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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a mast and serving to support and extend the square SAIL … with other nautical items in such phrases as 'yards and MASTs'. They were an important component of NAVAL STORES and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … sufficient space and depth of water to moor a large fleet. Near this is Whalefirth voe, on the west, separated …
Survey of London Monograph
… to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and ancestors, manor of Bayhall, in Pembury, Kent, and 8. 6 … 5 December 1723; suspended 29 April 1735 being then in the Fleet prison for debt; res d for 400 in favour of Townley 9 …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … justiciar, and in 1217 commanded the small English fleet in the first of England's great naval victories, off …