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Magna Britannia
… architecture Ancient Church Architecture. Saxon. Remains of Saxon architecture are to be seen in many of the churches of Cumberland, though few of them are … plate armour, with his helmet under his head, and having a collar of S.S. She is dressed in a long gown and mantle, with …
Magna Britannia
… Grimspound, as it is called, is situated in the parish of Manaton, about three miles from that village, among the moors, and under a lofty tract of moorland, called Hamilton, or Hameldown. It consists of a … near Hembury fort, in 1801. 9 Westcote says, that a pot of gold and silver Roman coins was found in Exeter, near the …
Magna Britannia
… Roman Antiquities. British Antiquities. The barren moors of Derbyshire abound with rude masses of gritstone, and single stones of large sizes appearing … which he supposed the suburbs. Coins of brass, silver, and gold, with antiquities of every kind have been found, and …
Magna Britannia
… Ecclesiastical Ancient Church Architecture. Saxon. Of the ecclesiastical edifices of Derbyshire, the crypt under … shields of arms. The knight is in plate-armour, with a collar of S.S.; under his head is a helmet, with his crest (a … in plate-armour, mail gorget, and pointed helmet, with a collar of S.S., his hands being joined in the attitude of …
Magna Britannia
… Antiquities Roman Antiquities. British Antiquities. Of the rude memorials of the early inhabitants of this island, a considerable … and on an enlarged scale in fig. 4, with the form of the gold setting at fig. 2. We have seen the impression from …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Apery [apre; apprye; appre; appery] An alternative form of NAPERY that had become obsolete by 1660. Sources: … An apothecary was originally one who kept a store or shop of non-perishable commodities such as SPICEs, COMFITs, DRUGS, … two 'kinds of weight are in use, one in the merchandize of gold and silver, the other for almost all goods besides' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Apethorpe AN INVENTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS IN NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE … and has five trusses each with a cambered arch-braced collar, curved raking struts, two tiers of butt-purlins, a … 16th-century in origin; one truss has an uncambered collar clasping purlins and, originally, narrow arch braces. …
The London eyre of 1244
… Willelmus de Braunchesfeld, et alius plegius obiit. Of Appeals. In the twenty-second year [1237–8]: Thomas of Folkestone appealed Peter of Harrow of a breach of the … a knife in the left hand and face, and took from him a gold ring worth 3s. and 3s. in silver; and that he did this …
The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… 1572") is the following statement (fo. 38/27): "The manor of Parme, a myle and a halfe from Holmes Chappell, was … image of Blessed Mary, one pastoral staff of silver and a collar of gold for the image of Blessed Mary, two crosses of silver, …
Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londiniensis
… Appendices Account of manuscripts used IV. ACCOUNT OF MANUSCRIPTS EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT … written; the first page of the Statutes is illuminated in gold and colours. The height of the volume is eleven inches …