF LOTHINGLAND.—LOWESTOFT IN4. PART III. The Lay Subsidies. Lowestoft in 1327 and 46–542. PART I. Rise and Fall of Yarmouth. The Free Fair 27–37