Excerpt from The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell of Reade Hall, Lancashire: Brother of Dean Alexander Nowell, 1568-1580 It only remains here, that I return sincere thanks to my fellow-labourers in these fields. I name first, Mr. William A. Abram of Blackburn, who will speedily give proof to the world in his Hz'slery of Blaceezcmz Pam's/c, of a fulness of antiquarian knowledge, and a fine enthusiasm of inquiry that should have won an approving nod from William Camden, and warble of delicious talk from Thomas Fuller. It is impossible to over-state my good friend's sustained and ever deepening willinghood to work with me throughout. His local knowledge of Lancashire has enriched very many pages that else must have been left nearly blank. Every page in M5. And proof-sheet has passed under his eyes as well as my own, and no page came to myself, as no proof-sheet went back to the Printers, without the benefit of his practised out look and insight. Having kindred tastes in various directions, it has been a mutual pleasure to supple ment each other's gatherings. I should need am'em'z'cz verecz fully to express my indebtedness and gratitude to Mr. Abram, albeit I have an idea that he won't altogether approve of even this much - for_ he is one of those genuine workers to whom the work itself is its own reward, and noise about it nothing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.