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A History of the County of Stafford
… mainly from the 1860s, with the creation of St. Paul's Square as a prestigious focal point in the earlier 1870s. … some of the peasants who worked its inland, the abbey's ancient endowment of non-taxable land: 6 the cottages and … householders, William and Fromund, recorded in the abbey's early 12th-century surveys, may have been the monastic …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a manor court which had jurisdiction over the abbey's tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of … were established for the town in 1779. Following the town's physical expansion in the earlier 19th century the … 12th century, 2 the court was attended by all the abbot's tenants and not only those of Burton. The number of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… ward. The establishment, according to Sir John Doddridge's historical account of North Wales, published about the … Edward himself led an army into the Welsh territory. Madoc's insurrection rendered useless all that had been previously … where that strait unites with the sea in St. George's Channel. It is surrounded with lofty and massive walls …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… envoy of the Queen of England. Recites the King of Navarre's commission to Segur, wherein the King's efforts to promote unity among all evangelical Princes are … 100,000 gold crowns of the Sun in ready money for the King's use, half to be repaid in London within a year of peace …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… is only for to find the better "draess" at his Majesty's hands, being bellua multorum capitum. There is already a … He doubts not but Douglas has received the King's letter. "All that lies in me at no present occasion I leave … be good they shall stand. But I would have Mr. Holford's opinion in them, lest he deceive his uncle, who I take to …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… Westminster, 22nd May, in the thirteenth year of the King's reign. 1 m. ( 221. 6.) Wingfield, co. Suffolk. 1615, June … above).Dated 26 June, in the thirteenth year of the King's reign. 1 m. imperfect. ( 221. 5.) John Tradescant to John … many slight variations, of the report calendared in Cal. S.P. Dom., 161118, p. 317. Printed in Howell's State Trials, …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… command their army which is flying the King of Spain's standard, never done before in these parts. It is conjectured that Spinola's plan is to take possession of all the great towns adjoining … to feed off the Palatinate.Hage. Holograph. Endorsed: "S r Ed. Cecyll to me." 1 pp. ( 128. 72.) [This letter has …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… come to the spending it. I have considered your Lordship's demands, and find two of them in mine own opinion … seclude all obedience when they stand not at the father's will; it lays them open to all abusive needy persons, that if they can but gain a poor girl's good opinion, she is lost, and the father must pay for it …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… Catholics, meaning some of you councillors. The Bishop[s] of this land are idle and more than half blind, for the … for the hastening of the colloquy with the Emperor's commissioners, I refer you to our joint letter. As touching … to the Queen, and of the late coming of the Queen's letter, and of yours delivered to Sir Noel Caron to be sent …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… to Sir Robert Cecil. 1602, Dec. 26. I received your Honour's letter touching letters to be transposed from Bordeaux (by … with these things he brought. The charges come to 40 s.Blackfriars, 29 Dec., 1602. Holograph. p. (96. 141.) Mr. … man that was answerable, but himself then in his Majesty's hands and prison; thirdly, that your Lordship has caused …