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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXII Charter of James III confirming the City and Barony in free regality (1476) XXXII. Charter by King James III., granting and confirming to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors the City and Barony of Glasgow, and the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of the University, the regents in the College of Arts, and the provosts and bailies of the City, being conservators of the chantry. … the said convent of Glasgow is affixed, together with the seals of a reverend father friar John Mure, bachelor of …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… capellano, cum multis aliis etc. [Translation] To all and sundry faithful in Christ, as well present as to come, … present writing, William Stewart, prebendary of Kyllern, and canon of the church of Glasgow, and rector of the parish church of Glasfurde, in the diocese …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXVII. Charter by King James IV. confirming the liberties and privileges granted to the Bishop of Glasgow. Edinburgh, 4 … King of Scots, to all good men of his whole land, clerics and laics, greeting. We are believed to act not unworthily … we bestow anxious care that the subjects of our kingdom, and especially prelates and ecclesiastical persons, may have …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Y Y Yabbicom, William H., Lower Castle St, Bristol, cm and u (181819). Trading at no. 10 in 1818 and no. 8 in 1819. [D] Yale, Elihu, London, cm, broker and … freemen rolls] Yardley, George, Noble St, London, freeman merchant tailor, carver and gilder (1753). Employed four …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … 178 inhabitants. It is situated in the vale of the Wisk, and comprises by computation 1120 acres of land, divided … are frequently resorted to by the North Sea fleet, and merchant-vessels are constantly repairing to them for …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Christi Coll. 1714, M.A. 1717; rector of Greatham 1717-46, and vicar of Newton Valence, (both) Hants, 1718-46. See … 30 Jan., 1610-11; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1619, as son and heir of William, of Petersfield, Hants, gent. See … 11 July, 1620; born 17 March, 1597-8; admitted to Merchant Taylors' school 1610. See Robinson, i. 64. Yardley, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. … centuries 87 were those of wood dealer and coal and manure merchant, tea dealer, station master, signalman, 88 watch … roads included a second-hand tool firm, a scrap metal merchant's founded in 1953, and a joinery works. There was a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … 1,690 trees, nearly all oak, were sold to a Glastonbury merchant. 12 In 1801 there were 26 families engaged in …