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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Nov. 1. Whitehall. Pass for Mary Jolly, Elizabeth Bowtell and Mary Sawkell to go to Holland. [ S.P. Dom., Entry Book … I have this day received your letters of the 1st., 5th and 8th inst., new style. We are very sorry "that such snakes … allowances to be made to Lawrence Stanyan, esquire, late farmer of the revenue of Ireland with Edward Richbell, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… of the States General, to go to Harwich or Gravesend and Holland [ Ibid. 344, p. 421]; and for John Limbeck, a … Henry Poorten, a German, to go to Germany; and for Mary Farmer, wife of Thomas Farmer, one of the yeomen of the guard, to go to Holland [ …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ploughteams. 62Two demesne ploughteams, each of 2 horses and 6 oxen, were at work in 1251 on 309 a. evenly distributed … were about a dozen farms of 100 a. or more. 8The largest farmer in the early 20th century was William Norman, who … 23one maker of cream cheese survived in 1861 24and a farmer described himself as a cheese factor in 1883. 25At …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 35Although the 103 subscribers included several gentlemen and the rector, William Smith, the bulk of the money was … or less. The funds were to be managed by the churchwardens and four other inhabitants, and the master was to be appointed by the rector and six …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West River, forming a triangle with a base on the river and an apex to the south. It covered 4,694½ a. until 1884, … from 2 m. (6½ ft.) by the river to 7 m. in the village and 9 m. in the south. Gravels underlie the south-west part and the village, clays the south-east. Much of the north is …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… S. Lucia, Virgin [13. Dec.]. Chawry (Richard), Alderman 1 and freeman of the City of London.To Robert Rede, Knt., Chief Justice of the Common Bench, and to Margaret, wife of the same, he leaves a certain … p. 605. 2 A conduct or conductor was strictly speaking a farmer of the revenues of a church, one who undertook to …
Survey of London
… centred on Wilmington Square, lies between Amwell Street and Farringdon Road to the east and west, and Lloyd Baker Street and Rosebery Avenue to the north and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ancient parish extended some 2 miles from east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The … of a mansus prebende occupied by the prebendary's farmer and his familia, two virgates and two tenements worth …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually came to depend upon the … all probability much greater than it had been in the past, and the affairs of the town were henceforth largely dominated … John Rodman, Mayor of Wilton in 1462; Richard Crede, farmer of the fulling mill at Washern, was elected burgess in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates … 1 The right to hold markets weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday was granted to the borough at least as early as …