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Alumni Oxonienses
… Oriel Coll., matric. 30 April, 1688, aged 17; a student of the Inner Temple 1688. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. Barry, Edward Oriel Coll., matric. Mich. and Hillary 1656, subscribed 10 March, 1656-7 (as Edmund), … p. 73. Basire, John a Frenchman, studied 7 years in France and Germany; B.C.L. 29 March, 1603, having kept 12 …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Barsham Barsham. Barsham signifies the residence of Bar. Siward Bar is mentioned in Domesday … Book as holding East Beckham in Norfolk of the Conqueror; and Sier Bar had the lordship of Sheringham, in the same … carrying only 184 guns, and 1232 seamen, he defeated a French squadron bearing 366 guns of much heavier metal, and …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… Bartholomew Fair CHAPTER XI - BARTHOLOMEW FAIR The fair or market held on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24th), … according to him, from pied puldreaux (a pedlar in old French), and therefore signifying the court of such petty …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Barton (with Barton … S.W., (d)VII, S.E., (e)XIII, N.W.) Barton is a parish on the E. side of Ullswater and the river Eamont. The church, Barton Church Farm and the …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Barton St David BARTON ST DAVID 45. Barton St David 1841 The parish in 1841, showing the village on the southern side … occupied the low-lying land bounded by the river Brue and Cunlease Rhyne, but had access to arable land, small … of Street. It was described as low, fruitful, well-wooded and sufficiently watered in the late 18th century. 1 The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Bashron - Basting ladle Bashron [baseron] According to the OED, a bashron is a KETTLE. However, in the sixteenth century bashrons and kettles were rated separately, and the rate for the … first sense, it was possibly an English corruption of the French 'basane' and basils have been noted in this form; for …
A Survey of London
… hall warde Bassings Hall warde Bassings hall warde. The next adioyning to Colemanstreete ward on the west side thereof is Bassings hall warde, a small thing, and consisteth of one streete called Bassings hall streete, … streete runneth from thence north downe to London wall, and some little distance both East and West, against the said …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… - Bays Batavia arrack A type of ARRACK popular during the middle decades of the eighteenth century, probably … who dwelt on the island of Betawe, between the Rhine and the Waal, in part of what is now Holland, hence also … and were being exported well before 1560. Fugitives from France and the Netherlands introduced a different type of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S.W.) Batcombe is a small parish 7 m. N.E. of Beaminster. The church and the cross are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local rubble and flint with freestone dressings; the roofs are tiled. The …
The Environs of London
… Battersea BATTERSEA. Etymology. The parish of Battersea lies in the hundred of Brixton, and is situated near the river Thames, about three miles from … we fetched most of our cherries from Holland, apples from France, and had hardly a mess of rath ripe peas but from …