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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… be turned to account elsewhere. And in this long game of chess Wriothesley, Vaughan and Carne were detained in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… that the Company "mislike not lawful recreations such as chess, "shooting, &c.;" the Governor's proclamation "for …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… and Sir Fransys Knoyles, wh. was playing at chease (chess) the bord. I went, thinking I haid desarvyd no blame, …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the amusements of the citizens, forbidding all games but chess and backgammon; and at the close of the following …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… in the grand survey, Buchestuna and Bukestun. Kess and chess are also words for a river, or water, as Chiswick in …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the stir caused by the production of Middleton's "Game at Chess" (No. 557); the fondness of Buckingham for pictures …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… public halls, with music and discourse. No games except chess were allowed, or an allegorical tournament between …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… valley, near the confluence of the Colne and Gade with the Chess; these rivers are much frequented by anglers, being …