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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of Glasgow by James II., No. xxiv.; James III., No. xxxi.; and James IV., No. xliii. Edinburgh, 20 May 1522. We witht aviss autorite and consent of our derrest cousing and tutour Jhone Duk of Albanie, etc., protectour and …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… (1529) XLVII. Charter by the Provost, Bailies, Councillors and Community of the City of Glasgow, giving in alms to the Virgin Mary, and Anne her mother, and to Master James Houston, the founder of the New Church in …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXVI Indenture between the Provost and the Friars Preachers (1454) XXVI. Indenture between John … Provest that were in the Citie of Glasgu' on the one part, and the Prior and Convent of the Friars' Preachers of the same City on the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern … boundaries separate Yarnton from Cassington on the west and from Begbroke on the north. A large detached part of …
A Dictionary of London
… Misc. Ch. Bundle 68, file 12, No.333) (quoted in N. and Q. 11th S. 3, p.243). Not further identified. Yeuan (St.) … stable adjoined the churchyard of St. Peter's Church (L. and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter … Site was formerly occupied by Garden Court (q.v.) and now by Australian Avenue and Cotton Street. Young's Quay …
Survey of London Monograph
… to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and ancestors, manor of Bayhall, in Pembury, Kent, and 8. 6 s. 8 d. a year from lordship of Huntingfield, Kent; …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, Durham House, it fronted …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … monks, in which William was referred to as their dearest and special friend, was obtained before May, 1200, 2 and a …