jSribport (Korparation fierorbs 



By T. WAINWRIGHT, Esq. 





AKIISTG as I do great interest in the subjects, 

 Natural History and Antiquities, I accepted with 

 pleasure the invitation to read a paper on the 

 Bridport Corporation Records ; but on looking at 

 my pile of translations and transcriptions I felt 

 that I had undertaken a really formidable task. 

 To compress within a twenty minutes' paper a mere list of all the 

 valuable documents you possess would not be possible, and would 

 certainly be very dry and uninteresting. I can, therefore, on this 

 occasion, mention only a portion of them, giving in some instances 

 a specimen of their contents. The volumes and loose documents 

 may be classed under the following heads : 



1. The Dome Books. 



2. The Volume of Statutes and Miscellaneous Entries. 



3. Law Court Records. 



4. Corporation Accounts. 



5. Taxations or Assessments of Property. 



6. Wills. 



7. Deeds Conveying Property to Private Individuals. 



8. Deeds of Conveyances to Religious Uses. 



9. Inventories of the Property of Religious Houses. 



10. Account Books of Various Religious Confraternities. 



