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Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… yours of the 28th ult. and 8th inst. sent from the Court in a packet from Mr Secretary Wilson. Owing to my absence I … I was glad to hear that there was hope of furthur dealing in the peace, a matter which if it take good effect will be … somewhat from their own will, and yield to what may in all respects be convenient. Such force I am persuaded …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… him into France, or, fortifying themselves there, call in foreign aid; which is a point so full of inconvenience … perceive by this last resolution how uncertain they are in the course of their doings. If he does not mistake it, the … his friends and sundry others best affected to his cause in hand are not yet come to Court, purposing to be there …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… and where he shall have his audience, about which they are in great consultation among themselves. p. Draft. Indorsed. … of Stirling, he likewise persuaded Mar to obey the charge. In all which Mar was purposed to have followed Argyll's … the colonel is fallen sick. Hitherto he carries the sway in Court, and with him Arran and Montrose. But Arran begins …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… C.P., vol. XIX. The late Duke of Lennox having arrived in Scotland, and finding there the Earl of Morton and his … and surety of the King her son, who otherwise was daily in danger of being poisoned or transported into England, to … as well to the said lord the King as to her said kinsmen, in order to provide and assure the King of Scotland of …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… for extraordinary services performed by him and his clerks in the office of the Auditor of the Receipt. Order Book … Edward Seymour on any unsatisfied, unappropriated orders in his name as Treasurer of the Navy: to be issued out of the … d. per an. late paid by the late guardian of the church of Londesborough; the rent of 1 s. per an. out of a cottage in …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… of the petition of Francis Mores for a collector's place in the Hearthmoney in one of the adjacent counties; he having faithfully served … Commissioners to order the Customs officers at Looe in Cornwall to restore the jewel, plate and other goods saved …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Clerks appear to have been introduced into the Treasury in 1777. 1 They differed from Supernumerary Clerks in that they were employed on a temporary basis and had no … From 1783 they were appointed by Treasury minute and were in several cases subsequently placed on the establishment. In …
The Environs of London
… Situation, boundaries, &c. This place is not mentioned in the Norman survey. In ancient records it is called Fyncheslee. The village lies … parish is bounded by Friarn Barnet, Hendon, and Hornsey in Middlesex; East Barnet, Chipping Barnet, and Totteridge in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… same trustees managed all the charity estates originating in late-15th-and early-16th-century gifts and later including the alms-houses. In 1892 the estates were amalgamated with those distributive … to form the Finchley Parochial Charities. Charity estates. In 1488 Robert Warren of Finchley was demised a house, …
Old and New London
… his KnaveriesA Search for Treasure with Davy RamsayHogarth in Harp AlleyThe "Society of Sign Painters"Hudson, the Song … Eupyrion" (phosphorus and oxymuriate matches, to be dipped in sulphuric acid and asbestos), the costly predecessor of … truly foretold would never be advantageously employed in battle. One golden thread of association links Shakespeare …