98 BRIDPORT CORPORATION RECORDS. 



11. Indulgences Granted to Persons Contributing to the Bridport 

 Leper House in Allington. 



12. Miscellaneous. 



THE DOME BOOKS. 



These two volumes, commencing A.D. 1389 and ending A.D. 1817, 

 contain entries of great interest, illustrating as they do the social 

 condition of the burgesses of different periods, showing in what way 

 the Corporate Funds were raised and how they were expended, and 

 by what officials the government of the borough was conducted. 



The following is a specimen of the Bailiffs' accounts. The 

 account of Robert Scarlet and Thomas Bayly Bailiffs of the town of 

 Brideport from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the 26th 

 year of the reign of King Henry the Vlth to the same feast in the 

 27th year of the reign of King Henry the Vlth : 



