Excerpt from The Hundred Rools and Extracts Therefrom: Made by Authority, 2nd Edward I; County of Suffolk, LothinglandON the 11th July, 1800, the House of Commons presented to the King an address, in which, after mentioning that seventy years had elapsed since the last general Parliamentary inquiry into the subject of the custody and preservation of the Public Records, they besought His Majesty to give directions for the better care and arrangement of those documents, and for the printing of some of them. Agreeably with the desire above expressed, the King appointed a Commission to inquire, and to take needful action, and to report their proceedings yearly by Lady Day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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