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A History of the County of Oxford
… and a further development of sheep-farming. Those 'sturdy beggars' the clergy were replaced by 'a sturdy sorte of extorsioners,' as a contemporary pamphleteer … Soc. Extra Ser. 1871, xiii), 79. 'Ther is in sted of these sturdy beggers, crept in a sturdy sorte of extorsioners'; cf. …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Playters, the eldest son of the above personages; a sturdy figure clad in a suit of plain armour, with this …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Two Men's Ministries (priv. printed, Witney, 1983) D. Sturdy et al., 'Houses of the Oxford Region', Oxoniensia, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Richard de Claythorp 1367 Id. Jos Austin 1393 Id. Henry Sturdy 1393 Id. Richard Turnour 1393 Id. Thomas Brakmeare …
Old and New London
… the forces of the king and those of Simon de Montfort, the sturdy Earl of Leicester, which were marched, we are told, …
Old and New London
… and engraving of modern moral subjects)," says the sturdy painter, "I entertained some hopes of succeeding in …
Old and New London
… prison but the Tower." "That's true, my lord," replied the sturdy beggar; "and I've been in all the rest." In 1781 Lord …
Old and New London
… The congregation fled in alarm from the church, but a sturdy carman resolutely proceeded to secure the offender, …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… for a fine of £140. Shipman assigned the lease to William Sturdy, who charged it with an annuity of £40 payable to John Jefferies. On Sturdy's death the assignment passed to Thomas Prowse, who …