Charles the Second by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. : To all and singular arch-bishops, ... greeting. Whereas we are credibly given to understand, as well by the humble supplication and petition of the inhabitants of the town of Milton Abbas in our county of Dorset, as also by a certificate ... that on the fourth day of August in the tenth year of our raign, there happened a very sudden and dreadful fire in the said town ...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
London, : printed by W.G. for the assignes of J. Bodington.,
[1660]
The imprint is enclosed in square brackets.
"Brief for a collection for a fire at Milton Abbas, Dorset, which destroyed 4 Aug. 1658 (10 Chas. II), £5,000 worth of goods, &c., ruining 130 persons. To last one year"--Steele.
Steele notation: the assises October.
At end of text: Witness our self at Westminster the fifteenth day of october, in the twelfth year of our reign.
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
Steele I, 3266.
ESTC
Fires