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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXVII Charter of James IV confirming the liberties of the Bishop (1490) … James, by the grace of God King of Scots, to all good men of his whole land, clerics and laics, greeting. We are … the fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and eighty nine, and of our reign the …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … 13s 4d in 1664, and afterwards remitted because he married an Alderman's daughter and at the instance of Copston [sic] … of Common Council of the City of London, one of the eight men representing Cordwainer Ward, and was elected in 1768 one …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … containing 133 inhabitants. It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. … a meeting of principal officers of the parliamentarian army is said to have been held for the purpose of deciding …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a parish on the N. border of the county immediately S.W. of Penrith. Yanwath Hall, … house passed to the Lowther family in 1671. The house is an important example of a medival and later semi-fortified … in Yanwath parish Stukeley records that the Scots Army that accompanied Charles II to Worcester camped for some …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel … Yapton, one of which had also once partly belonged to an estate centred in Barnham, were added to Yapton, while the … site containing various workshops and stores. 96 By 1861 twelve men and four boys were employed, and by 1871 there …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … items in such phrases as 'yards and MASTs'. They were an important component of NAVAL STORES and were included in … the eighteenth century, particularly in the second half, raises the suspicion that it could have been a synonym for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of the N. side. The … mentioned are a royal chamber, a chapel, towers, an old chamber and inner and outer gates. It remained in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … OD. A few sherds of Iron Age pottery, associated with an area covered by iron slag, have been found ( BNFAS, 6 … T-shaped, with several islands within it and at least twelve projections from it. Two other similar ponds, now …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … passed through the north and east of the parish, following an earlier route from Bruton to Sherborne recorded in 1719. … 9 'Gerlintune' was held by Alnod in 1066 and by Robert, count of Mortain, in 1086. 10 The fee probably passed to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … by chaplains until appropriation, when the living became an endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house … he kept a bed at Yarnton and paid someone to fetch him in an emergency. That attendance at services sometimes comprised …