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Magna Britannia
… above mentioned prescribe their measure and weight. Westcote, writing in the early part of the seventeenth … which that statute was intended more strictly to enforce. Westcote, speaking of the progress of the woollen … great increase of the woollen manufacture, spoken of by Westcote, in the early part of the seventeenth century, was …
The Environs of London
… D. aged 89, 1789; Mrs. Hester Fitzmaurice, sister of Lord Westcote, and relict of John Fitzmaurice, Esq. 1790; Hester, … 24, 1788;Francis John, May 1, 1790. William, son of Lord Westcote (now Lord Lyttelton) and Carolina, born Dec. 6, …
Magna Britannia
… the wonderful working loadstone hath of late been found. Westcote also mentions a mine or quarry of loadstones at … published. Indigenous Plants. "Of herbes and plants," says Westcote, "there is such diversitie in colour, fashion, … temporary celebrity. A spring near Totnes is spoken of by Westcote as having possessed great popularity about the year …
Magna Britannia
… lies on the north coast, about three miles from Ilfracomb. Westcote says, that this place was originally called Bury, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the south the parish and county boundary is formed by the Westcote Brook. Another stream runs south-east across the … to these 4 a., the vicar had 11 a. in the parish of Westcote and 120 a. in Nantmell (Radnorshire). 144 The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 26 but before 1339 the estate had passed to Thomas de Westcote, 27 whose descendants remained in possession and … 28 In 1522 ' the lands which formerly belonged to John Westcote' were held by Richard Norton of Colemore, who was … to the Westcotes the advowson went with it; Thomas de Westcote presented to the living in 1346, 46 and left the …