A study of the origin and development of the English baronial boroughs

Text from page 1: "Much has been written concerning specific baronial boroughs but with the exception of the work of Miss Mary Bateson, no general treatment of these boroughs as a class has been undertaken. The writer hopes, therefore, in the following pages, to do some justice to this portion of English institutional history. The origins of the baronial boroughs and the different classes into which they may be arranged will be first taken up."