Emma shares her research on this Elizabethan manuscript for the Corporation of Warwick Town Council. Originally intended as a minute book, it evolved into a personal diary of the Town Clerk, John Fisher, who recorded notable events in the Council’s activities. The book provides a fascinating account of life during the Tudor period.
Local historian, Emma Bromley, produced a thesis on this Black Book as part of her degree in Medieval English and History at the University of Birmingham. She is producing a current edition of the Black Book for the Dugdale Society.