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City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… have cordially co-operated, it should be necessary for us to record our dissent from the conclusions arrived at … We have, however, carefully considered their Report, and we find ourselves unable to agree with it in several … subscribed to several existing institutions, such as the British Horological Institute, Clerkenwell; the London School …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 1
Covers the natural history of the county, some archaeological material, a chapter on Romano-British Somerset - including detailed coverage of Bath - the Somerset Domesday and the Geld Inquest.
Two London Chronicles from the Collections of John Stow
… e viij, Tomas Baldry beyng mayre, was y e lady Hungarford and hir man hangyd at Tyburne. 2 The xvj. yere of his reyne y … one Harman drawyn from Newgate to Tyburn, & there hangyd for qwynynge of falce golde. 6 And in y e same yere in Julii … skarsnes of breade at London, & all England, y t many dyed for defaut therof: & y e bread cartes y t came from Stratford …
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… drawn scraps of information from a wide variety of sources and touched on subjects dealt with in a great number of … contain material of particular value. Literary sources, for example, shed much light on contemporary attitudes, but … Various: Wardrobe. Lord Chamberlain: Accounts. THE BRITISH MUSEUM Stowe MS. 146 (Warrants 151215). Harleian MS. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises by measurement 1884 acres of land; and contains good building-stone of the granite species, and … gift of the Rev. Thomas Fox: the tithes have been commuted for 370, and the glebe consists of 38 acres. The church has a … is a remarkable oval inclosure of basalt stones, evidently British; the area measures from north to south 1317 feet, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… 1148, by Cadwallon ab Madoc, and was originally designed for sixty brethren of the Cistercian order, but never … reign of Edward I., Llewelyn ab Grufydd, the last of the British princes, made this his principal residence, while … Cynan commanded the fugitive prince to be dragged from his asylum by force; but his soldiers were unable to execute his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Abbey Dore AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-WEST HEREFORDSHIRE … Roman main road from Kenchester to Abergavenny was exposed for a length of about 30 ft. It was 12 ft. 9 in. wide, and … Viscount Scudamore restored the eastern arm and transepts for use as a parish church. The main vaulting by the 17th …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The inhabitants are employed in various trades requisite for the supply of the neighbourhood, and in hand-loom weaving … of Ptolemy, is supposed to have derived its name, of British origin, from its situation between the rivers Dee and … of a useful education. The House of Industry and Magdalen Asylum were also founded chiefly by Mr. Watt, who, for that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Abbotsbury AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN WEST DORSET Arranged by Parishes … Commission's terms of reference when many of the blocks for the plans in this volume had been made has resulted in … was founded by Orc in the time of Edward the Confessor for Benedictine monks. No remains seem to have survived of …
Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… Abbreviations SHORT TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS Manuscript Abbreviations Bl British Library, Department of Manuscripts C BL MS Cotton … by Diana E. Greenway (1977) Fines Essex Feet of Fines for Essex, ed. R. E. G. Kirk, I (A.D. 1182A.D. 1272), …