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14. The Letterbook
of John Byrd, Customs Collector in South-East Wales, 1647-80
 An edition of the earliest surviving collection of letters by a
provincial customs officer, which provides a unique insight into the world of
local office-holding as well as shedding light on a wealth of other topics.
Edited
by Dr Stephen Roberts
Published
1999
ISBN 0
9525961 4 8
Price:
£22.50 Members’ price: £17.50
Reviews:
J
Gwynfor Jones in Morgannwg: ‘Dr Stephen Roberts…is to be
heartily congratulated on his detailed and informative introduction, careful
transcripts of the letters, and copious textual and biographical notes.’
Ivan
Roots in Cromwelliana: ‘Meticulously edited, with a text in
extenso, annotated and supplied with references and a glossary, this is
an exemplary local record publication, with a more than local interest.’
John
Spurr in Welsh History Review: ‘…a sterling edition… Stephen
Roberts provides a formidably detailed family history in the introduction and
also does a great deal there to illuminate the workings of the
seventeenth-century customs system.’
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