Description

A new unused book.

About the book >.>.> It comprises a number of gatherings each made up of four folios of paper between two folios of parchment. The folios measure 35 cmsx 24 cms. The watermark on the paper is a bird resembling a duck within a circle and is of fifteenth century date. There is no original foliation and it seems likely that the folios were numbered at the time when a Table of Contents was made at the end of the volume. This Table of Contents bears the name Saxcey. Both the Little Red Book and the Great Red Book have similar Tables of Contents written in the same hand as that of the Great White Book and with the name Saxcey which appears to be a signature. This is without doubt William Saxcey who was elected Town Clerk of Bristol in 15755 and held office until 1581 when he resigned. (LL)