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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall into the Wey near Shalford: another …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING … writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' [Patents (1688)], as was the 'finest and blackest Writing Ink, … OED earliest date of use: 1548 Sources: Newspapers, Patents, Tradecards. References: Tomlinson (1854). Writing …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Thomas Muirheid, rector of Stobo, of the Provost, Bailies, and Councillors of the Burgh as patrons of a chaplainry … By this present public instrument be it evidently known and patent to all men, that on the tenth day of the month of … October in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and eight, the twelfth indiction, the fifth year of the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Church of Glasgow, appointed the Provost, Bailies, and Councillors of the Burgh, patrons of seven chaplainries … By this present public instrument be it evidently patent and known to all men that, on the first day of the month of … year of our Lord's incarnation one thousand five hundred and twenty-nine, the second indiction, the sixth year of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … 178 inhabitants. It is situated in the vale of the Wisk, and comprises by computation 1120 acres of land, divided … The tithes have been commuted for 54. Yalding (St. Peter and St. Paul) YALDING ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Patents, Recipes, Tradecards. Yard wide [y'd wide; yd wide; … Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John Kay [Patents (1733)], it required more than one weaver to operate …
Survey of London Monograph
… to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and ancestors, manor of Bayhall, in Pembury, Kent, and 8. 6 s. 8 d. a year from lordship of Huntingfield, Kent; …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, Durham House, it fronted …