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Petitions to the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, 1632-1770
… of Tissington, widow. Q/SB/2/523 (1695) July the 16 1695 To his Majestie Justices the humble petition of Elizabeth … thereabouts so that by reason of her old age is not able to doe any thing towards a livelihood and haveing no children … maintenance and nourishment whereof and to pay and defray debts and dues unto the Church the King and his subjects, He …
Petitions to the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, 1632-1770
… 1700s Margaret Holmes of Kire Ireton. Q/SB/2/670 (1701) To the right worshipful his majesties justices of the bench … humbly sheweth Where as your worships was formaly pleased to grant me an order of one shilling weekly to be paid by the overseers of the poor of Iddridghey toward …
Petitions to the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, 1632-1770
… and a halfe a prisoner in the said goale, and not able to mentaine her selfe and her childe, or to gett her liveinge, is come into very great wantes and … petitioner humbly prays your worshipps seriously to consider and commiserat the sad and deplorable condition …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… down from the neighbourhood of Eudon Coppice 1.5 km. to the north-west; the hill is made more prominent by a … The highest land is on the western edge where the road to Middleton Scriven crosses the spur of high land and the … of the parish stand on an outlier of the coal measures to the east, beyond the Devonian Old Red Sandstone that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was established here, under the name of Plymouth Dock, and to this event the town is indebted for its importance and … applied on behalf of the troops in garrison at Dock, to the corporation of Plymouth, for supplies of water from a … tallow, deals, iron, wine, and groceries. The rivers, owing to the extent and unevenness of the surface, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… doorway, the form and date of which cannot be ascertained owing to a thick growth of ivy which covers it. The timber-framed … the principal rafters; the lower parts of the side-posts to the entrance are modern. The lower parts of the side walls …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… The lord] Wylliam Haward dyd saff-gard them; and so rod to-gether, and in Fanchyrche stret my lord of Devonshire and … conterffeytyng the quen('s) senett. 1 The sam day was had to the Flett doctur Crom, persun of Aldermare, for [preaching … without licenced 2] The xiiij day of January was had to the Towre master Hadyntun, dwellyng in Bouge-rowe, and all …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… of his preb. (but by late 13th cent. these belonged to subdeanery, see list 6). Adam de Amundeville last occ. ? … 571, 586, 610, 636, 639, where he occ. from Hilary 1274 to Michaelmas 1278, but not in 1279 and 1280). His executors … d. before c. 1188, commem. 11 June (obit. I 158). Perhaps to be identified with Ajax sacerdos who held land in Lincoln …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of which the name is of Scandinavian origin, is supposed to have been originally a Danish settlement, and subsequently … of the numerous royal fortresses erected along the coast, to repel the frequent incursions of that warlike people. It … beyond the limits of the present town, is supposed to have been anciently of greater extent and importance. It …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of maps and plans DINTON THE parish of Dinton lies in and to the north of the valley of the Nadder. It contains 3,403 … are named, often with holdings of 4 acres, and all owing rent and services. Among them were a shepherd, an … at Teffont was said to have decreased at that date owing to the activities of the Methodists, at that time …