The texts edited in this volume illustrate two aspects of the later 16th -century civic government’s concern to make Norwich a clean and healthy city.
Account rolls of the Great Hospital, Norwich, 1549-50 and 1570-71, edited by Ellie Phillips
The Great Hospital, founded in the 13th century as the hospital for St Giles, was taken over after its dissolution by the civic authorities and became the preeminent charitable establishment in Norwich.
The Norwich River and Street Accounts, 1557-61 and 1570-80, edited by Isla Fay
The river and street committee was set up in 1552 to deal with the pollution problems that had dogged the city throughout the medieval period and in the 1570s branched out into the sourcing of paving stone.
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Series: Norfolk Record Society
Volume Number: LXXVII
Year of Publication: 2013
Edited By: Ellie Phillips, Isla Fay
Cover: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780955635762
Subjects:
- Medicine — England — Norwich — History — 16th century;
- Great Hospital (Norwich, England)