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A History of the County of Chester
… fair was cancelled, suspects were imprisoned at the castle, and arrangements were made (in the event proving … declared for William of Orange and ceded control of the castle to the Whig mayor, William Street. 9 Governors after the Revolution remained watchful, …
A History of the County of Chester
… St. Olave's ward and c. 25 on the east side of Northgate Street. Civilians thus numbered an estimated 6,056. There … John Aldersey, for example, was moved from Eastgate Street to Watergate Street while sick. Richer citizens, perhaps more worried …
A History of the County of Chester
… unfree bakers at Gloverstone, an enclave in front of the castle which lay outside the city's jursidiction. 10 Butchers …
A History of the County of Chester
… admissions: the leather crafts, with tanneries in Foregate Street and between St. John's church and the river, remained … were the diocesan chancellor John Wainwright and the castle governor Sir Geoffrey Shakerley. Lady Calveley (Mary, … provincial town, who met at the Sun, Spread Eagle, and Castle and Falcon inns. Membership had shifted decisively …
A History of the County of Chester
… of Cheshire was ordered to establish a magazine in Chester castle at the county's expense, and an artillery yard was eventually laid out near Cow Lane (later Frodsham Street), powder and match for the trained bands being bought … Lord Strange, to secure the county magazine in the castle for the royalists, and Alderman William Edwards's and …
A History of the County of Chester
… Cheshire recusants and priests were moved from Chester castle to Manchester, partly because Chester was thought more … was later reversed, mistakenly, because supervision at the castle proved to be slack. 6 There were few recusants in the …
A History of the County of Chester
… The main meetings were in White Friars, Northgate Street, and Grange Lane. 10 The number of recusants in … in the cathedral but also worshipped privately at the castle, where the garrison had its own Catholic chaplain; …
A History of the County of Chester
… direction, then eastwards across Upper Northgate Street and Flooker's brook to Flookersbrook Hall, then south … 8 Eastgate; 9 Newgate; 10 Bridgegate; 11 Watergate; 12 castle; 13 Cowlane Gate; 14 the Bars; 15 Further Bridgegate. … in the suburbs. 7 The governor's headquarters in the castle lay outside the city's jurisdiction, and from there he …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… clashes with local gentlemen over the privileges of the castle liberty. 45 More serious were conflicts with outside …