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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with minor franchises such as the assizes of bread and ale. Several lords had withdrawn their estates, with the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and Harpenden each had its own constable, beadle, ale-taster, and headborough, 9 or 'bosburg,' 10 as he is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… three weeks, and the amendment of the assize of bread and ale, as pertaining to his church. He pleaded prescription, …
A History of the County of Essex
… elected a constable and presumably tasters of bread and of ale. They dealt with the usual range of minor offences, …
Old and New London
… a halfpenny-worth of milk, and never had less than three ale-pints for a halfpenny in summer, nor less than one ale-quart for a halfpenny in winter, always hot from the …
Old and New London
… "Lord have mercy upon meI am killed," and fell from the ale-bench, dead. Carlisle and Irving at once fledCarlisle to …
Survey of London
… Staires goeing up to the King's Guard Chamber wherein ale and Brandy is now Sold, to the dishonor of the Court, at … power and Licence to sell by retayle Wyne, Strong Waters, Ale, Beer and all other Liquors and Tobacco" within … ordered Whitehall to be "purged" from all sellers of beer, ale, wine, meat, etc. ( H. of C. Journal, III, 567.) "These …
Old and New London
… young boy, he lounged in there and asked for a glass of ale, which the kind-hearted landlady gave him, after sundry …
Old and New London
… boiled beef and shoulders of mutton, and small bowls of ale, which is called dinner; after that, large wooden … pieces of very fine beef, five loaves of bread, and some ale to drink the King's health. A procession entered of those …
Old and New London
… fivepence. There were in it many entries for 'Nottingham ale,' many eighteenpences for dinners, five shillings to …