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A New History of London
… bands: these regiments are as under. Comp. Men. The Blue regiment containing 8 1411 The Green 8 1566 The Yellow 8 …
A New History of London
… to be Richard II. but the colours being of a water blue the features of the face cannot be distinguished. On the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This is almost certainly an idiosyncratic spelling of BOAR sty, that is a shelter for the boar. In [Inventories (1573)] it was apparently empty. Not …
Calendar of Border Papers
… white, some red, some yellow, some of mixed colours, some blue. I have never formerly found the like fail to lead to …
Calendar of Border Papers
… shield with 2 cinquefoils in chief; crest: on a helmet a boar's head couped. 1303. Willoughby to Nottingham and Cecil. …
Calendar of Border Papers
… house of Foord, with James Nicholson a Scotsman, both in blue caps and grey cloaks, between 9 and 10 o'clock at night …
Calendar of Border Papers
… with speed." Indorsed by Cecil's clerk. Wax signet: a boar's head. 814. Lord Hume to Sir W. Bowes. [Nov. 1.] Answer …
Calendar of Border Papers
… of our fellows on oath. He was said to be disguised with a blue cap on his head, and in a plain suit like a serving man …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stour, derives its name from the Saxon words signifying "Boar's Pasture." The manor, at the time of the Norman survey, … it is unfit for pencils. Here are also several quarries of blue slate: a copper-mine was formerly worked; and lead-ore …