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Introduction
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… to the site of a particular interment there, occurs the quaint but expressive term "Middle Tread." The term probably …
Introduction
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
Introduction
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… an entire volume of the Hatfield Archives, and are full of quaint and interesting information respecting the religious …
Introduction
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… her business capacity, sturdy earnestness of purpose and quaint humour. She acknowledges a friendly letter from her …
Introduction
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… A brief letter to the Queen deserves quotation for its quaint courtliness of style (No. 208) :Most gratious …
Introduction
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… relating to Burghley House, near Stamford, and one or two quaint descriptions of Burghley's mother. In one letter (No. …
Introduction
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
Introduction to the second volume
The Aldermen of the City of London
… names live enshrined for ever in the deathless pages of quaint old Fuller. And with such men as these I trust it is …
Introduction, Section 1
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… toes, many lost the nails of their hands, which, in the quaint language of the same Chronicler, "was to them a great …
Introduction: Miscellaneous notes
The medieval records of a London City church
… the same very familiar to the parishioners of St. Mary's. Quaint Phrases.The following extracts have an interest by reason of the quaint manner in which they are expressed: "payd ij [meaning …
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