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A History of the County of Stafford
… 1,136 acres. 1 It extended to the Fowlea Brook on the west and to the ridge above the Scotia Brook on the east where … including parts of the old townships of Oldcott and Ravenscliffe; and Great and Little Chell, making up the … good order and tranquillity and stop the increase of drunkenness and disorder'. 408 With the revival of the court …
Old and New London
… Tyburn and Tyburnia CHAPTER XVI. TYBURN AND TYBURNIA. "The three-square stilt at Tyburn." Old Saying. … date that the tea-gardens, and other similar low haunts of debauchery, gave way to the elegant and stately buildings …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… a merchant ship, by the Elias breaking his bowsprit and losing him 4 months' men's wages, &c. With certificate by Capt. John Stoakes and 9 others. 2,3 " Rich. Beckford " For leave to employ … Com. For restoration to his place, being dismissed for drunkenness, of which he is innocent, but is thick of hearing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Durham, a scholar of repute, sometime archdeacon of Caux and, for a few months in 1235, archbishop-elect of Rouen. 2 William died in 1249 and by his will bequeathed 310 marks to the University of … out of which 2 have lately gone to avoid expulsion for drunkenness'. When he gives his bachelor's dinner, so great a …
Old and New London
… of Copped HallDescription of Sir Samuel Morland's House and GroundsThe Place taken by Jonathan Tyers, and opened for Public EntertainmentRoubiliac's Statue of … in the Middle of the Last CenturyHow Horace Walpole and his Friends visited Vauxhall, and minced Chickens in a …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Nicolo Molin, Venetian Ambassador in England, to the Doge and Senate. On Monday last, the 29th, Parliament was opened, … liveries, different from those worn at the entry. The King and Prince wore mantles of crimson velvet, lined with ermine. … to those bearing titles such as Earls, Marquises, Barons, and the clergythese two orders form the Upper Chamber, as it …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Mocenigo, Venetian Ambassador in Rome, to the Doge and Senate. The Cardinal d'Ossat has been informed by the … has also sent a fleet to combat Spain in the Indies; and the States, having removed the suspicion that they had a … Nani, Venetian Ambassador in Constantinople, to the Doge and Senate. Some days ago some drunken Janizaries, who were …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… 26th ult. visited the French ambassadors, Mons. de Langes and Mons. de Beove [Beauvoir], who have departed for France. … the new League, which they call, a desire to occupy Italy and place her in servitude. Langes tells me he has been in … I made light of the matter, and attributed his abuse to drunkenness ( crapula) but it proceeded from his evil nature. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… PIERO CONTARINI, Venetian Ambassador in Spain, to the DOGE and SENATE. The intervention of the French king for the … trade in the Indies. The king's expenses are not reduced, and with only 20,000 crowns more he could make war on them in … 270. ALVISE ZORZI, Proveditori of Zara, to the DOGE and SENATE. I beg for the remaining money necessary to pay …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador in England, to the Doge and Senate. News from Brussels, confirming the engagement between the Spanish and the Dutch, and the defeat of the former with four ships … opinion of doctors that if that people could keep from drunkenness, to which they are greatly addicted, they might …