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Advert for Fred Hobbs.
Ship Chartering.
42 High Street Poole.
Port of Poole 1950s.
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Fred K Hobbs Chartering Co. (Poole) Ltd.
Ship Brokers Chartering & Forwarding Agents.
42 High Street.
Tel Poole 831
Port of Poole 1956.
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Norman H. Hibbs, F.S.I.
Charter Surveyor. Estate Agent . Auctioneer and Valuer.
Tel Parkstone 1006.
Poole Guide 1949.
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Philip Goode Yacht & Commercial Craft Designer, Admiralty Charts , Marine Insurance, Under Work Surveys, R.Y.A Official Measurer, Charter Agency, Yacht Transport and Deliveries.
15, High Street Poole. Telephone Poole 1965.
Port of Poole Guide 1956.
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Museum Ref No: AH_Poole Park/PooleCarnival"Bournemouth Centenary 1810-1910. The Poole Car representing the granting of the Charter by Longswords 1248"; Postcard by James Taylor Harris, Counterslip Bristol. From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
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Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 199-209
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Museum Ref No: DC-PL/A/1/14Charter of Charles II 1666, held at Dorset History Centre (DC-PL/A/1/14). Confirmation of the 1568 charter with additional privileges including the election of four constables; the election of Anthony Ettricke [of Holt Lodge, Wimborne] as recorder for life; the major, recorder and 4 burgesses to elect JPs; the right to hold the court of Quarter Sessions; the sheriff and water-bailiff to be elected from the in-burgesses; fish caught in the liberty to be sold at the Fish Shambles;
rates to be levied to support bridges, walls and banks; all offices to take the oath of allegiance and supremacy; and the recorder and town clerk to be appointed by the King. Associated documents: Letters patent (DC-PL/A/1/14/1); Copy translation of the charter of Charles II, with several gaps in the text (DC-PL/A/1/14/2).
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Museum Ref No: DC-PL/A/1/13/2Charter of Elizabeth I 1568, held at Dorset History Centre (DC-PL/A/1/13). Letters patent including an Inspeximus and Confirmation of the 1433 Henry VI, 1453 Henry VI, 1462 Edward IV and the 1511 Henry VIII charters with additional privileges including the rights of an incorporated corporation with a major, two bailiffs, burgesses and commonalty; the right to hold various markets such as the County Court, General Sessions, Court of Pie Powder and Weekly Court; the right to imprison; the right to elect a mayor, bailiffs, sheriff, coroner and two constables of the Staple; and the authority to purchase land. Associated documents: Petition requesting that Poole be granted separate county status as well as a list of other privileges they wished to obtain (DC-PL/A/1/13/1); Letters patent (DC-PL/A/1/13/2); Undated copy translation of the charter of Elizabeth I - unfit for production (DC-PL/A/1/13/3)
Transcription from 'History of Dorset' by Rev. John Hutchings.
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Museum Ref No: DC-PL/A/1/5/1Charter or Henry VI 1433, held at Dorset History Centre (DC-PL/A/1/5). Charter granting the fortification of the town and creating Poole as a Port of Staple at the expense of Melcombe Regis which was unable to protect merchants' shipping due to its small population. Associated documents: Letters Patent (DC-PL/A/1/5/1); 17th century copy of a petition dated 1432/3 requesting the fortification of Poole and to grant it the Port of Staple because the population at the port of Melcombe Regis was too small to defend it (DC-PL/A/1/5/2).
Transcription from 'Story of Poole: Vol. 1' by H. P. Smith
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Museum Ref No: DC-PL/A/1/6/1 and DC-PL/A/1/6/2Charter of Henry VI 1453, held at Dorset History Centre (DC-PL/A/1/6). Charter granting the privilege of holding a market on Thursday and two annual fairs on the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James [1 May] and the seven days following and All Souls Day [2 Nov] and the following seven days, with the right to hold a court of Pie Powder to settle any disputes arising from the market or fairs. Associated documents: Letters patent (DC-PL/A/1/6/1); 19th Century translation of the 1453 Henry VI charter with contemporary amendments (Dc-Pl/A/1/6/2); Extract from a copy of the charter of Henry VI 1453, with a memoranda regarding the ownership of property, mentioning John Keynes, William Lapp, Thomas Hayward and Thomas Cudie on the reverse, accompanied by a modern transcription (DC-PL/A/1/6/3)
Transcription of 19th Century translation by Marjorie Ellis, edited by Gary Edwards.
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