⇐ W.I.R.G.: 2nd Series Bulletin No. 23, 2003W.I.R.G.: 2nd Series Bulletin No. 25, 2005 ⇒
Wealden Iron Research Group: Second Series Bulletin No. 24, 2004, edited by D. W. Crossley, published 2004 (Wealden Iron Research Group, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571] Download PDF
Field Notes, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, report, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571] Download PDF
Content:- A bloomery in Battle, East Sussex
- A bloomery in Rotherfield, East Sussex
- Two bloomeries in Heathfield, East Sussex
- Bloomery slag in Netherfield, East Sussex
- Two bloomeries in Ticehurst, East Sussex
- An Iron Age bloomery in Forest Row, East Sussex
- A Romano-British domed bloomery furnace in Mayfield, East Sussex
Ironworks in late-16th century Kent, by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, article, pp.6-16, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571] Download PDF
Abstract:In an oft-quoted paper, published in 1981, Charles Cattell drew attention to the lists of ironworks in Kent drawn up in and after 1588, of which the corresponding lists for Sussex and Surrey seem not to have survived. The lists provide considerably more information than those of 1574, upon which they were initially based, but Cattell transcribed relatively little detail and, being deposited in the Staffordshire archives in Stafford, and at some distance from the Weald, the lists are reproduced here in full.
In addition to the basic facts about the owners and occupiers of ironworks, the lists include a certain amount of incidental detail about the individuals named, their employees, the output of their furnaces, numbers of guns cast at certain furnaces, and the names of merchants on Tower Hill, in London, with whom they dealt or, in one instance, were contracted to. The names of the merchants correspond closely with those named in surviving bonds of the same period, obliging merchants to dispose of ordnance according to Privy Council orders.
In addition to the basic facts about the owners and occupiers of ironworks, the lists include a certain amount of incidental detail about the individuals named, their employees, the output of their furnaces, numbers of guns cast at certain furnaces, and the names of merchants on Tower Hill, in London, with whom they dealt or, in one instance, were contracted to. The names of the merchants correspond closely with those named in surviving bonds of the same period, obliging merchants to dispose of ordnance according to Privy Council orders.
The Ordnance Records: Thomas Browne, by Ruth R. Brown, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, article, pp.16-25, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571] Download PDF
Index, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, pp.26-28, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571] Download PDF
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