The Making of King's Lynn. A documentary survey
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- Author(s) Owen, Dorothy M (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1984
- Pages 513pp
- Publisher Oxford University Press for British Academy
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides a collection of transcribed documents, largely in Latin with abstracts in English, relating to wide ranging aspects of the medieval life of King's Lynn. Structured in c25 sections which include: 'The salting industry'; Fleets, quays, staiths, the river front'; 'Wills and probates'; 'Trade in the town and hinterland'; 'Lynn merchants'; 'Gilds'; 'Hanseatic merchants'; 'Customs and overseas trade'