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Scriveners' Company Common Paper 1357-1628 With A Continuation To 1678
London Record Society, volume 4. Records of the 'Writers of the Court Letter', later incorporated in 1616/17 as the Company of Scriveners of the City of London. Includes lists of officers, oaths, ordinances, petitions and letters patent.
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Scrooby SCROOBY. In the book of doomsday Scrobye is only a berue (or hamlet) of Sudton, … and several fishing and free warren in the said manors, with the appurtenances in Scrobye, Ravenskeld, Lanome, … village stands on the side of the high road to Doncaster, about 2 miles from Bawtry. Patron, the duke of Portland. Rev. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Sea card - Seville oranges Sea card Also known as a 'card of the sea', Randle Holme described a sea card among sailors' terms as a 'Geographical description of Coasts, with the Distance, height and Winds laid down in it, by which … Sea wormwood Even today there seems to be some ambiguity about the correct name, for instance, it is labelled …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Seabeach SEABEACH, a hamlet, partly in the parish of Boxgrove, and partly in that of Eartham, union of West … has been reclaimed in the township, by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners. Here are very extensive works of various … petty-sessions occasionally. The town first sent barons to parliament in the 26th of Edward I., and continued to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Seaborough is a small parish on the Devon border 5 m. N.W. of Beaminster. Ecclesiastical The Church, Plan b(1) Parish … and the other, in the W. wall, of two trefoiled lights with tracery in a two-centred head. The N. chapel has a … and the S. wing, making the plan L-shaped, was added about the middle of the same century and extended S. towards …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Seals, insignia and offices of the City THE SEALS, INSIGNIA, AND CORPORATE OFFICES OF … impressions it can be seen that the cinquefoil is covered with small rough marks, probably intended to indicate that … It closely resembled that lost in 1645, being circular, about 2 in. in diameter, and bearing a cinquefoil, with a …
A History of the County of York
… and Officers THE SEALS, INSIGNIA, PLATE, AND OFFICERS OF THE CITY The first common seal of the city is round, 2½ … with ostrich feathers as supporters. 11 Legend, black letter: SIGILLUM SECRETUM OFFICI MAIORATUS CIVITAT IS … early 16th century the waits also wore the city arms on their sleeves, as did other civic officers later. The …
A Dictionary of London
… and Scott's Wharf west, in Farringdon Ward Without, east of the Temple (Rocque, 1746, and Dodsley, 1761). "Hawkes … p. 85). In 1320 Richard and Margery Godchep let a room in their seld in the parish of St. Mary le Bow in Westchepe, … of the widening of Giltspur Street in 1760. In the Act of Parliament the houses taken down are described as Middle Row, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Seaton - Sedgwick Seaton SEATON, a township, in the parish of Cammerton, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward below … divisions of Devon, 2 miles (S.) from Colyton; containing, with Beer tything, 1996 inhabitants. This place is situated … a grant of some property here. The township comprises about 1000 acres of land: the village is pleasantly situated …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1816_70 Second Class Clerks 1816-70 This grade was created in 1816 when provision was made for eleven Second Class Clerks. 1 In fact only seven were then appointed. 2 The number was reduced to six in 1821 when one of the clerkships was left vacant. 3 A seventh Second Class …