The History of Lynn, Vol. 2 [of 2]

6. _Charles Phelpes_. In point of time he ought to have been placed before the last, being his senior, by near twenty years. But as the former was supposed to be the son of the...

“Dear Sir, I returned to this place a few days ago from Winch—r, after taking possession of a warm stall in the Cathedral, and a very good house in the close. My going thither w...

1330. The queen dowager _Isabel_ took up her residence at _Rising Castle_ by Lynn, where she continued to reside afterwards as long as she lived, which was 28 years; in the cour...

That of 1784 was the last contested election that has taken place here; though some faint attempt is said to have been made for something of this kind a few years ago, in favour...

In 1664 the high price of coals was severely felt here. That commodity advanced that year from 17_s._ a chalder to 30_s._ and upwards. This seems to have been owing to the late...

You cannot rejoice more sincerely at any good that falls on any part of your family than I do: tho’ you may feel it more paternally. In answer to what you propose, I first say t...

“Dec. 4th. Mr. _Matts. Swallowe_ chosen Lecturer in this town, loco Mr. Edm. Caston decd. by M. A. C. C. as far as in ym lieth, _viz._ to preach 2ce every Ld’s day, in forenoon...

“Cranmer concurred no less in other [misdoings] and disorders of this infant reign, than he did in those stated above. He gratified Somerset by subscribing to the death warrant...

In the third mayoralty of John Cary senior, which commenced in 1765, a shocking murder was committed here by one John Rudderham, (commonly and ironically called _honest John_) f...

1812. This year has been yet distinguished by nothing more than a miserable stagnation of trade, and a probability of the bread and beer and other necessaries of life being dear...

To supply the wants or defects, and remedy in some measure the insufficiency of that new race of clergy, the _Book of Homilies_ was composed and introduced; portions of which we...

Lynn is a notable instance of a town declaring for the revolution, without entering at all into the spirit of it: for it continued still as bigoted and intolerant as before. Thi...

The successor of Taylor, Mr. Charles Harwick, who obtained the mayoralty in 1730, had most painful scenes to engage his attention, owing to the most shocking murder of a Mrs Ann...

The above may serve as a sample of the manner in which that father of his people, king Charles II, managed, disciplined, and educated his Caledonian children. It was severe enou...

In the preceding account of the immediate effects of the reformation upon this town little or nothing occurs that appears of a very pleasing or favourable nature. No symptoms ar...

“the insults on the T—rs family, the ladies not excepted, were prodigious, especially from young *—*, who exceeded every thing that was heard of, to my old lady and the margerie...

Herbert dedicated this edifice to _St. Margaret the virgin_, {1088} or, as some say, to saint _Mary Magdalen_, St. Margaret and all the virgin saints; which probably made Mr. Br...

Defective in many parts as Luther’s character really was, he appears to have been, nevertheless, one of the best among the original and leading reformers. There seemed to be a f...

If witches, under examination or torture, would not confess, all their apparel was changed, and every hair of their body shaven off with a sharp razor, lest they should secrete...

“Such was the animosity between the court and country parties at this time (1679) that it looked as if the year _Forty-One_ was going to be acted over again; which probably had...

The year 1799 was rendered somewhat remarkable here by an attempt to establish a Newspaper, under the name of the _Lynn and Wisbech Packet_; but it did not finally succeed, thou...

No efforts were, however, to be left untried by the parliamentary opponents of Walpole to force him into a war; and while they incessantly inveighed against the pusillanimity of...

In the course of the following year, (1704) our national feelings were very differently affected. The dejection of the preceding year was no longer felt, and the public mind bec...

14. _Thomas Lidderdale_ M.D. He is said to have been an elegant and an accomplished scholar, as well as an excellent physician. The land of his nativity, as well as that of Dr....

Among the inconveniences occasioned by the general dissolution of the monasteries, one of them must have been that of being deprived of those conventual schools. How long the to...

4. PRESBYTERIAN _Chapel_. Though the Presbyterians seem to be of somewhat longer standing in this town than the Quakers, yet it does not appear that they had here a separate pla...

It would appear perhaps incredible, that those infernal beings called witch-finders should ever have been tolerated and encouraged in any country calling itself christian and pr...

Accordingly we have the following article, or memorandum in the corporation books, No. 8. under the year 1638, 9—“Feb. 11th. Richard Harrison and Richard Smith are chosen to be...

About two years after L’Estrange’s adventure, we find the following notice taken of this town in a Public Paper, called “The Weekly Account,” of Wednesday May 6. 1646—It is an o...

Somewhat more than a year and half after the last date, we find the same business still employing the attention of our gentlemen. Hence, in our volume of Extracts, the following...

As to Lynn, at and subsequently to the restoration, it appears to have largely shared the general joy and other effects produced by that memorable event. When we consider the ex...

Other sources of municipal revenue here, are the _fairs_ and _markets_. Of the former there are only two in the year: one of these is very considerable and celebrated, but was m...

The _Town-hall_, or _Guild-hall_, alias _Trinity-hall_, is an ancient building of stone and flint. It consists of divers apartments, the first of which is the _stone-hall_, wher...

1640. March 13. The sheriff’s precept arrived for the election of two members for this borough, to serve in the parliament summoned to meet at Westminster on the 15th of the fol...

FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME, INTERSPERSED With occasional remarks on such national occurrences as may serve to elucidate the real state of the town, or the ma...

Of the numerous prisoners taken in the course of the rebellion, some were pardoned, and a considerable number executed, but a far greater number of them were transported to Amer...

Not only about their origin or extraction, but also in what relates to their subsequent history, are the Free-Masons chargeable with propagating the most idle fabrications. Thus...

{749} The cart was overturned on the 5th of May, 1808. On the following Sunday Evening, the 8th of the same month, as the minister of the parish informs us, “a considerable numb...

“The number and distance of the inhabitants, (says he) gave me a very sensible concern, and I was very uneasy under the burden that lay upon me: I knew not what to do for so man...

The mayor and corporation were very culpable, not only in granting their neighbours of South-Lynn, with such ill grace, a third part of the duty on coals delivered there by stra...

“This church (says _Mackerell_) deserves to be taken particular notice of, as it is of no mean extent, being a very large, stately, and magnificient pile, built, as most cathedr...

{680} The following is thought a pretty correct statement of the numbers of worshipers that might be accommodated in each and all our present places of worship—In _St. Margaret’...

{1059} As a manuscript it is very curious for the neatness and smartness of the writing, especially as it appears to be written when the author was above 70 years of age. The be...

1714. Dr. Thurlin’s library deposited in St. Margaret’s church, in a commodious place fitted up for its reception, to which the old church library was at the same time removed:...

Dark and humiliating as was the aspect of this new order of things, it continued only between four and five years. The last charter which reduced the corporation to so degrading...

“June 9. 1706—The Humble Address of the mayor, recorder, aldermen, and common-councell of your Majesties ancient Burgh of King’s Lynn.—May it please your Majestie—Having ever si...

“1580. Sept. 26. Mr. Iverye recd. 4_l._ to buy books necessarye to be in the school for his scholars. This day he accounted for the bookes, and also repaid ye sd. moneye: 5_l._...

{1184} Here it may be expected that some notice should be taken, and some use made of Mr. _Zachary Clark’s_ lately published _Account of the Norfolk Charities_, which makes some...