{"id":9497,"date":"2023-01-19T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/?page_id=9497"},"modified":"2023-01-19T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:25:47","slug":"volumes-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/borough-archives\/the-bridgwater-borough-archives\/volumes-5-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Volumes 5 and 6 of the Bridgwater Borough Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, Tony Woolrich explores the publication of the Bridgwater Borough Archives Volumes 5 and 6 &#8211; volume 5 was completed by Robert Dunning, while volume 6 is still awaiting transcription. It is hoped that Dilks&#8217; materials relating to volume 6 might be found, so that the final edition might be published. Below is an example of Dilks&#8217; handwriting, which should match the transcriptions for volume 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/scholars-writers\/historians-of-bridgwater\/thomas-bruce-dilks\/dilks-mss-transcription-of-the-briwere-charters\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-1-766x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Volumes 5 and 6\" class=\"wp-image-9498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-1-766x1024-1.jpg 430w, https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-1-766x1024-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sample from Dilks&#8217; transcription of King John&#8217;s Charter of 1200.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-1\" style=\"-webkit-overflow-scrolling:auto;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen wppdf-emb-iframe-1\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/?pdfemb-data=eyJwZGZJRCI6OTUxMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JyaWRnd2F0ZXJoZXJpdGFnZS5jb21cL3dwXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMVwvU3VtbWFyeS1vZi1Ub3duLUNvdW5jaWwtcGFwZXJzLXJlLUJCQS01LnBkZiIsImluZGV4IjoxfQ\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-id=\"9513\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:none;width:100%;max-width:100%;height:100vh;\"\n\t\t\t\tscrolling=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comments relating to Volumes 5 and 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doc 1) Mentions using TBD\u2019s notebooks to find a MS. Does this mean they were with the MSS in the Town Hall then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doc 3) Says that TBD\u2019s MSS and files were with a teacher who had left the county. This was presumably Tremlett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doc 4 &amp; 7) Says that Tremlett claimed the transcripts as his own. No mention of having originated with Dilks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doc 13) Says the work extended to 1509, but owing to length, better to split into 2 volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Docs 16 &amp; 18) Mentions MS of Vol. 6 Also (18) that papers comprised 5 boxes one of which contained Vol 6 with 2 indices; loose-leaf notebooks; an account book; box of index cards and a box containing seals and document transcripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More on <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/scholars-writers\/historians-of-bridgwater\/thomas-bruce-dilks\/\">Dilks can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Tony Woolrich explores the publication of the Bridgwater Borough Archives Volumes 5 and 6 &#8211; volume 5 was completed by Robert Dunning, while volume 6 is still awaiting transcription. It is hoped that Dilks&#8217; materials relating to volume 6 might be found, so that the final edition might be published. 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