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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in vain; we now recommend the same thing to yourself. One or two villages would suffice to show the convenience of it. … pp. 161, 162.] Annexed, 1731. I. Deposition of Martin Borel. The sloop Fox was brought into St. Thomas by Captain … Denmark was minded at any time to make war with any prince or potentate, he did so with his sword in his hand; whereas …
Two Early London Subsidy Rolls
… Appendix Some occupational words or surnames Appendix. Some occupational words or surnames. In this list a number of words of disputed or … l) er, burler, MLat burlarius, is a derivative of OF burel 'a coarse woollen cloth', probably that known as cloth …
A Survey of London
… craft but he be of their Guild, neither in Southwarke, or other places pertaining to London, otherwise then it was … and I forbid that any man to them do any vnright, or disease, vpon paine of ten pound, witnes Thomas of … of Spanish wooll mixed with English wooll, the Portgraue, or principall Magistrate of London ought to burne it, &c. …
Calendar of Border Papers
… 2, foot 3, with spear only, 6. Yevering "cytt" or stead,horse 2, foot 1, with spear only, 3. Ayeckild … 4, with spear only and two bowmen, 6. Midilton hall "cict" or stead,horse 2, foot with spear only, 4. Weitwod … "ceit,"1 footman with lance. Easter Newbiging "ceit" or stead,1 footman with lance. Grendoun town,horse 2, foot 4, …
The Environs of London
… place, in ancient records, is called Brambele, Brambelegh, or Brembeley.Newcourt supposes the name to be derived from brom, broom, and leag or lege, a field, or perhaps from the river Lea, near whose … about 1633. Dugdale's Monast. vol. ii. p. 82. Robert Burel also, and William de Pirho, gave them some property in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Coll., matric. 13 March, 1700-1, aged 17. Bryan, Andrew (or Bryant) B.A. 8 July, 1532, M.A. 5 July, 1535. [ 25] Bryan, … Paul's 1554-65, rector of Thorley, Herts, 1545, of Willey, or Weeley, Essex, 1547-8, and of Much Hadham 1548, died in … See Rawlinson, i. 433. [ 10] Buckeridge, John (s. William or Thomas), founders kin; scholar and fellow St. John's Coll. …
A Dictionary of London
… Gate, 1649-72 (Burn, 35). Perhaps one of the Tower Gates or a gate in the Wall. Bunce Land so called in the parish of … Fraternity in Candelwykestrete in 1345 (Ct. H.W.I. 484). "Burel" is defined in the N.E.D. as a coarse kind of cloth, … in London (Madox Hist. of the Exc. I. 509). The Burellers or Burillers were the makers of "burel," this coarse kind of …
London Possessory Assizes
… plaint, entered upon the two shops and is seised of them, or alternatively she denies the disseisin. William, by the … that he entered upon the premises without doing any injury or disseisin to the pl. Assize respited for lack of … as his attorneys Robert de Holewell and John de Wynewyk, or either of them, to represent him in any action or plaint …
Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls
… and that the latter did not forestall within the City or without, but that he had certain dealings with citizens … disease, and admitted that he was not suffering from it, or knew anybody who was, and that he was not a physician or a … said by Riley, Lib. Cust. Gloss, to have been makers of borel, a coarse woollen cloth. Here they appear as middlemen …
Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls
… before. They denied that they made a confederacy by oath or any other bond, and said that those who were willing to … money, and said that it had not been paid out in London or Paris, but that he did not know whether it had been paid … their possession belonged either to the Abbot of Waltham or to themselves, and that they were not carriers [ …
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