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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… district of St. Andrew's, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of … fully succeeded. These lakes abound with trout, eels, and pike, and are visited by a great variety of wild ducks, and … frequently suffer serious injury; salmon, pike, trout, &c. are found in it, though not in any considerable quantity. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… 2 August. Arrival of the Success of Whitehaven (C. Grayson master) from Antegoe. Grayson says that he and the … evening of the 30th, at which time the Cape [Clear] bore N.E. . E. 54 leagues, so I gave the order to leave the ships and …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… and Buchan's embarkation, what port they designed for &c. The French prisoners to be kept apart till their … ships out of the road, under the command of the Castle, i.e., two West Indiamen, a small empty ship and a French and a … to her service in Portugal if some of the regiments, i.e., Blood's, Stuart's and Dunkenson's, had muskets instead of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… by Secretaries Trenchard and Trumbull and by Richard Warr[e] were lately laid before your Majesty by Lord Secretary … to minutes given by the Postmaster General, all letters &c. to all officers employed in "this branch of the revenue." … that 2,300 l. be set apart for relief of the "nobless[e] ref[ugees]." S.P. Dom., Anne 2, 107. 10 June. Whitehall. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… all our officers of state, councillors, magistrates &c. to continue in their offices until new commissions under … Queen. The other papers of Capt. Spraggs, Lord Mountjoy &c., which you mention are not come to hand. You will have … under the Privy Seal of 13 March, these are to pray you &c. to draw an order to pay to the Paymaster General of her …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… Your orders for accelerating the service are approved &c. P. . S.P. Dom., Entry Book 104, pp. 344, 345. 2. To the … of treason. It should set out what the treason is i.e. correspondence with enemies, or whatever else you can … to thank him, saying, "He did what he did for himself," i.e. to save the estate, which would be his. Sir John allowed …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… From p. 214. 11 Feb. To all Admirals, Vice Admirals &c. The Swedish Resident here desires our passport to the … Samuel Noyes, chaplain to the Earl of Orkney's regiment. E. Orkney. From p. 239. Theodore Smith and a servant. Major … Baist, of Norwich, merchant: via Harwich, in 20 days. B. Pike and Thomas Sowter. 17 June. William Marshall. Michael …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… April. Justices of the Home Circuit, the Sheriff of Essex &c. To pardon William Ellis, lately convicted of burglary at … Goodwin, William Cribb, Baker, Henry Bestland, and Thomas Pike, Common Council men. 3. Richard Cole to continue Mayor … Clerk of the Cheque of the same, 140 livery coats, i.e., 100 coats for the Guard of our Body and 40 for the Yeomen …
Magna Britannia
… front of a farm-house there,; which is thus inscribed, " C[o]ho. I. Frisiano. C. Val. Vitalis," which may be read thus, " Cohors prima … is visible on the left hand of it, from Hurdlow-house to Pike-hall; being still called among the peasants by its …
Magna Britannia
… ounces, was found in the year 1785 in a field near Fluskew-pike, in the parish of Dacre. The most probable conjecture … the parish of Ravenglass, and is now in the possession of E. L. Irton, Esq. It has these devices raised on it. Devices … John's Eve, with lighting fires (the bel-tien) dancing &c. 10 Mr. Pennant says, that the bel-tien superstition was …