Date:1590
Description:The charter is very long and is written on two large pieces of parchment bound along one edge. This image shows the first page in its entirety. It is the bound underneath the second page. Here is a small extract from the 1590 charter confirming the ancient rights of the burgesses: ‘...our said Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is an ancient Borough and the Burgesses of the same Borough from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary have peaceably had, held and enjoyed divers rights, jurisdictions, franchises, liberties, quittances, privileges and other customs, liberties, immunities and jurisdictions, as well by prescription as by reason and in virtue of the above mentioned charters and other grants and confirmations by our progenitors, Kings of England, to the Burgesses of the aforesaid Borough and their successors anciently granted.’ Digitisation project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Image courtesy of: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Donor ref:Nm.2016.3 (R) (22/49640)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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