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Old and New London
… Companiesare, with the Crown, the principal owners of swans in the Thames. These two companies have long enjoyed the privilege of keeping swans on the river, from the Metropolis to a considerable distance above Windsor. "The swans in the Thames," says Mr. Kempe, "are much less numerous …
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… and bought velvet cloths, jewellery, and samples of 'swans with ladies' heads broidered'. 3 He was a prosperous …