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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sea-coast. Fleetwood-on-Wyre FLEETWOOD-on-Wyre, a town and port, in the township of Thornton, parish of Poulton, union … counties. The place has also been made a warehousing port for tobacco removed coastwise for home consumption, for … India produce after having been warehoused at an approved port, and removed coastwise under certain regulations, and …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… etc. All this, from his own possessions of the royal estate ( fisci), he has granted and confirmed to the … bestowed it, and as formerly Elstrudis, of [the] royal stock, whom Baldwin le Chauve ( calvus) count of … are to hold freely, etc. (full formula) quit of every royal due and of all collection of the tax ( census) which is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… after 1258 when the monks were given Abbots wood in the royal demesne woodland of the Forest to provide fuel for it. … from deputy surveyor, Forest Enterprise, Coleford; Hart, Royal Forest, 240. Glos. R.O., SL 568; Country Life, 12 Apr. …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Dissolution. 54 In 1543 it was granted to Thomas Grey, a royal servant, who granted it in the same year to Sir John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… crosses added on tops of both covers, and a paten of 1732. Royal Arms: In naveover W. door, in stone, mutilated, …
Old and New London
… the Great Fire John rebuilt the "Sun Tavern," behind the Royal Exchange, and was loyal, wealthy, and foolish enough to … Jonson. The playful verses inspired by a pint of generous port have made "The violet of a legend blow Among the chops … self-complacency. "We had," he says, "a good supper and port wine, of which Johnson then sometimes drank a bottle. …
Old and New London
… being a bottle of Madeira at dinner and a bottle of port after. He dined alone, and the unfortunate servant was … account of herself and her husband taking leave of his royal master, Charles I., at Hampton Court. At parting, the …
Old and New London
… to write his "Sayings and Doings," and to pour forth for royal pay his usual scurrilous lampoons at all who supported …
Old and New London
… second year of the war between King and Parliament, the Royal successes at Bath, Bristol, and Cornwall, as well as … Fetter Lane, and a secretary to the Commissioners of the Royal Revenues; the latter an eminent citizen, well known on … short-sighted enough to deride the early efforts of the Royal Society, though they were founded on the strict …
Old and New London
… and hand By George we'll stand," and did their best on royal birthdays and other thanksgivings, by illuminations and … King's health, the Prince of Wales's, and the rest of the Royal Family, and those of his faithful and loyal Ministers. …