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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of yours to your own natural indulgence, and Lord Portland's kind representation, rather than to any merit of mine, … beyond sincere intentions to promote your and the kingdom's interest to the utmost of my power, without being able to … the taking of a French fishing boat by H.M.S. Portsmouth prize, which boat, with the master and men, you desired might …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… title of Earl of Jersey in the county of Southampton. [ S.P. Dom., Entry Book 345, p. 513.] Sept. 1. Whitehall. … Dublin. "Votes" of the Irish House of Commons. Printed. [ S.P. Ireland 359, No. 101.] Sept. 2. [Whitehall.] Minutes of … the time within which goods taken shall be allowed as prize, be sent to the Admiralty, though there is a doubt as …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Forbes, esq., was late captain in colonel Edward Fox's regiment of foot. [ In the margin] This commission was … by Mr. Blathwayt and entered here by Mr. Yard's directions. [ S.P. 44. 168. p. 235.] Sept. 2. Warrant to … are now making considerable repairs at Sheerness and the Medway. Endorsed, R. 14 Sept. 1699. [ S.P. 32. 11. ff. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… the clerks of the signet attending, or other his Majesty's servants: that his Highness' letters to the Grand Signior, … by scriveners and others abroad, whereby his Majesty's affairs passing many hands are made public: therefore it is … would colourably take us as his prisoners, claim us as his prize and free us from the Turks: which was accordingly done …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… ANNO 11 HENRY VII. Monday next after the Feast of S. Gregory, Pope [12 March]. Waryng (Roger), "taillour."To be … forgotten, &c.; to the sustentation of the Fraternity of S. John Baptist founded by the "Taillours" of the City of … (Hasted's 'Kent,' vol. ii. pp. 149-53). 1 Over the Medway. 2 Or Wonersh. 3 Of Bishopsgate and Langbourn Wards. 4 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (now North) Street, already purchased with part of Dyer's money, was to be held by the schoolmaster rent free and … but none had entered husbandry; a premium of 8 10 s. was paid for each boy. 3 Under the charter of 1885 the … By 1903 the school had a playground and carpenter's shop and the use of playing fields. In addition to the head …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Northwich, Second division of the hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of Chester, 1 mile (N. W.) from … Bodmin, hundred of West, E. division of Cornwall, 2 miles (S. E.) from Lostwithiel; containing 1056 inhabitants, and … year from eleven acres; for which, on both occasions, the prize of 30 guineas was awarded by the Society for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed in 1724, catered … history or geography, at a night school run by a former prize-fighter. 17 57. Witney grammar school: plan and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … two days and included races on Curbridge Downs, with the prize of a 'handsome superb cup'; 348 in the early 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… glebe house and supported by subscriptions, including £2 2 s. from Merton College, was attended by 101 children, and in … in 1831, with the assistance of Merton College, St. John's College, and the National Society, a new girls' schoolroom … Subscriptions, including £3 a year from Catherine Rawson's charity, and the children's pence, were insufficient to …