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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… that year, with whose posterity then, and now seated at Holme, according to the descent in that place inserted, it …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Id. William Moryshead 1482 Id. John Green 1485 Id. Richard Holme 1517 Id. Thomas Pindar 1543 Id. William Wickham 1554 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted by John, in the 16th of his reign, to the abbey of Holme-Cultram, is now a farmhouse. It was for some time the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the quotations suggest a whip saw as defined here. Randle Holme gave FRAMING SAW and LONG SAW as alternative names to … In this case the two were probably distinct types. The SAW Holme described as a whip saw was 'a long Saw used between … the Saw points, draws to him, the other thrusts from him' [Holme (2000)]. OED earliest date of use: 1538 Found described …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… is a shortened form of the 'Peruwick comb', which Randle Holme described as 'haueing round open and strong teeth' [Holme (2000)]. The occupation of wig combing had become by … online Sources: Diaries. References: Cox (1966, pb 1989), Holme (2000). Wildbore A WORSTED, made stouter and more …