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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… King of (Charles X.) ambassador from ambassador to, Rolt, Edw. secretary of service of Sweden news from …
Survey of London
… soldier Phineas Bowles). Later occupants include Esquire Rolt (16946), Lady Ossulston (1698 1700), Lady Cullington …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… denotes a raw, untanned or unseasoned SKIN or HIDE. If, as Rolt suggested, it had just been taken off the carcase [Rolt (1761)], it will quite rapidly decompose. On the other … Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). References: Rolt (1761). Green linen cloth LINEN CLOTH from Scotland was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… as a selling factor seems to have been in the mind of Rolt, when he commented, 'the kinds of snuff, and their … not to say impossible, to give a detail of them [Rolt (1761)]. Not found in the OED Found described as FINE … See also CEPHALIC SNUFF. Sources: Newspapers. References: Rolt (1761). Green soap SOAP of a green colour, possibly made …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… gum armoniack; gum amoniacu'; gum ammoniacum] As Rolt pointed out, it was 'sometimes called improperly Gum … known with certainty, even by those involved in trade, Rolt wrote that it was from the East Indies 'where it is … is imagined the temple of Jupiter Ammon formerly stood' [Rolt (1761)]. He was more confident as to how it appeared in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… name for the HARPOON, or an instrument very like it. Rolt's definition in his Dictionary of Trade and Commerce … as soon as the fish is struck, to give him room to dive.' [Rolt (1761)] OED earliest date of use: 1596 Sources: Houghton. References: Rolt (1761). Harpoon A barbed spear-like missile to the …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… P.S. Pat. 2 Hen. VIII. p. 3, m. 9. [ 1599.] 20. William Rolt. yeoman of the Guard. To be, for life, bailiff of the … P.S. Pat. 2 Hen. VIII. p. 3, m. 9. [ 1600.] 21. William Rolt, yeoman of the Guard. To be bailiff of the lordship of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… for Bisham, fo. 39]. 49 Comes Southt, 4 Dec. a o 30; Wm. Rolt, 13 Jan. a o 30; Wm. Bolles,Dec. a o 30; Thos. Hennege, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… 2 April. Pat. 32 Hen. VIII., p. 8, m. 44 d. 3. Will. Rolt, one of the King's serjeants-at arms, and John Bricket, …