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9th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… of Rates. These were the pretermitted customs, the impost on wines and composition for grocery wares. For the wines, … the Wards did cause that his secretary did manage all the duties belonging to the surveyor's place and all manner of … is far greater than the benefit, for besides the ordinary duties of subsidies, composition or butlerage, they pay new …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… terms of the charters are in most cases obviously founded on the ordinances. They recognise the guilds as existing, … is expended, the company trust that the same sense of the duties attaching to the possession of property which has … to the officers and servants for the performance of duties connected with the administration of the charities. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… foregoing Account of Yarmouth. Anchorage. A duty levied on ships, for liberty to anchor in any port. Combat. ( … case, in which, sufficient evidence being wanting, on the defendant's pleading not guilty, it was at his option … his demanding judgment, it was to be given in his favor, on a supposition that the justice of Providence would never …
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… of information from a wide variety of sources and touched on subjects dealt with in a great number of secondary works. … value. Literary sources, for example, shed much light on contemporary attitudes, but as references therein to furs … of London: its origin, constitution, powers, and duties. London, 1950. Costa, L. M. P., Marquis de Beauregard, …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… for the Summing up of the Evidence formerly given on both Sides, in the Cause concerning my Lord of Strafford; … to let you know, that they do expert your Lordship will go on in the Order set, to sum up your Lordship's Evidence; and, … of Fraud and Deceit in Merchants, by not paying the King's Duties and Customs. The 15 th is Answered already, I hope. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the position of the latter, King Henry III., on approaching with the English army, set fire to the grange … walls; and within the area was a range of massive pillars on each side, separating the nave from the aisles: the bases … found trespassing on the common lands, and two have some duties connected with the pasture lands of the principal …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… vicinity to the ruins of an ancient monastery dependent on the abbey of Kelso. It is pleasantly seated in a valley on … it is light, but productive; on the rising grounds, more inland, it is a deep rich loam, and in other parts varies … ports, and 4240 to foreign ports; and the amount of duties paid at the custom-house was 76,259. The harbour was, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… ABCs appear to have been fragile, being printed either on PAPER or on PARCHMENT, which would be rather more robust. One record, … pulp. John Houghton suggested that it was used to give CHOCOLATE 'an astringency' and to 'strengthen a weak stomach' …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a. 89 (511 ha.) until 1884, is 13 km. north-east of Ludlow on the western flank of Brown Clee. Much of its boundary, especially on the south and west, followed streams, but on the east it followed the upper limits of Abdon common, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Regent of Scotland, during the captivity of David Bruce. On the coast is a cave called Cowshaven, which is celebrated … obliged to fly, was at last discovered by the impressions on the snow, of the footsteps of a woman, who regularly … into the land. The coast in general is bold and rocky, and on the estate of Auchmedden stands the colossal Pitjossie, an …