Author: HEYWOOD, RAINES, BEAMONT, HARLAND:
Title: Chetham Miscellanies, Volume 3.
Description: Manchester, Chetham Society, 1862, small 4to. Original cloth, front inner hinge cracking, but good, sound condition. Contains 1. On the South Lancashire Dialect, 2. Rentale of Cockersand, 3. Names of all the Gentlemen of Best Callinge within the County of Lancaster, 4. Some Instructions given by William Booth Esquire upon the Purchase of Warrington, 5. Letter from Sir John Seton, Manchester 1643, 6. Names of Eight Hundred Inhabitants of Manchester, 1679, 7. Pole Book for Manchester, 1690. Chetham Society, First Series, Vol 57. The article on the Lancashire Dialect by Thomas Heywood is notable for a detailed account of Tim Bobbin's (i.e. John Collier's) life and family and of the different editions of his writings. Folding table and map at end.

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Manchester, Warrington,Cockersand,Lancashire Dialect,Tim Bobbin,


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