The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; . f of Briftol, paid s. 6d. charged on the mayor and commonalty of Briftol, for the fee farm ofthe kings town, to Elizabeth confort of King Edward 4th. fettled on thequeen for her life. In the great roll, 2gth Henry 6th. Hugh Withiford, mayor of Briftol, andcommonalty of the fame, and their fucceffors, ftood charged to the king with1021. 15 s. 6d. per annum, for the town of Briftol and the fuburbs thereof, theditches, gates, flefti ftiambles, &c. demifed to them for twenty years, whichwere fettled on Queen Margaret by the king for the
The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; . f of Briftol, paid s. 6d. charged on the mayor and commonalty of Briftol, for the fee farm ofthe kings town, to Elizabeth confort of King Edward 4th. fettled on thequeen for her life. In the great roll, 2gth Henry 6th. Hugh Withiford, mayor of Briftol, andcommonalty of the fame, and their fucceffors, ftood charged to the king with1021. 15 s. 6d. per annum, for the town of Briftol and the fuburbs thereof, theditches, gates, flefti ftiambles, &c. demifed to them for twenty years, whichwere fettled on Queen Margaret by the king for the term of her life. But the city was releafed and exonerated from payment of thcfe and otherfee farm rents charged thereon, by the corporation purchafing them of thecrown, in the times of Charles ift. and 2d. as will hereafter be made appear. The annals of the city will alfo hereafter contain more explicit accounts,early records, and charters of Briftol, from which may be deduced a full rela-tion of its ancient ftatc and public tranfaBions. C 51 ] CHAP. III. A PLAN and DESCRIPTION 0/ BRISTOL, in Us Early and Middle State, IN tracing back, the antiquity of the city many things have neceflTarilyoccured already in tlie courfe of that inquiry, defcribing the firft and earlyflatcofit, which fliall now be farther delineated as well as can be collcftedfrom authentic records and manufcripts, from old plans, and from confideringthe firft fcite and ground plot of the town, and comparing it with any veftigesand marks that ftill remain. About a mile from the Roman camp at Clifton or ftation Abone, underthe hills and within its viev/ was the Britifh town (Caer Brito) firft laid outat the conflux of the two rivers Avon and Froom, with which it had the ad-vantage of being furrounded except on the northern part, where the caftlewas afterwards ereflcd. The ground on which the city was built rifes eachway to the center, forming a pleafant hill. Having pitched upon this com-modious ftation
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