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A History of the County of Warwick
… but many of the same amusements as well as quoits, bowls, duck-hunting, and bull-baiting were still popular among young …
A History of the County of Warwick
… waters being then added to the other prohibited sports. 72 Duck-hunting was still, about 1800, a popular sport around …
A History of the County of Durham
… as a shop by Messrs. Caldcleugh, belonged to Sir John Duck, and retains internally much characteristic work of the … with panelling, is a curious oil painting emblematical of Duck's career, containing views of the hospital founded by …
A History of the County of Durham
… and calling aloud to commit them to the stocks or even to duck them in the pant hard by. At last with much ado the two …
A History of the County of Durham
… orders of the court there were stocks, a pillory and a 'duck pool.' Owing to the disappearance of the borough records …
Magna Britannia
… 1614; John Lake, canon residentiary, 1678; and Nicholas Duck, Esq., barrister at law, 1628. It appears from the … monuments of John Acland, 1646; Margery, wife of Arthur Duck, and daughter of Acland, 1695; Mr. John Ley, 1805; and … which is called the Blue Maids' or Hele's Hospital; Robert Duck, Esq., in 1666 gave 50 l., Edmund Prideaux, Esq. gave …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… With his seal and signature. For Mr. Recorder [Nicholas] Duck, see L. 238, Nov. 9, 1622 ( p. 77). For a covenant in … of Exchequer" in L. 362, May 31, 1634. i.e. Nicholas Duck, died Aug. 28, 1628. He was appointed Recorder Aug. 21, …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… the Earl of Suffolk that they hear from Mr. Recorder Duck ( see page 55) that he (the Earl) claims his pension of …