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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Agar was sentenced to transportation for life for forgery, and turned evidence against his accomplices in the bullion … in 1866. Anderson, John Henry (1814 1874) Popular conjuror and magician, who originated the trick of pulling a rabbit … 1856) Ticket-of-leave convict who had been transported for housebreaking. He was hung on 15 December 1856 for the murder …
Journal of the House of Lords
… the Chair. The Reverend John Thomas Becher is called in, and further examined as follows: Can it be humane or politic … as we have Land at Home which is capable of being improved and made more productive? [312] In regard to this as well as … that, among the Consolidation of various Laws those for Larceny and malicious Mischief, Turnpikes, and others, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… outline that which continued for the next two hundred and fifty years, until the break-up of the estate in the 15th and 16th centuries. 1 The bishop governed the estate through … castleguard, the borough, with its three-weekly portmoot and also a manorial court, and finally a number of estates …
A New History of London
… attended, as did the lord-mayor, aldermen, recorder, and sheriffs, with the trained bands. In the mean time the … his majesty with 10,000 l. they were graciously received, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on them. The king … affection for the city of London, the place of his birth; and that he was exceedingly pleased at their bearing so good …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… is a small rural parish 18 km NNW of Gloucester and 5 km south-east of Ledbury (Herefs.). Situated at the … ancient parish was bordered by Herefordshire to the north and west and Worcestershire to the east. Before … 1385. 8 Walter, chaplain of Bromesberrow, was indicted for larceny and other crimes in 1255. 9 Walter Marsh, rector from …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… III Calais in the twentieth century is a typical port and manufacturing town of modern times, with its extensive … construction, huge factories for the manufacture of silk and cotton net and other products, and canals and railways … punishable by death and forfeiture of goods to the lord Larceny of the value of two sous and upwards was punishable …
Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… his protection; acknowledging it as the coronation church, and confirming its liberties and privileges. [Westminster, 5 Aug. 1100] CC VII.8, … by a charter of King Edward. Any plea concerning murder or larceny committed on his land shall be pleaded there, as the …
Court of common pleas: The National Archives, CP40
… or corruption by jurors, contrary to various statutes. Housebreaking Cases involving the breaking of an individual's …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… Moralitez des Philosophes." Vellum. ( 299. 2.) The Old and New Testaments. 13th cent. Scholastica Historia de Vetere … Civis London'" (manors of Rocholteshall, Chabhames and Wyke, and lands in Edelmeton, co. Middlesex).36 Edward … default of appearance to answer to certain charges of larceny and burglary and disclaimer by Adam Fraunceys, …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… 1607, 1-15 April 1607, 1-15 Richard Palmer, Roger Gwynn and others to the Earl of Salisbury. 1607, April 1. It is not … is yet but a stranger in our country, ignorant of our laws and customs, and also weighing with himself the large … great felonies; seventeen were convicted, three for petty larceny, three had their clergy, eleven had judgment to die, …