Excerpt from The English Historical Library: In Three Parts; Giving a Short View and Character of Most of Our Historians Either in Print or Manuscript View and lnfpefl Geefar' Chappel, and Examine how, and in what manner the Record: there might be prefervid' a: alfo the Place where the prefent Oflice i: kept in the [aid Tower, and what Work: were necefl'ary for the Receiving, Placing, and Digefiing, of the faid Re cord: That, upon the Report of thefe Commzfiioner:, the [aid Lord Treafurer had order'd 1501. For providing Preflie:, Drawer: and Shelver, for the Record: in Caefar' Chappel, and the dernoli/hing a Room, which (having been lately on Fire) wa: thought to be Dan gerou:: And that William Petyt Efa, wa: appointed to Supervijb the Digefiing, 8m. Of the [aid Record:, with Power to take in three Clerk: for that Service at 1501. Per Ann. From Michaelmas, 1704. Over and above a chief Clerk at iool. Viz. Mr. George Holmes. The Lord' Committee: continu'd their Care for fame W inter' follow thi: Afair, and (after occa/ional Enguirie: in about five Seflion: ) the foremention'd Noble Lord Reported (a) That great Progref: war made in Sorting and Digefi'ing the Record: in the Tower efpecially fince Mr. Topham wa: admitted into the Oflice of Keeper of Records: That the confufd Heap, which re lay cover'd with Duff, wa: now throughly clean: 'd 5 and put into Chefl and Shelve:, in order to be Sorted: That the Roll: rom the fir/i Tear of K. John, to t of Edward the Fourth) and the efcheat-bundle: (from Henry the Third to Richard the Third) wer placed under their proper Team, and a Catalogue made of them That Abfiraei: were made of the Norman, Scotch, Welfh and Irifh, Roll: 5 with Alphabetical lndices of the Name: ofper/bn: and Place: That Depofition: in Chancery (of the Reign oueen Elizabeth, (9m) were bundled up Alphabetically That feeeral Thing: flill remain'd to be done, for putting all in right Order, a: Abflraei: of fame Foreign Roll:, fpatentarollt, clofi-rolh, Charter: Antique}, (76. That the Clerk: were then employ'd in thi: Work 5 and that, when it: fini/h'd, the Record: in the Tower will be in very Exaei and good Order That the Shelve: and Prey}: were [a well made, and the Ofice fitted up in [itch manner, that the Record: are very dry, and (la/hy) that there i: room made for a great Number ofother Record:, which may be tron/l nzitted hither. Thi: wa: the loft Report that wa: ma the Com mittee which had any relation to the Tower Where, I can tr our Englilh Antiquarie: and Hi/lorian:, (treat Improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.