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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; 'The Spindle is kept from … (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING … make writing paper in this country 'as white and good as French or Dutch' [Patents (1685)]. Nevertheless writing paper …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … in 1882 for Joseph Beattie, a Birmingham banker. 30 H. H. France-Hayhurst bought it in 1890 31 and lived there till …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … products were crown glass and dark green bottles for the French wine trade. Some table ware was also manufactured as …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… p.251. College membership Medical education (university) France other than Montpellier (Nantes, Caen, Anjou) Date of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … lord of the manor, and mayor of the staple at Calais, in France. Wymondham (St. Peter) WYMONDHAM ( St. Peter), a …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCII. Charter by King James VI., confirming all rights and privileges, previously granted to the Burgh and City of Glasgow, and erecting the same into a … James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and defender of the faith, to all good …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIV Charter of James VI granting the Tenandry of Rattonraw to the Burgh (1613) XCIV. Charter … of the expenses incurred by the magistrates, burgesses, and inhabitants of the Burgh and City of Glasgow in … James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and defender of the faith, to all good …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCVII Sasine concerning the customs and duties of the Trone of the Burgh (1615) … Lord, James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, the years …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. … It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … it is at present. It suffered severely from attacks of the French, by whom, in the reign of Richard II., it was pillaged …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yeard; y'd; yd; yarde; eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of … This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … COLOURED, CORDAGE, DIAPER, DUTCH, DYED, Ermland, FLAXEN, FRENCH, greasey, GREY, Hamburgh, HEMP, HEMPEN, HOLLAND, HOSE, …