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A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the woods of Middlesex in the eleventh century, up to the very gates of the city of London. Woodland was of such … In some counties the Domesday Commissioners endeavoured to estimate the extent of the wood in each manor by means of … can, after all, only supply quite a rough estimate as to the extent of a wood, for its pannage value would depend …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in England; in fact it was, in the main, woodland down to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The ancient chase of Woodstock lay to the north of Oxford, and adjoined the considerable forest of Wychwood on the west. Immediately to the east of Oxford were the forests of Shotover and …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… published in 1982, are good examples of its intention to make important source material available to scholars. All this has been good work, of credit to the … typescript and at proof reading. About ninety commissioned articles on notable furniture makers have been written by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of that Committee are described in the Editorial Note to Volume VII, the first to be published. New arrangements introduced in 1975 are … advice. Most of them are named in the footnotes to the articles with which they helped. Particular thanks are due to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and Woodhaven, 1219 inhabitants. This place is supposed to have derived its name, signifying in the Saxon language "a … offices in the state, and one of whom was elevated to the peerage of Scotland in the time of Charles I. The … to supply the Perth and Fife markets, where the articles meet with a ready sale at good prices. There is a …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Other notes Ox 1573. Trouble 1594-1610. Ca 1604 - lic to pract med. See Rowse, "Tha Casebooks of Simon Forman". … at the Stone House, St Botolph's Billingsgate, confessed to 16 years' practice, 2 of them in London. Claimed cures for … by astronomy. He was examined on astrology & medicine - answers absurd & mirth-provoking. Attitude of the accused …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… on similar grounds - had paid £3 10s. (another £3 10s. to follow on completion of cure) and had been purged and … patient Attitude of the accused absent Action taken F to be fined £10 and imprisoned. Verdict guilty Sentence Fined … advance: not only had he not kept his promise but also due to extreme negligence he had allowed the woman he should have …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Fortifications FORTIFICATIONS There is no reference to defences round the town until 1321, when Edward II … granted for the completion of the work. 2 The king is said to have been highly pleased with the fortifications when he … years, 5 and 1348, for seven years, 6 for the inhabitants 'to wall in their town'. Both grants were also 'to complete a …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… the Roman stations Pons lii, and was called, in opposition to these remains, The New Castle upon Tyne; and which appellation was afterwards extended to the adjoining Town. 2 As this Castle secured the bridge … residence, where stately announcements were received and answers returned. Such towers, called the Barbican, for the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was triangular in shape, measuring 1 km. from north to south at its widest point and 1.5 km. from east to west. The northern boundary was a tributary of the river … the south-eastern followed a lane from the Selwood ridge to Barrow in Charlton Musgrove. The land slopes from 200 m. …