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A Dictionary of London
… Fewters or idle people. But the form of this word given in Halliwell is "Faitour," which is nearer to the earlier forms …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… de Chekewelle [struck out in the MS.]. The Prioress of Halliwell. The Hospital of St. James. Names of Bakers. Luke …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… yearly to the Mayor by those who sell ale within the City (Halliwell). Cf. Cotton MS., Vitellius A xvi., fo 136: 'In …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… weather, sprouts at both ends, it is said to acrospire (Halliwell). In the treatise of Walter de Biblesworth or …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Probablv nets for taking mud lampreys or "prides" (Halliwell). Cf. Riley's Glossary, 'Lib Cust.,' ii. 753. In …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… of an animal that has died of disease or by an accident (Halliwell, 'Ar. chaic Dict.'). Meaning doubtful. Ital. … term was thus applied to the bed itself, "a sparver bed" (Halliwell). Hair. It may be worth noting that in in 1912. a …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… presents many difficulties. "Lettice," a kind of grey fur (Halliwell, 'Dict.'). It may have been so called, suggests the …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… to grant a lease to the City of the prebendal estate of Halliwell and Finsbury for a term of ninetynine years from …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Strumel = "a loose, long, and dishevelled head of hair" (Halliwell). Dauber or plasterer. Variously spelt …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roger Bacon, 415. Some have been printed in Wright and Halliwell, Reliq. Antiq. i, 86; ii, 225. Cal. Papal Pet. i, …