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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and dubbers were at one time fairly important in the town's industry. Records of the last two decades of the 13th … to identify two dyers living in Wilton in the 1330's, William le Fox 23 and John le Crocker; 24 it appears that … do so would account above all for the rapidity of Wilton's decline at the close of the Middle Ages. At the same time …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Salisbury. Others came from further afield as did William Baker (1478), gentleman of Devizes and Wells (Som.), Thomas … remove the county court to Devizes; 19 and Peter Bathurst's threat in 1710 to deprive Wilton flannel workers of their … 264. Names of parliamentary burgesses from Retn. of M.P.s 12131702, and unless otherwise stated, information about …
A History of the County of Somerset
… behind existing frontages 24 in Flingers Lane, Ireson's Lane, and Bond's, Clewett's, and Dowding's yards, all north … passed to Dorothy Barnes and was sold by her to John Baker in 1704. 96 Baker and his son, also John, sold to Thomas Penny in 1721. …
Survey of London
… land in Southwark extending from the precincts of St. Mary's Church on the east to the Manor of Paris Garden (the end of … jurisdiction, became known as the Bishop of Winchester's (or later the Clink) Liberty. Plots of ground along … Priory, by which the canons were allowed full use of the quay or dock on the river between the priory and Winchester …
A Dictionary of London
… century. Name derived from owner or builder. Winkworth's Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41, on the … maps. Winorh Marichirehe See Mary (St.) Woolnoth. Winston's Court See Vincent's Court. Winter's (Sir William) House See … See Wolsies Gate. Wolhouse See Woolhouse. Wolkaye See Wool Quay. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1536 when the rents of the customary tenants were worth 53 s. 3 d. and those of the free tenants 44 s. 10 d. 88 There were 5 freehold tenants at Winstone c. … amounted to 357 a., Townsend farm had 330 a., and Gaskill's farm 174 a. 9 In the mid 20th century almost all the land …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded of the history of the place … burthen now approach the town, and load and unload at the quay and granaries. In a recent year, tonnage duties were … the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and Suffolk. An act …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … and the George Inn (No. 35) Market Place; Nos. 3 to 5 Nene Quay; No. 97 Norfolk Street, dated 1701, with a 'Dutch' …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The charter had enjoined the 'ten men' to distribute £3 15 s. a year in charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the … there were two collectors for the poor, who received £21 0 s. 11 d. and disbursed £21 17 s. 7 d. 25 In 1591 William … workhouse on a 3-acre site between the Horse Fair and the Quay. They ordered 260,000 bricks, and Robert Twells, then …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was … the Nene for 7 miles downstream from Wisbech to Peter's Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the … £150 in demolishing a bank that was part of Kinderley's improvements (1726). 17 By 1751 it was possible in a dry …