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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… we grant and bestow full power and freedom to dispone upon the same lands rents and possessions at their will and … granted, and in this our present charter specified, of and upon the fees and forfeitures, escheats, trons, and customs … revocation or challenge of us or our successors whomsoever upon the premises, in any manner of way. All and sundry which …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… house keeper, 183539. [D] Young, George, 10 Westgate St, Newcastle, carver and gilder (183334). [D] Young, George, … and furniture broker (1827). [D] Young, John, Middle St, Newcastle, cm and furniture broker (183338). Recorded at no. … Young & Son, glass cutters. Young, Mathew, Burgate, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincs., joiner and cm (1835). [D] Young, Neal, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is intersected by different branches of the Medway, and upon two of the larger streams stands the village, approached … passes through it, and the Grand Junction canal runs upon its borders. Lace-making employs some of the … parish of St. Mary, Stafford, locally in that of Weston-upon-Trent, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1688-9, M.A. 1692, B. and D.D. 1708; rector of Charlton-upon-Otmoor, Oxon, 1704. See Foster's Index Eccl. Yate, … vice-chancellor 1580; born at Houghton Strother, near the Tyne, Northumberland, and educated as a chorister in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… said to have "deepened the ditch and then thrown the earth upon the banks late in the 18th century." It seems doubtful …
A History of the County of Sussex
… i. 312. Ibid.; S.R.S. xx. 445. The name, also recorded as Tyne barn, is unexplained unless indicating a wooden bldg. in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… that the fibres had reached; hence phrases like 'upon the bobbins', 'at whitening', or 'upon poles' (that is, hung outside to bleach), 'in the oil', …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to have passed through on his way to Weymouth and remarked upon the new Yarlington Lodge. 8 MANORS The 10 hides at … by his only surviving child Henrietta, duchess of Newcastle (d. 1776 s.p.), and by her nephew Francis Osborne, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the tenants are to any appreciable extent dependent upon the price of corn'. 1 Sheep were still kept in the 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch … which purpose the Marquess of Tweeddale has erected a mill upon his lands. Yester House, the seat of the marquess, is a … the privilege of grazing their cattle, and cutting turf, upon the common; and about 500 acres adjacent to the two …