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A New History of London
… apprehended, in consequence of the verdict of the coroner's inquest on the body of George Clarke the person killed at … contest between the ministry of Great Britain and Mr. Wilkes, a paper under the name of the North Briton, to give … though not so formidable to the ministry, as to rival Mr. Wilkes in the opinion of the opposition, was certainly as an …
A New History of London
… the year 1771. On July 14, a wardmote was held in Butcher's-hall, Pudding-lane, for the election of an alderman for … be heard with silence, or to receive a general clap. Mr. Wilkes put a paper into the hand of the secondary who called … which was read to the livery in these words. "Mr. alderman Wilkes gives this notice to the secondary, that he considers …
Calendar of Border Papers
… to M r Sutton master of the ordnance at Berwick, at 5 s., his clerk at 12 d., 2 servants, 2 labourers, at 6 d. "le … 3 ordinary labourers at Berwick and Newcastle, in all, 15 s. 10 d. per diem, amounting for 366 days ("being leape yere") to 289 l. 15 s. "Empcions"among these, tarred rope, 32 l.; a fother of …
Calendar of Border Papers
… without heavy charges to her Majesty and loss of many men's livesand he, having great care and regard for these places … under a privilege heretofore granted by us to Sir Thomas Wilkes knight clerk of our Council, for making white salt … the farmers workmen or assigns of the said Sir Thomas Wilkes and Robert Bowes, and maintain them against all who …
Survey of London
… part of a through-route from Waterloo Bridge to St. Giles's and Bloomsbury, and the public or semipublic nature of the … into Long Acre (Plate 7), and until the building of Smirke's Covent Garden Theatre in 1809 was essentially the usual … nor was it quite as much a superior tradesman's street as Bedford Street or King Street. Perhaps it was …
The Environs of London
… at Brentford, (on Tuesday,) to the prioress of St. Helen's, and an annual fair on St. Laurence's day, the vigil, and the four days following'. For some time … of the popular candidate, is still kept up by the sign of Wilkes's Head, and No. 45. Earls of Brentford. Patrick …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1156 by Pope Adrian IV. 36 Probably in the 1180s Walter's great-grandson Fulk Pagnell granted the church, then in his … to have been ineffective, for in 1203 William Brewer, Fulk's successor as lord of Bridgwater, acquired the advowson from … and cover of 1640 by 'W.C.', a tankard of 1724 by James Wilkes, and two dishes, a cup, and a paten of 1727-8 by …
History Theses 1901-1970
… 1957. Richard Vaughan, 2nd earl of Carbery, 160686. T.S. Williams. Wales M.A. 1936. Colonel Philip Jones, 161874. … 1959. Surrey politics in later Stuart England, 16601714. J.S.T. Turner. Newcastle M.Litt. 1969. The parliamentary … in Nonconformist circles, from John Lilburne to John Wilkes. Beryl H. Lewis. Wales M.A. 1925. The political ideas …
History Theses 1901-1970
… The rural population of England and Wales, 18011951. S.W.E. Vince. London Ph.D. (Ext.) 1955. Changes in the … P.R. Odell. Birmingham Ph.D. 1954. Leicester's rural-urban fringe: a study of industry and settlement. … distribution of population in the Chilterns since 1821. R.S.G. Brocklebank. London Ph.D. 1937. An investigation of …
Survey of London
… houses on the backlands of Turnmill Street and St John's Lane. It was originally called Red Lion Street, after a … in size to, or rather smaller than, those built there, in Wilkes, Fournier and Princelet Streets. 2 The largest were at … new offices were part of the redevelopment of the Booth's distillery site extending from Turnmill Street. Among the …