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Old and New London
… HouseThe House originally called Goring HouseThe First Pound of Tea imported into EnglandDemolition of Arlington … plague his lordship brought hither from Holland the first pound of tea which was imported into England, and which cost …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Willis is said to have spoken to a crowd at Penzoy pound a few days before the battle of Langport in 1644, and … the 800-a. Weston marsh and to establish a jointly owned pound at Penzoy. 7 About 1260 the Sowy demesne included 128 … of felons, fugitives, and outlaws. 28 There was a manorial pound on the moor at Penzoy in the 13th century, evidently …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… date of use: 1318-19 Found in units of DOZEN, OUNCE, POUND Found rated by the POUND, SHOCK of 40 BUNDLE See also MARLINE. Sources: … and 22s per C respectively [Inventories (1694)]. By the pound the white was usually valued at about 9d and the black …
Old and New London
… deficiencies. Some cry, "Oars! oars! sculler; five pound for a boat; ten pound for a boat; twenty pound for a boat;" many leap from balconies, and make for the …
Old and New London
… Northouck, "to save the labour of cutting a candle from a pound, burnt it off, and threw the rest carelessly by before …