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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of buildings in the country. Besides twelve acres at Euston-square, thirty acres are occupied here by the … and just completed new buildings of remarkable size, at this station. The Regent's canal passes through the … burgesses, assisted by a recorder, town-clerk, sergeant-at-mace, and subordinate officers. The mayor, who is elected on …
A History of the County of Somerset
… farms sited on outcrops of gravel in the Parrett basin. At least three sites have not been identified. 2 The hundred … 3 A detached part of Whitley hundred marked the presence at Durborough in Stogursey of a Glastonbury abbey estate. 4 … and there was some commerce through Bridgwater's out-port at Combwich. Cloth was produced until the later 17th century; …
Old and New London
… I take to have been a miliary, like that in the Forum at Rome, from whence all the distances were measured." … Drive headlong from the waxen cells in swarms. Jack Straw at London Stone, with all his rout, Struck not the city with … 6 quails 1 6 2 ounces of pepper 0 2 2 ounces of cloves and mace 0 4 1 ounces of saffron 0 6 3 lb. sugar 0 8 2 lb. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and direction of an officer appointed by him, stiled at different periods the king's prfect, provost, and keeper … sworn into his office on the Michaelmas day, to have his serjeants at mace, to have the return of all writs, foreign officers not …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… mansion of which, situated just without the city walls, at a small distance westward from the lesser hill of the … year of king Richard II.'s reign, and kept his shrievalty at the Dungeon; and his great-grandson Valentine Chich, dying … of Kent in the 30 th year of that reign, he then resided at this mansion, which afterwards descended down to Sir James …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… granted to this city by king James I. the corporation at present continues to consist of a mayor, chosen on Sept. … the time of the charter by king James I. in 1607, 2 and a mace. 3 A court of burghmote for the business of the city, … elsewhere, do carry maces of silver, but only the king's serjeants; but that they carry maces of copper only, and of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… THE BOUNDS of the city and county of Canterbury have been at several times perambulated by the chief magistrates and … passed along the metes and bounds of the same liberties at Fyspole, over the lordship of the abbot of St. … the mayor rode before the queen (Elizabeth) bearing the mace until he came to the end of the stone wall of St. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… by inspeximus, reciting especially those of king Henry VI. at full length; and then, He considering that the city of … common clerk, attornies, commonly called common pleaders, serjeants at mace, keepers of the gaol, and tollingers, should be made by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and condiments such as CARRAWAY, CLOVEs, CORRIANDER, MACE, PEPPER, OLIVEs, and SALT. Contemporary recipe books …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… from Brecknock; containing 118 inhabitants. It is situated at the south-western extremity of the extensive parish of … aldermen, twelve chief burgesses, a steward, and two serjeants-at-mace, all of whom were named in the governing charter; also …