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Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… In 1325 Walter de Blecchinggeleye was Sir Stephen Asshwy's tenant, probably for 9A. In Asshwy's grant, before 1328, of the whole of 8 and 9A to John de … Rebellion, probably relate not to this property but to the Nag's Head or Horsehead on the S. side of Cheapside in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 73 The name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of … inns in 1818, the Red Lion, the George, and the Harpur's Arms. 79 The Red Lion, rebuilt c. 1840, became a temperance … turnpiked in 1770 and realigned to cross the river c. 300 yd. upstream at Hulme End. 20 Archford bridge was still used …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 14th century, when the bounds of land belonging to Hawk's Yard, west of Bank House, included places then called … 72 Houses there were probably the cause of the township's rapid growth in population in the early 19th century. The … it was realigned to cross the river by a new bridge c. 300 yd. upstream at Hulme End. At first called Hayesgate bridge …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 6/16th May 1674 touching the business of St. Christopher's, as also his letter to Mr. Slingsby, but no reason seen to … of it seems wanting. No demand for damages in Mr. Slingsby's memorial from the time possession was refused to Lord … but in vain, as also a tract of land from Savanna to the Nag's Head on which are the salt pans, of which a moiety …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… cannot undertake to give them a convoy for their next year's fishing voyage, and that if they can dispose of themselves … most consist with their affairs at present. Mrs. Searle's petition to be considered on the 17th, and Sir Geo. Ayscue's instructions upon his going to Barbadoes, to be produced at …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… clay, preferable for plank to any H.M. yards is suppl'yd with from the Eastern parts. I heartily wish the … Return thanks for his services, which justify H.E.'s appointment of him etc. "As an instance, we ought not to forget that recent one of your Honour's adhering with an unalterable resolution to the express …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Jamaica. Ordered that Col. Theodore Cary be his Majesty's Advocate-General of this island. That the several companies … Modyford for the better ordering and governing his Majesty's forces belonging to Jamaica. 11 pp. [ Col. Entry Bk., No. … the same terms mutatis mutandis as Francis Lord Willoughby's Commission ( see ante, No. 478), for three years from …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… for grievances, &c. Whereas in pursuance of his Majesty's Order of reference of 7th November last, on petition of … also to be mindful of the land from the Savanna to the Nag's Head, opposite to Nevis, the half of which is justly … may not be denied them, but the land from Savanna to the Nag's Head opposite to Nevis ought to be divided, and for the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to the Council of State. Was a planter in St. Christopher's about 24 years since, but was soon after taken by the … since, Sir Thos. Warner, then Governor of St. Christopher's, assigned to him a plantation in Nevis formerly confirmed … the Royal Exchange and showed him a survey of Capt. Digby's lands in Nevis, and that Jennings utterly disclaimed any …