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A History of the County of Chester
… Early modern Chester 1550-1762 Religion, 1550-1642 RELIGION, 1550-1642 … SETTLEMENT The Henrician reformation had been received in Chester with acquiescence tempered by conservatism and … is little indication of enthusiasm for new doctrines in Chester, which contained no notable protestant laymen, and …
A History of the County of Chester
… Early modern Chester 1550-1762 Religion, 1662-1762 RELIGION, 1662-1762 The … the dean and prebendaries, who mostly came from outside Chester after 1660, 16 were generally harmonious. … held many of the city's livings at least had dwellings in Chester, but as several simultaneously held country livings …
A History of the County of Chester
… Early modern Chester 1550-1762 The civil war and interregnum, 1642-60 THE … in practice, as there were still sheriff-peers on the council in 1662. 4 There were no further purges of the … the Innholders competed unlawfully in the distributive trades, and textile craftsmen were aggrieved by the Drapers' …
A History of the County of Chester
… Early modern Chester 1550-1762 The restoration THE RESTORATION After the … ZAF 3C/2-4. Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1, 4; H. Taylor, 'Chester City Companies', J.C.A.S. N.S. V. 21; xviii. 154. … 41-2. C.C.A.L.S., ZAB 2, f. 140; ZML 3/399-401. Burne, Chester Cath. 127-9, 131-4; V.C.H. Ches. iii. 37. A. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1640. 8 The most important city institution was the common council, whose members were co-opted from the freemen. By … In 1605 James I appears to have reduced the number of the council to 30, 9 but the membership was restored to 40 under … the city and frequently associated with the distributive trades, the most prosperous sector of the economy. 11 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… numbers of apprentices, particularly those in poorer trades, never had their agreements formally recorded, but of … Thus persons belonging to the metal, textile, and clothing trades comprised nearly 40 per cent of all the city freemen … of inns, taverns, and similar premises. In 1617 the common council denounced the sale of linen and woollen cloth and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… particularly those engaged in the prosperous distributive trades, almost certainly gained in wealth and social … and begs from door to door'. 13 About 1550 the common council tried to restrict begging of that sort to a fixed … since the late Middle Ages) was reorganized by the common council in 1636 with the establishment of a common board of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Government, p. 121 (Charters, p. 121; Freemen, p. 126; Council, p. 130; Finance, p. 140; Officers, p. 143; … of the 17th century, when recruitment to the building trades in Oxford rose sharply, 12 and again in the 30 years … tailors were particularly keen to indulge in other trades, but there was more specialization in the metal …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… net income, 205; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Chester. The church, supposed to have been built in the 15th …