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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … February. 94 In 1324 when here he received the Great Seal surrendered by the chancellor and handed it to his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) … at the confluence of the Ouse with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild property in socage, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the … area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … and a similar letter from Queen Elizabeth under the seal of the Duchy of Lancaster, in favour of Long Sutton and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the Holy Trinity Guild exists. 41 The Trinity is …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … Roger de Croft, John de Hamesfel, John de Cauncefeld. Seal of brown wax bearing the arms and legend of John de …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green … 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … agent for his fellows. 107 The Company had its own seal (Fig. 36), incorporating motifs long common in other …