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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… by their Proceedings, they seem to hold forth, That the Axe is laid to the Root, and that they have a dislike of this …
Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londiniensis
… by the seid Wardeins. And yf the seid Proctour paie or axe to be allowed for ordynary charges othirwise and more …
A History of the County of York
… countryside around the city. Many a citizen had a Carlisle axe; Margaret Blackburn had a mappa (possibly linen damask) …
Old and New London
… Sir Walter Raleigh was led forth to die by the headsman's axe. On the morning of Raleigh's execution his keeper brought … spirit, as he trod the scaffold; and, gently touching the axe, added, "This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… have been found in Clapcot Fields. 3 A primitive iron axe was found at Shillingford Bridge about 1848, 4 and …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Harbinger in Reversion 1680? 1680 4 Mar. Child, R. Axe Keeper and (from 1743) Messenger c. 17211837 By 1721 …
Cardiff Records
… bolt, lance, and sword. They gave place to the battle-axe and the pistol in the reign of Henry the Eighth. From …
Old and New London
… (says Mr. Timbs), as a child, seeing the executioner's axe flash in the sunshine as it fell upon the neck of Mr. … formed upon the parade, including a headsman bearing the axe of execution; a painter, to mark the bounds; yeomen, … Hill, apart from the crimson block and the glittering axe, are few, but what there are, are interesting. Poor …
Survey of London
… Lane were two pieces of property in private hands, the Axe, which afterwards came into the possession of the Hewet …