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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh
… time of preaching [ Ib.], 12 Apr. 14.Flesh not to be sold or eaten on Friday or Saturday [ Ib.], 13 Apr. 23.A papist questioned and … at any time with craftsmen of Leith; doors of merchants or craftsmen in Leith to be closed; lieges to be served with …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the hill is known as Pewley Hill, from the manor of Poyle or Puille. The town consisted formerly of a steep street, the … probably of 17th-century date. Except for this and one or two buildings of an even plainer nature the old buildings … over sixty years of age, unmarried, natives of Guildford or resident for twenty years. There was a master, also a …
Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… paving work done in the yard of the house late Sir William Damsell's, at Ivy Bridge, and the scullery in Guildhall, … wages. This total includes the 3 sums marked 'stayed' or 'disliked' by the auditors, 171c, 172c and 173b. This is … to payment by court order, commandment of the lord mayor or in accordance with the journal are always noted. Margin …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1280 about 31 per cent. of the population were immigrants or the descendants of immigrants. By the mid 14th century the … 13th centuries the townsmen themselves were not yet rich or powerful enough to challenge the church. Guilds, both … and even on occasion providing lodging for royalty or accommodation for a parliament. 4 Chapters 5 brought …
Old and New London
… punishing all refractory prisoners who ventured to rebel, or even to remonstrate, stopping their exercise, and … of Elizabeth," says Mr. Timbs, "wereAn archbishop, duke, or duchess, for his commitment fee, and the first week's 'dyett,' 21 10s.; a lord, spiritual or temporal, 10 5s. 10d.; a knight, 5; an esquire, 3 6s. 8d.; …
Old and New London
… fleotan, "to float;" and by others, to the Saxon fleot, or flod, "a flood." The sources of the river Fleet are on the … ran down to Old Borne Bridge, and into the River of Wells or Turnmill Brook. The Fleet was also fed by all the springs … (the river Fleet) which rose among the hills about Caen or Ken Wood, and which was formerly called Ken or Caen Ditch, …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… Earl of Cornwall's mansion at Isleworth. See p. 65 ante. Or Jews' quarter, near the Guildhall, London. ' Gula … alluded to, 14th September, and not in August. Gustos, or Warden, of the bishopric of London. Kenilworth. More … Ward of Bassishaw, their mansion house (Basing's Haugh, or Hall) being there situate. Alderman of Bishopsgate Ward. …
The Manuscripts of Shrewsbury and Coventry Corporations [etc]
… by you in your sayd lettres mencioned. Upon what grounde or occasion, to what intent and effect, what moved hym … them and other as apperteyneth. And in cas he be so or if he hath beu otherwise and woll ernestly emende, I wold … hym but rather wold be sory that he shuld hynder the house or contynewe therein to the slaunder of the countrey. …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… paying the lay subsidy in the roll of 1623 11 was 86, or say 350 people; but in the interval it must be remembered … with houses. In about 1666 the number had risen to 228, 12 or say 900 people; and in 1674 to 325, 13 or say 1,300 people. In 1801, when a census was first taken, …
Survey of London
… amphitheatre, at the same rake, is a circle of five boxes, or loges, with five rows of benches. Behind the boxes is a small foyer or corridor, flanked by staircases which, presumably, serve … and boxes as well as the gallery. The latter, with seven or eight rows of benches, rests on columns in front of the …