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9th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… 1624 [Sir Thomas] Redferne's bill, Monday next. Order for presenting recusants to be this day sevennight. Free … [John] Bankes added. L. 1. An act/ [f. 119] L. 1. An act for the establishing of 3 lectures in divinity, given by Thomas Whetenhall, esquire. L. 1. An act for the naturalizing of Sir Stephen Lesieur, knight. L. 2. An …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1765 there were three licensed alehouses, but for most of the 18th century there were two. 20 One of those … lodging houses, shops, a milk factory, a gas works, and coal yards. By the 1870s the community supported a herbalist, … month including milk, butter, cheese, fruit, rabbits, coal, and beer. By 1900 some 200 trains a day used the spur …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gift of the Rev. Thomas Fox: the tithes have been commuted for 370, and the glebe consists of 38 acres. The church has a … prospects: from one eminence eleven counties may be seen. Coal of good quality is wrought, and there are large quarries … clay: there are quarries of sandstone and limestone, and coal exists. Abberton Hall, the manor-house, the seat of Mr. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… 1148, by Cadwallon ab Madoc, and was originally designed for sixty brethren of the Cistercian order, but never … seamen: they are chiefly employed in the importation of coal and culm, and two of them trade regularly with Bristol. … tramroads, formed in connexion with some lime and coal works in the hamlet. These works, together with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The inhabitants are employed in various trades requisite for the supply of the neighbourhood, and in hand-loom weaving … The substratum is generally carboniferous limestone, and coal interspersed with trap; the limestone is quarried for … are extensive lime-works in the village of Chapel, but the coal, from the immediate vicinity of long-established mines, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Lower Old Red Sandstone, with no significant drift except for an area of head near Marsh Farm. The steeper eastern … Clee 32 linked the squatter cottages and limekilns to the coal pits across the parish boundary. 33 In 1991 metalled … who sublet parts. 50 They were fuelled with Brown Clee coal. 51 Before the mid 19th century a scattering of kilns …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… was of great importance in the feudal times, and is famed for a long siege in 1336, when Henry de Beaumont, the English … substantial and commodious. The substratum abounds with coal, of which an extensive mine on the lands of Donibristle, … about 2 miles from the village; and on Cottlehill, coal is also wrought. Freestone of white colour, and of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… earlier period of the wars between England and Wales, and for various transactions of great historical interest. Prior … A brisk trade is carried on in limestone, culm, and coal, with Milford, Swansea, and Liverpool, employing … Bristol, and London, to which places are regular traders. Coal is imported from Newport, Llanelly, and other ports on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… imbibed those acquirements which afterwards procured for him the surname of Beauclerc. At the Dissolution, the … but towards the east rich and fertile. There are mines of coal and iron-ore, and stone is quarried; facilities of … and 1327 pasture; the soil is chiefly clay. Several coal-mines are in operation; and the Duke of Bridgewater's …
The Pinners' and Wiresellers' Book, 1462-1511
… Pinners ask that since their craft is much slandered for false work wrought by members of the craft that they may … that the points and ordinances underwritten may be granted for the salvation of the craft and the profit of the people. … lead 18d. Item paid for pigment ( moty) 7d. Item paid for coal 7d. Item paid for a table and 2 trestles 4s. Item paid …