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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which was renewed by James I. in 1611, and confirmed by Charles II. in 1669. The corporation, however, at present … has been taken down and rebuilt by the present proprietor, Charles Goring, Esq., with the exception of the ancient … On the night previous to the battle of Naseby, King Charles I. slept at Wistow Hall here, which is now the seat …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the diarist lodged was the Swan which in 1834 belonged to Charles Boucher, a brewer, who altered it drastically. Pepys, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… messuage lately occupied by Adam Denison and then by Charles Gerbow, with 12 acres belonging called 'the … of Northampton, Richard Reynolds Bishop of Lincoln and Charles Parker, Richard Cumberland, Francis Tregeagle, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Townley family, in which it has since continued, Mr. Charles E. Townley being lord in 1937, though the ownership …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and other musical instruments', and presented them to Charles I to draw the royal coach. 52 At the outbreak of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with a considerable area of land, was sold c. 1789 to Charles Littlewood. On Littlewood's death in 1796 it was … up as the sea receded, and became ripe for inclosure temp. Charles II. They were 'improved, set out and divided' under …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… these streets are dated 1840 and 1855 respectively. Mrs. Charles Roberts, Recollections of a Long Life, 132. B.M. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… held a windmill at the nominal rent of 1 s. 9 d. The Revd. Charles Gretton of Springfield (Essex) held 600 acres in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sir Henry Peyton, who received 160 votes to Lord Charles Manners's 53. This change of allegiance may have been … same year, when, out of an electorate of 224, the Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke, the bishop's nephew, received 82 Wisbech votes …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In this year 241 ships were cleared. 16 About this time Charles Kinderley proposed to embank the Nene for 7 miles …