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Scrivun Surname Ancestry Results

Our indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'scrivun'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 1 record (displaying 1 to 1): 

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Inhabitants of the Isle of Portland, Dorset (1735)
An earthquake on 16 December 1735 'was felt near the Quarrys at the North End of the said Island by which the Earth for more than a mile in length sunk away from the Clift near the Sea and carry’d with it the Way leading to the Piers, Overturned the said Piers, and broke and destroyed the Crane thereon, so that at present it is impossible to carry down from the Quarry’s or to Ship Stone as formerly, by which means his Majesty will loose entirely the Revenue of fourpence per pr Tunn paid by all persons who Shipped Stone off the said Piers': this petition to the Treasury Commissioners, signed by the inhabitants of Portland, prayed 'that your Honour’s will take this Unhappy Circumstance into your Consideration and Order that the same may be Repaired fit for Shipping Stone as formerly'. T 1/288 f.167

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Inhabitants of the Isle of Portland, Dorset
 (1735)

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