Life in the Lancashire village of Riggan is dominated by the coal pit, for it not only provides employment for most of the villagers, but it is also the focus for most of the communities hopes and fears.
From two mss., the first by an unknown writer, contains the household expenses of Edward, earl of Derby, for 1561, and his household regulations for 1568; the other ms., written mainly by Ffarington, who held various offices in the ...