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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… A brief Relation of the late Dangerous Plot for the Destruction of his Highness's … his Highness's person. The common enemy having failed in all their former plots and conspiracies, for the ruin of his … they sought out, and gained to themselves instruments in all points fitted for the execution of their inhuman cruelty. …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… 1632 Counterfeiting of seals October 12 1632. A DECREE In the STAR-CHAMBER, About Counterfeiting of Seals to COLCHESTER … Seals, put to Bays not of the making of Colchester, but of less Estimation; which being shewn to the said Thomas Jupp, … the Seal alone they were plentifully and readily vented in all places. And albeit there had not been hitherto any …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… A decree concerning Depopulation against Sir Anthony Roper The Decree at large concerning Depopulation against Sir … and employed in the husbanding of the said Corn-Land. And all the said several Farms, when they were used in Tillage, … hath of late years taken into his own occupation all the said several Farms, and converted all the Lands …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… soap-boilers, 1633 A Decree in Star-Chamber concerning the Soap-boylers, in pursuance of a Censure of that Court … diligent Officer a watchful Eye were had to search and try all the Soaps that should be made and utter'd, to see that … there shall be cause to make any other sort of Soap of less goodness and sweetness, and consequently of a lower …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… some particular Terms and obsolete Words which occur in the foregoing Account of Yarmouth. Anchorage. A duty levied … lever to raise) A custom of twopence per ton levied on all goods landed at Yarmouth, or raised out of one vessel … see. Stowage. A custom of two-pence per ton levied on all goods pu or stowed, into any vessel at Yarmouth. Strond. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6
The history of the parishes of Slaughter hundred, and the upper divisions of Tewkesbury and Westminster hundreds, all in the eastern part of the county. The volumes includes accounts of the parishes of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold.
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea
Chelsea was a desirable riverside residence for wealthy merchants, lawyers, and courtiers from the fifteenth century, a pleasure resort for all ranks of society from the eighteenth; and now one of the most expensive and desirable places to live in London.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 14, Bampton Hundred (Part Two)
Covers the west Oxfordshire market town of Witney and the rural townships of Crawley, Curbridge and Hailey, all of which formed a single parish until the late nineteenth century.
A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2
Contains accounts of all the parishes of the four hundreds of Rutland, along with the soke of Oakham.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4
Covers the Crewkerne and South Petherton hundreds, and the village of Martock, all in the south of the county.