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A History of the County of Somerset
… in the 1870s. 1 They were revived in the 1920s to raise money for the Memorial Hospital. 2 The last one was said to … furniture, and house rent. 57 In 1753 a man was given money to buy a horse. 58 By the 1770s the overseers were … 206 children on the books. 41 In 1894 the board raised money for a new school to accommodate 445 children. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… established here, for coining as many different kinds of money; and during this reign, the legendary battle between … king's books at 5: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1777. Windsor, or New Windsor (St. John the … in 1575, and situated in Park-street, is supported from money vested in the parish. Near the Pitfields, now called …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… it upon her husband, who died before she had sufficient money to carry out her design. In 1756 some 5,000 French …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 8 d. for a sermon on Good Friday and the distribution of money and articles in kind. 6. In or about 1668 William … trustees in 1895 and the income is distributed in money. 2. The poor of this parish are entitled to a share of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of traders came up from Southampton and Romsey. The stock-money, or boagium, is returned at 5 s. 6 d., and 15 s. was … of the fair was no longer the first consideration, no money was wasted this year in guarding the Alton road, for … Kitchin, Chart. of Edw. III, 17. The bishop recovered this money in 1293 as the result of a petition to the king at the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the royal castle, the importance of the mint and money exchange and other signs of prosperity, suggests that … in the borough. 38 King Edgar had ordered that one money should pass through the king's dominion, and one … But, since minting was not under central control, debased money was frequently issued. Thus in 1125 Henry I summoned …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Hundred Years' War still continued to drain the city of money and inhabitants and in 1450 another petition was drawn … brought new burdens on the city in the shape of ship-money, making the demands of the fee farm even more difficult to meet. Winchester was assessed for ship-money at the high sum of 170. In April 1638 the sheriff, Sir …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… I and the erection of a monument to his memory. 28 The money was paid over to the king, and a design made by Sir …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Eleanor of Castile, the queen's jewels and a large sum of money, threw himself into Windsor Castle, which he garrisoned … to write a letter to the queen forbidding her to raise money for his cause by selling or pledging any of his French … Windsor being specially grave owing to the fact that the money assigned for its repair had been granted by the king to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 15 Harriet Walton Jefford (d. 1922) left money for the erection of almshouses for women, and by 1925 …