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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… sessions assembled, and to all others whom it shall or may concerne Wee whose handes are hereunto subscribed … excellency John Earle of Middleton governor of the said castle and citty; the other by his com= mission officers, … and by their mediation to his officers had leave to return home, hoping that his countrey air might be more prevalent …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… common drunkard; a railer, and will abuse any of the town or parish with most base and opprobrious language. In brief, … Henry Townshend Thomas Woosall, a prisoner in the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/139/34 (1681) To the … denyed the money promised the lad is like to bee turned home againe upon your petitioner whoe is noe way able to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… and eleaven were actually prisoners for debt damages or costs in the gaole for the county of Worcester, and have … Fox overseers of the poor John Brooks, gardener at the castle gardens at Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/245/39 (1718) To … The humble peticion of John Brooks gardener at the castle gardens at Wor cester Most humbly sheweth to your …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… assembled The humble petition of John Boles Watson master or manager of his majestys royal licenced theatre at … of such tragedies, comedies, interludes, opera's, plays, or farces, as now are or hereafter shall be acted performed … in the parish of Sutton, county of York, and being from home on the 29th September, 1796, his house caught fire by …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… three car. The land being then sufficient for eight plows or eight car. 1 There afterwards Roger de Busli (whose see … H: 3, granted to Thomas de Furnivall, to build a certain castle at his manor of Sheffeild in the county of York. 27 … of Eyum of the king of the honour of Peverell, of the castle of the High Peke 1 f. which manor ne bought of Roger …
A History of the County of Essex
… rise to two stories of dragons, 'worm' meaning serpent or dragon. The first, apparently unsubstantiated, is that a … was levied on 39 households in 1662, six of them having 6 or more hearths; 45 households were recorded in 1671, of … Second World War an air raid patrol and a branch of the Home Guard were formed, and Worming- ford was allocated a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes through it. The … Wortley Hall, the seat of Lord Wharncliffe, and Wentworth Castle, that of T. F. Vernon Wentworth, Esq. The living is a … has been used in many public and other buildings both at home and in the colonies. The common itself is now being …
A History of the County of York
… about the architectural setting for this early worship or about its ornamentation. Three 8th-century archbishops … a nave with aisles, north and south transepts with one, or perhaps two apses on their eastern sides, a central tower … Etchells, Archit. Setting of Anglican Worship, 16-17. G. Home, York Minst. 37-38. York Minst. Hist. Tracts, art. [19]. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… land, later known as the salt green, 60 the salt grass, 61 or Worthing common, gradually came into being south of the … A third station, built apparently at the south end of Ham Road by 1845, had been destroyed by the sea by 1847. 84 … around the Steyne, including the Steyne itself. 11 By 1812 or 1813, however, the bubble of the town's first boom had …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of their son Harry, for Anglican married couples, widows, or spinsters resident in Broadwater parish. Six houses were … in mortgages, and three farms in Yorkshire to found a home in Worthing for the elderly poor. The trust fund, … of the town. In 1973-4 £3 was spent on vouchers for coal or clothes. Maria Steele of Worthing by will proved 1892 gave …