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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… he supplied for the Queen's House, Buckingham Palace three large and 3 small sofas to go between the windows of the … flowers on a pair of sofas and gilding them, making a large pier glass and repairing carving on a state chair. … all sorts, Dressing Tables, glass and gilded sconces, very large and fine Corner Cupboards, or ordinary ones, Haratines, …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… Companies should soon become, as they in fact did become, large holders of real property within the walls of London. 10 … of non-craftsmen seems always to have been particularly large among the administrators or governing bodies. 12 Powers … The companies are at the present day possessed of a large corporate and trust estate, the principal element in …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Lord Protector; and I also declare, that I received a large sum of money from the Spaniard, to carry on my said …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… Depopulation against Sir Anthony Roper The Decree at large concerning Depopulation against Sir Anthony Roper, in … go to ruin, as by the said Information more fully and at large it doth and may appear. Upon full and deliberate …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… reasonable Prices, as by the said Letters Patents do at large appear. And his Majesty's said Attorney further …
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington
This volume covers 14 parishes in south-west Middlesex. Among the area's extensive modern suburbs are the vestiges of the earlier agricultural villages, and the best known of the surviving large houses are Syon House, Osterley Park, and Strawberry Hill.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 9, Glastonbury and Street
Covers the Glastonbury Twelve Hides hundred in the centre of the county, owned until the dissolution by the Abbey of Glastonbury. The abbey itself, and the town, are covered, along with surrounding parishes, including the large village of Street.
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands
This volume tells the story of the town of Leek and the north-east corner of Staffordshire adjoining Cheshire and Derbyshire. Besides the large parish of Leek, it contains Alstonefield, another extensive parish, Horton, and Sheen.
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17, Calne
Calne, a small town in north Wiltshire, stood on a large royal estate, and the witan met there - St Dunstan survived the partial collapse of a building at one meeting.
A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3
Covers two parts of the historic county: firstly, the hundred of Halfshire in the north-east, which includes several areas now within the greater Birmingham area, including Dudley, Halesowen and Yardley. Accounts are given of Kidderminster, Droitwich and Alvechurch. Secondly, the volume also covers the hundred of Oswaldslow, which largely encircles the city of Worcester.