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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… a gret chape of sylver. 57 A scaberd of clothe of golde checker'd, with a little chape of sylver gylt. A scaberd of …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II
… was carried by the earl of Lancastre. Afterwards a great checker, upon which were the royal vestments, was carried by …
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
… in Kynges Lynne, 'in the strete there called the Checker,' between Lane and the tenements of Robert Gervis, …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… and yed to Westmynster halle, and toke ther othe in the checker, master Allen and master Chamburlayn shreyffes. The …
A History of the County of Durham
… the infirmary passage and at the other from the cellarer's checker and the kitchen buildings. There was a window in each … mentions the prior's chamber twenty years earlier. The checker of the prior's chaplain was 'over the stairs as you …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… called closh, kayles, half-bowl, hand-in and hand-out, and checker-board are played daily in various parts of this land, … called closh, kayles, half-bowl, hand-in and hand-out, or checker-board, or any of them, in any their said messuages, … called closh, kayles, half-bowl, hand-in hand-out, and checker-board, or any of them, upon pain of imprisonment for …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… which he delivered to me to write in my cipher at "the Checker" at Dowgate. (25) I deciphered his letter to Morgan; …