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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… of Crawford is a prisoner in Stirling castle; he began on the 4th the fray in Stirling against the Chancellor, who … hath no law; the Lord above, who ruleth all, have mercy on His poor church, for the potentates of the earth are bent … bestowed such money as he had. Met with a fly-boat in the Humber, and bought two pieces of broad cloth, 50 pieces of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… other letters brought with them, but as they seem to be on private business, I have detained them myself, as also … of no surplices, hallowed candles, &c. among his stuff. On their being shown him, said his wife had an uncle, a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… of December say that the grand diet of that kingdom met on that day in the great church of that city, and that the … known in that kingdom, but his Majesty is now said to be on recovery, when the diet may reassemble with better … with salt, and their Majesties' ships Cornwall, Boyne, Humber, Crown and Mary galley, with several other ships, came …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… are placed by fortune above the ordinary level of mankind. On the Leicestershire borders it is the most numerously … was purchased of them about the year 1718, by Richard Brough, esq. from whom it descended to his grand-daughter, … the only surviving child of his eldest son George Staunton Brough, late rector of Staunton and Wollarton and who is …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… a further £400 was provided as a reward for attendance on the Privy Council, the Secretaries of State and the … of the Lord High Admiral or the Admiralty Board; from then on in that of the crown. Tenure was during pleasure. … Feb. Busby, E. 1751 24 May Barrington, Hon. D. 1753 5 July Brough, W. 1783 12 Nov. Crickitt, J. 1811 30 Oct. Thornton, …
Register of the Freemen of the City of York
… Robertus Hutton, marcer Edwardus Horner, marcator Thomas Brough, marcator Thomas Garnett, appothecarie Thomas …
Old and New London
… provinces, having been originated in 1832 at a village inn on the borders of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, in the … of England, till they stretch from the Severn to the Humber, from the Wash to the Mersey, from the Thames to the … day, but are irrevocably doomed 'To waste their sweetness on the desert air.'" These works are the Underground Railway …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the county is almost fifty miles long, and contains close on 480,000 acres of land, it is not surprising to find that … it, and the Oxfordshire sheep are bred, kept and fattened on the arable land. The excellent barley grown on this soil … be much disapproved of by farmers and others north of the Humber. In arriving at the figures for valuation of. acts of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… son of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia, fell ill at Rheims on the return journey from Rome whither he had accompanied Aldred, Archbishop of York, on an embassy. When he realized that he was dying Burchard … William Kanc his fellow monk, and Richard Knightley of Brough in Gnosall at a farm of 42 marks. 55 Ten marks from …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 11 June 1708 (SPB, i f. 43). Left office 17 Jan. 1715 on app. as Clerk of Cheque and Storekeeper, Harwich (ibid.). … 1818-1 Sept. 1819 (SPB, xiii ff. 021-2). Res. 1 Sept. 1819 on app. as Agent to Naval Hospital, Malta (Adm 12/193, 23 … 1839-25 June 1841. Third Naval Lord 25 June-8 Sept. 1841. Brough, William Marshal 5 July 1753-c. 12 Nov. 1783 (HCA …