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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… sum of eight pounds, in order to exempt poor denizens (not foreigners) from payment of toll for goods and merchandise at … 115. 2 Comparatively little is known of John Reinwell or Raynewell. Of what ward he was Alderman is uncertain, but … and Algate shalbe relevyd for the payment of fyftenes or any other charge to be graunted to the Kynge our …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Cooks he leaves forty shillings to make them a recreation or banquet. To a former servant of his he leaves "two moldes, … To the Master, Wardens, and Fellowship of the Craft or Mistery of White Bakers he leaves his leasehold land in … of the Fraternity of Our Lady and S. Clement of the Craft or Mistery of White Bakers in the City of London he leaves …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Lake, then 438 a. of arable, constituted 16 yardlands, or about 27 a. to a yardland; 126 the glebe in Lake at that … in agriculture, and 2 were engaged in retail trades or handicrafts. There were also 6 female servants. 148 There … called Maiden Down, was referred to as a sheep sleight or walk. In Wilsford the principal fields were known only as …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… made by the men of Wilton in the earlier 16th century, or indeed at any period before then. Boys were apprenticed to … 13 The office of mayor was held fairly continuously by one or other of the clothiers, 14 particularly in the second half … even more invariably the office of coroner was held by one or other of these clothiers. The only weaver who rose to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the poor. The union of Wincanton comprises 39 parishes or places, 37 of which are in the county of Somerset, and two … generously restored him to his liberty without fine or ransom. In the year 819 Cenulph was buried in the abbey … and to the south of the church was an ancient fortress, or castle, which, according to Lei and, having fallen into …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of sixteen days, though frequently increased to twenty or twenty-four by temporary grants 3 and often in practice … with the fair of St. Ives and the famous mart of Holland or Boston. During the fair-time at Boston and Winchester even … evident that in spite of the continued presence of a few foreigners the fair of St. Giles had to a great extent ceased …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the street and of a serjeant, a stake shall be put, or a lock where a door remains there, and the cause shall be … tenant shall lose without recovery, whether he be of age or not, albeit so that before the judgment passes he may make … there is no crop. And no man shall lay hand on the lands or tenements aforesaid while the king's sequestration is set …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… organization. Whether the gild merchant existed before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first … murage and chiminage, and none should be empanelled with foreigners in any assizes or juries. Moreover, the queen … own authority; without the assent of the mayor admitted strangers to that liberty, and further made and imposed at …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is unknown, but St. Athelwold (96384) greatly enlarged it, or, according to the later account, completely rebuilt it. … west front of Walkelin's church. Lucy. Gules three luces or. William of Wykeham (13661404) seems to have done some … served, as at St. Albans, as an entrance for townsfolk and strangers. In the south transept the aisles are still …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… no grounds for assuming it to be older than the Conquest or that any part of it occupies the site of defensive … within the lines of defence, instead of the more usual 4 or 5. It also fills a prominent place in the great series of … with earthworks crested with timber palisades. The lower or outer bailey covered the slope towards the west and was …