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A History of the County of Somerset
… Isles, but no less than 43 species belong to Watson's 'Atlantic' group, which consists of plants having a … Paralias, Cyperus longus (extinct), Scirpus numidianus, S. Holoschnus, Rhynchospora fusca; and among ferns … north-west, which attain a height of 1,262 feet at Will's Neck, and the Blackdowns on the south (Wellington Monument, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Braly, Thomas 1522. See Brayley. Braly, Zacharius s. John, of Bandon Bridge, co. Cork, p.p. Trinity Coll., … 1671, aged 17; B.A. 11 Feb., 1674-5. Braman, Nicholas s. Th., of Alton, Hants, pleb. New Inn Hall, matric. 17 … Kent. See Foster's Gray's Inn Reg. Brome, George (or Broom) s. Thomas, of Croxae, co. Stafford, gent. Oriel Coll., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 6 miles (S. E.) from Barnsley; containing 1704 inhabitants. This … hundred of Wigmore, county of Hereford, 10 miles (W. by S.) from Ludlow; containing, in the English portion, with the … called Broomshelf from the surface once abounding in broom, was a lordship of the Staffords, and passed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the Castle of Gleubervie, hearing that a party of the king's friends were assembled at this place, attacked them early … parish, is a cemetery, which is still called St. Magdalen's chapel, the only memorial, perhaps, of an edifice of that … broken with numerous rocky knolls, covered with furze and broom, but in the upland districts the ground is more …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was described as 'a hamlet of scattered houses'. 24 Bishop's Wood, c. 1680 'a little vill a little beyond Kiddemore … of the manor of Chillington and of lands in Brewood, Broom Hall, Hatton, and Chillington, 'the late bishop's lands … Brewood, Horsebrook, Engleton, Somerford, Gunstone, Hyde, Broom Hall, and Chillington. 241 The bishop's demesne lands …
London Bridge
… opposite the said church situated between the king's street leading to Billingsgate to the south and the common … 12d. quit-rent sometime received from 2 shops with solar/s built over under one structure, situated in the parish of … Guildhall of London. (Nor for 12d. from 2 shops with solar/s built over under one building, situated in the parish of St …
London Bridge
… aforesaid, 5. To a priest of a chantry in St Paul's church for the soul of Ralph Dungeon, for a quit-rent of … in the same parish, which were sometime John Lyndesey's, for a year ended at the said Michaelmas, 4s. 368. [f. … this account, 3s. 4d. To the dean and chapter of St Paul's for a quit-rent of 19s. a year from tenements in the parish …
London Bridge
… week as above, 2s. 1d. Item to John Silkeston for the cook's stipend, the dogs' food, and for ale in form and fashion as … whole week, 4s. Item paid for ale given to the carpenter/s by the Wardens, 3d. Item to the said sawyers for 4 days, by … for the week, 2s. 1d. Item to John Silkeston for the cook's stipend, the dogs' food, and for ale, as above, total 2s. …
London Bridge
… for 389 16s. 4d. received from the rents of the Bridge's tenements in London and Southwark, lying in the parishes as … Item they seek allowance for vacancies of the Bridge's tenements in London and Southwark, as appears on the dorse … Item they seek allowance for payments for the Bridge's tenements in London and Southwark, as appears by the rental …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… col' tamit at 17d' [Inventories (1665)]. Given brimstone's inflammable character, it appears in expressions like 'fire … 177-9 and many other extensive and useful references. Broom head The functioning head of a BROOM as opposed to the STALE or handle. Broom head is a term …