Volume 1
Typographical antiquities; or the history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / Begun by the late Joseph Ames, F.R. & A.SS. Considerably augmented by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts; And now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings; comprehending the history of English literature, and view of the progress of the art of engraving, in Great Britain; by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
- Joseph Ames
- Date:
- 1810
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Typographical antiquities; or the history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / Begun by the late Joseph Ames, F.R. & A.SS. Considerably augmented by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts; And now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings; comprehending the history of English literature, and view of the progress of the art of engraving, in Great Britain; by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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No text description is available for this image![which he had visited, particularly the sea coast of England, Scot- land, Norway, Holland, and France, which would lead us to con- clude that he was master of a merchant-ship, and used to trade to these places. A folio book of his observations, &c. with drawings, is now in the hands of his grand-daughter's husband. “ The said burgh of Yarmouth in the time of Canute was a great sand bank, lying in the mouth of the river Yare, which sand bank was covered with water at full sea; from which river the said burgh took its name of Yarmouth. [History of Norfolk, vol. V. p. 1591.] “ In the reign of King Edward the Confessor the said sand grew very great, by reason of the failure of the sea; and in the reign of Harold and William the Conqueror, the said sand became dry ground, and people began to resort thither, and set up huts and booths about the selling and buying of herrings and other fish, of the fishermen, as well strangers as English, frequenting the said sand, from the year of our Lord 1040, untill the year of our Lord 1090. “ In the time of William Rufus, Herebert, Bishop of Norwich, built acbappel upon the said sand, for the health of souls thither resorting; and after a few years he began there to build the church of St. Nicholas, to which church many gifts and offerings were given by the fishermen ; and the road of Yarmouth, for that cause, was called St. Nicholas Road, in the year of our Lord 1099- In the reign of King Henry the First, King Ste- phen, King Henry the Second, King Richard the First, the said sand became firm ground, so that divers citizens of Norwich, and inhabitants of the county of Norfolk, seated them- selves there ; and, by licence from the king, built themselves houses, habitations, and ships, and were governed by a provost, being there for that purpose deputed by the king; and that government continued from the year of our Lord 1100 for the space of one hundred years next following. Afterwards King John incorporated them and their edifices by the name of the .Burgh of Jeremouth ; and granted the said burgh, with several privileges and immunities to the burgesses and to their successors in fee-farm for ever. This charter of incorporation was dated in the year of our Lord 1200. “ King Henry the Third granted to the said burgh divers privileges, and gave them leave to inclose the said town with a wall and a ditch, in the year of our Lord 1230, now 464 years since. “ King Edward the First and King Edward the Second granted to the said burgh divers privileges, and called the said water or stream the Haven of Yernemouth, and settled the duty of tonnage and the cocket there for the loading and unloading of their ships. f‘ King Edward the Third granted divers privileges, and united to the said burgh, for](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28267461_0001_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)