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Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… and Sheriffs of London, &c., commanding them, on the King's behalf, to produce before him at the Exchequer at York on … at "la Grave," 5 Sept. And it was sealed with the Bishop's privy seal, and remains in the Chamber. Responsum. Reply to … hac vice, &c. And the said Robert bound himself to give 40 s. to the fabric of London Bridge if he should be found a …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… week of Pentecost, 23 Edward I. [A. D. 1295], at the King's command, announced by J[ohn] le Bretun, it was agreed that three ships should sail in the King's service, together with other ships from the Cinque Ports, … time of our predecessors, and also in our own times, widow women of our aforesaid City have been freely absolved from …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Mayor and Commonalty for the purpose of cleansing the City's ditches, on condition that the Chaplains of the Chapel of … sum of 100 had been expended on the cleansing of the City's ditches. Judicium de Thewe quia jurgratrix. Tuesday, 4 … condemned to the pillory called "le Thewe," ordained for women, for one hour. 2 Pena inter parochianos Sancti Audoeni …
The Environs of London
… Foot's Cray FOOT's CRAY. Name. This place takes its name from the river Cray, … Situation. Boundaries, extent, &c. Soil. Land-tax. Foot's Cray lies in the hundred of Ruxley, at the distance of 12 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north-east of Cambridge, covered 4,204 a. until Landwade's 127 a. were incorporated in 1953, thereafter 1,753 ha. … by 1887, and was still active in the 1890s. 56 A village institute founded in 1884, with 180 members, held its … and sexes, included, besides a horticultural society, 61 a Women's Institute started c. 1923, 62 a British Legion …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… street. They were usually inhabited from the 1860s by women over sixty. 42 Still in use in the early 20th century, … 1930s. Only one was occupied in 1939 and two, by very old women, in 1959, when the rest of the brick, slated, mostly … vicar Stephen Hall (d. 1661), and his successor Hugh Floyd's daughter Jane (d. 1666: £10 for twelve poor widows), as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… As 'Fordham rectory', the rectorial estate once the prior's was in the late 16th century held by Crown lessees, usually … worshipping anywhere. 23 In 1897, when there were a church institute and a choir of 30, his successor, who gave only two … in 1974. 27 When an Anglo-Catholic vicar, who opposed women's ordination, resigned in 1995, he was rapidly replaced …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small freehold estate showed a slight decline from 10 s. to 6 s. 8 d. 27 Fordham's total tax was near the median … killer. By 1891 five men were railway labourers. The few women in paid work in 1851 were mostly servants, but there … a tail- oress, and a schoolmistress. By 1891 twenty- three women worked as tailoresses, presumably for Colchester …
A History of the County of Essex
… The ford was probably that at Fordstreet, called Fordham's ford in 1580, half in Fordham and half in Aldham, where the … Symons Green may have been connected with William Symonds's land, recorded in 1569. 56 There were two small … both at Fordham and at Eight Ash Green included women's, elderly persons', and pre-school groups, political …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Hereford, held the Forest during the wars of Stephen's reign. A grant made by Miles was addressed to all his … Forest and St. Briavels castle to Henry II. 94 At Henry II's accession the area under forest law probably comprised the … Briavels castle on five occasions and for whom the castle's royal apartments were probably constructed, appears to have …