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Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… with a triangular hat; and carried a cane with a large amber head to it. For some time before his death, he suffered …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… paternosters or rosaries, the beads of which were often of amber (I. 653, 694; II. 11, 25, 51, 214, 216, 233, 316, 599, …
Lincoln Wills
… pypys sylver and gylte' (p. 26); also strings of beads of amber, coral, or jet, the gauds or larger beads, which mark …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… they gave him confectio alcarmas, compounded of musk, amber, gold, pearl, and unicorn's horn, with pigeons applied …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of white wax. These candlesticks were polished like amber ... At the nether end were two broad arches upon three …
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… salt, figs, almonds, silver, copper, fish, wax, corn, and amber. Skins were thus only one item among many, although in …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I
… to drive the English from the Bermudas. A piece of amber as big as a giant found there. The East India vessels …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… deep black, easily cut and capable of a high polish. Like amber, it becomes electric when rubbed, and hence acquired in …
Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations
… Affidavit of Arthur Nowlan relating to twenty pounds of amber grease, half whereof has been seized by the naval … for private intelligence. Letter to Mr. Attorny General. Amber grease. Whereupon their lordships agreed to enquire of … paragraph K of the same letter [ fo. 279], touching some amber grease seized by the naval officer in Jamaica, be sent …
July 1643: An Ordinance for the speedy Rising and Leavying of Moneys, set by way of Charge or new Impost, on the severall Commodities mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed; Aswell for the better securing of Trade, as for the maintenance of the Forces raised for the Defence of the King and Parliament, both by Sea and Land, as for and towards the Payment of the Debts of the Common-wealth, for which the Publique Faith is, or shall be given.
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… by the Refiner, five shillings. Item, for every ounce of Amber-greece, three shillings. SILKES IMPORTED. For every …