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Survey of London
… garden enclosure in the centre, Hanson established a five-man committee, consisting of four members who were to be …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… other TEXTILES. [Diaries (Josselyn)] recommended for each man a FRIEZE suit costing 19s, a CLOTH one at 15s and one of …
A Survey of London
… the raigne of Henrie the fift, in the person of a Countrie man comming to London, and trauelling through the same. In … Smithfield. True it is that this William Walworth being a man wise, learned, and of an incomparable manhood, arrested Wat Tyler a presumptuous rebell, vpon whom no man durst lay hand, whereby hee deliuered the king and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… figures, scroll and inscription-plate. In S. porch(2) of man and two small figures and inscription-plate; (3) of inscription-plate; (4) of man, three wives and children; (5) of marginal inscription. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… peas, beans, butter and cheese, pigs, cows, and sheep. One man had a flock of 21 sheep but the wealthiest yeoman, from a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a recusant woman was teaching in 1612, 43 and in 1662 a man was licensed to teach reading, writing, accounts, and …
Old and New London
… he used to crawl into the pulpit upon his knees. "He was a man," says Matthew Henry, "of great wit, worth, and courage;" …
Old and New London
… the reign of Richard II., "every cordwainer that shod any man or woman on Sunday was to pay thirty shillings." Among … was no trumpet blowne. What more can be comprized in one man's fame, To crown a soule, and leave a living name?" … Lilly, the astrologer, went to these lectures when a young man; and Scott makes Mike Lambourne, in "Kenilworth," refer …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Monuments: In nave(1) slab with indents of figures of man in civil dress and wife, under double canopy with shields … stone in small sections, now only remaining in shafts and man's right foot, late 14th or early 15th-century, head of …
Old and New London
… in 1594. He appears to have been a public-spirited honest man, and often stood forward boldly in defence of the …