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A History of the County of Chester
… thorough audit. 12 In March 1661 it resolved to revive the Midsummer show, but continuing anxieties were manifest in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… gave them authority to sit as justices of the peace. 52 At Midsummer 1624 the new J.P.s tried to take their seats at the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… streets were free. 7 In 1593 the infection began about Midsummer; by 2 August 25 houses were affected and 47 people … within its limits, a three-day fair in March, the ancient Midsummer fair lasting seven days, and a three-day fair in … following the dissolution of Gloucester Abbey. 77 The Midsummer fair was well known for cattle. Customers probably …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… world of the community. The important civic watches on Midsummer eve and St. Peter's eve, in which the trade … the middle of Elizabeth I's reign; the feast after the Midsummer watch ended about 1550. Company rituals may have survived …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Trade, p. 165; University Jurisdiction, p. 168; Night Watch, p. 172). Religious Life, p. 173. In the 16th century … over issues such as the courts leet, the night watch, and felons' goods. A few 16th-century bailiffs held … of the market, of trades and guilds, and of the night watch. 8 In 1532 both bodies submitted to royal judgement and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… for the poor of Walton constablewick on 25 March and at Midsummer, Michaelmas, and Christmas. 259 On Roger's death in …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… arms instead of tools, and, with the magistrates, to keep watch and ward, as well to defend the town against the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… in the royal navy. St. Nicholas's steeple was used as a watch-tower, where four discreet persons were appointed to …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… a determination; the said justices adjourning it to the Midsummer term, at York, when it was again heard and again …
A History of the County of Essex
… when it became a church school. 9 The parish also had a watch-house. In 1788 the vestry resolved to discover and … days before. Whether they succeeded is not known. A new watch-house, 7 feet square, was built in 18056. This …