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The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and Kings Lynn
… wol sowne greately to our displeasur that eny such default or negligence shuld be founde in yow, and thereupon cause us … to the kynges lawes upon peyne of deth, and if eny persone or persones eville disposed wolle presume to attempte ayenste the seid Towne or eny persone or persones therof, their goodes or catalles …
Cardiff Records
… whole of the town and port of Cardiff and the parishes or places within and adjoining to such town in the county of … radius of Cardiff, and clearly showing that the Taff Fawr or Brecon Beacons scheme on the Old Red Sandstone formation … Act of 1884), which is equal to 331 cubic feet per minute, or practically three million gallons per 24 hours throughout …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the first reading. Mr. Speaker. I move to adjourn for two or three days. Mr. Weaver. Adjourn now, and call the House, … soon put an end to our peace, were it in their power, or should it at any time come into their power. It will be … and close up what I have to say, with only adding two or three particulars to what I have already said. And first, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… read, it must either be spoken to be read the second time, or rejected. If I thought it were for your service, I should … tax; but I do not see how this Bill can be for your honour or service to pass it; and that upon five considerations, … rather to trust a Parliament to judge of the justness or necessities of their undertakings, for the public peace …
A History of the County of York
… Robinson had offered his land on Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings as a course, promised to subscribe £15 a year towards a … in time for the race week of 1732. 90 For the next fifteen or twenty years regular assemblies were probably held in the … theatre; in it, in 1716, was produced The Northern Heiress or the Humours of York, a comedy in the Congreve manner by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the Middle Ages: he who aspired to enter the Church or any other learned profession must begin his education by … from the grammar-masters, whether there should be one or more, and 4 marks from the rents of the University … from the grammar-masters. This method of raising the 4. or 6 marks is referred to in a later statute, 9 where it is …
A History of the County of Warwick
… water supply could be used for other than merely domestic or industrial purposes. Hutton speaks of 'two excellent … pool 18 by 36 yds. and 'accommodation . . . for hot or cold bathing; for immersion or amusement; with conveniency for sweating'. 25 No spa is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to be the same as was called by the Britons, Inis Ruim, 1 or Ruochim; that is, the island of Richborough; though … as far as Chartham and Ashford, and had its two openings, or mouths, to the sea; the one at the north mouth, or Genlade, (afterwards, by corruption of language, Yenlade, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Long Newnton. All the enumerated parishes lie on or very near the borders, but there were two distant areas … lands lying east of Reading. These were the township or 'liberty' of (Broad) Hinton in Hurst, Sheepbridge, and … jury found that Ashndge park had been broken. 11 Ashridge (or Hertoke) became the administrative centre of this complex …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… law papers, and although there is not much of political or historical importance in them they were found well to … destroyed to save it from falling into unfriendly hands; or, possibly, what has now been discovered, and which is all more or less in soiled and crumpled condition, may only be a …