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A History of the County of Stafford
… Thomas Burrowes Adams. In 1861 he conveyed it to Samuel Priestley, an Aldridge lime-master, who sold it to Robert …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the Civil War and was a ring-leader in the anti-inclosure riots at Walsall in 1653. 41 There was at least one …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 24 Policing arrangements proved inadequate during Jacobite riots in 1715, 1750, and 1751 and during riots caused by economic distress later in the century; even … therefore taken. Deputy constables were sworn during food riots in 1766. 26 In 1767 the foreign vestry agreed that the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it was dissolved, however, in 1783. The celebrated Dr. Priestley was for some time its head, and had for his …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… gives the names of 17 clothiers. 17 In that year, however, riots began in the town against the introduction of … employment. George Wansey started in 1814, 21 but further riots occurred in 1817, following attempts to introduce the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… the petition of the Bishop of London shewing that several riots having been lately at Hammersmith the rioters were …