QUERY1851
Bishops' Lands
By G.
In the month of September, 1642, the Parliament appointed a committee for the sale of Bishops' lands; and an account of some sold between 1647 and 1651, will be found in vol. i. of the *Collectanea Topographica*, 8vo., 1834. On the Restoration, a committee sat to inquire into these sales and make satisfaction. Bishop Kennet refers to a MS. containing the orders of the commissioners, but does not state where the MS. was deposited; nor has Sir Frederic Madden, who communicated that article to the *Collectanea*, met with it anywhere. Can any of your correspondents give any information upon the su…
Topics: Bishops' Lands, Parliamentary Orders, Restoration, Historical Sales