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A History of the County of Somerset
… gave money for apprenticing a poor boy in the woollen trade, and agreed that any residue should be used to provide woollen cloth and clothing for the poor. By a deed of 1705 the sum of £50 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Perth; containing 172 inhabitants. It is a beautiful and romantic place, situated on the north side of Loch Earn, … at 1000 tons, and occupied in an extensive coasting-trade. The imports comprise great quantities of Sunderland … offices are in a far better condition than formerly. The plantations are in a flourishing state. The prevailing rock …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… for ornament as in the advertisement of 1760 for 'Ladies and Gentlemen's Fillets made in the best Manner, so as to … sense, a fillet is similar in meaning to BINDING, TAPE and STAYTAPE. There are several nuances of meaning extended … similar to the WINDMILLs found among the toys in several trade catalogues. Not found in the OED Sources: Inventories …
Finance and Trade Under Edward III the London Lay Subsidy of 1332
Contains essays on the lay subsidy of 1332 and related topics regarding taxation, trade and the estate of merchants in London.
A History of the County of Middlesex
… History. Finchley was not mentioned in the Domesday survey and in 1086 was probably included in the woodland for 1,000 … earned their living in agriculture, compared with 56 in trade, craft, or manufacture, and in 1811 and 1831 35 per … was held on Mondays in 1845 but was extinct by 1869. 33 Trade And Industry. People not employed in agriculture …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… north at Whetstone, lay between Hertfordshire on the north and north-west, Hendon on the west, Hendon and Hampstead on … after returning from exile. 23 Droving and especially the trade in pigs stimulated the growth of the hamlet, which … loam, sand, and gravel were also taken. When the sea-coal trade was disrupted by the Scots in 1640, turf from Finchley …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… OTHER ESTATES. Matthew of Ditton (? Ryfton) granted 40 a. and a house in Hendon and Finchley to the Knights Templars in 1243. 8 The estate … it was granted by the Crown in 1544 to Sir John and Ralph Allen and Sir John Champnez, 10 whose title seems …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PARISH of Findon, famous in the county for its sheep fair and for race-horse training, straddles the wind-gap in the … park, north-west of the village, Lord Montague laid out plantations 69 and apparently fishponds 70 in the mid 18th … houses in Nepcote in the 19th century to serve the fair trade, besides an inn, the Running Horse, which had closed by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… were set out [Patents (1776)]; [Patents (1792)], and in one advertisement claiming that they would be 'clean'd & repair'd on the shortest notice and most Reasonable terms' [Tradecards (1802)]. OED earliest … term refers to the FUR of the foumart or polecat. The fur trade used two types, the White or Russian Fitch, Mustela …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… citizens & burgesses in Parliament A LIST OF THE Knights and Commissioners of Shires, Citizens and Burgesses, of the … Knt. Alderman of London, and one of the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, deceased. In his Place Richard West, Esq; one of …