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A Survey of London
… players, Trumpeters on horsebacke, Demilaunces on great horses, Gunners with hand Guns, or halfe hakes, Archers in … bearers about him, Hench men twaine, vpon great stirring horses following him. The Sheriffes watches came one after …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… so the HORSE had to be taken to water. Since many male horses were uncastrated, and therefore sometimes difficult to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The Denny demesne, worked by ploughteams including 8-10 horses and 24-30 oxen, was c. 1315 primarily devoted to … Hobson as lessee of Denny claimed the right to agist 1,000 horses and cows on Joist Fen, taking 3 s. for a horse and 2 … open to all cattle, was to be cleared of all except horses in April, and from 1740 Midload Fen too in February, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… century the flood banks along the river were much used by horses hauling barges: from 1797 the Waterbeach Level … by 1850 in Chittering Fen near the turnpike the Plough and Horses closed c. 1900, but the Travellers Rest was still open …
Old and New London
… and dance to church-music. 'Phaeton' is run away with by horses that go a foot's pace, like the 'Electress's' coach, …
Survey of London
… terminate in subterraneous regions inhabited only by dray-horses, and lumbering wains, and burly coal-heavers. The …