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A New History of London
… greatest consternation. The Serpentine River in Hyde-Park rose so high, that it forced down a part of the wall, and … town to be over-flowed: the canal in St. James's Park rose so high, that it flowed up to the garden-wall belonging … treasury were overflowed. About Bagnigge-Wells the waters rose eight feet perpendicular, and several people in …
A New History of London
… thousand and sixty-six pounds, eight shillings, and four-pence, for the farm of the Cambium or Exchange of London, … the rest to flight. The London populace on this ill usage, rose, and pulled down some houses belonging to the abbot of … of the weather in the dead of winter; and to pay four-pence per day for the maintenance of his white bear and its …
A New History of London
… said bell, upon the penalty of three shillings and four pence for the first offence, to be gradually advanced to the … five hundred thirty-eight pounds six shillings and eleven pence. A subsidy was this year granted for the repairs of … harvest following, corn is said to have fell to ten-pence. As the great price wheat sold for on such exigencies, …
A New History of London
… of the age of fourteen years and above, were taxed at four pence per head; which occasioned great murmurings among the … He caused the city ditch to be cleansed by a rate of five pence charged upon each housekeeper, and by his influence in … exportation of wool, that the price was reduced to twenty-pence the stone. This year is distinguished by the first …
A New History of London
… of common council, each parishioner was ordered to pay six pence every Sunday at church toward these repairs. The town …
A New History of London
… for the sake of the stones; but the parishioners rose and drove away his sacrilegious workmen: this repulse, …
A New History of London
… the purchase of a house then called the manor of the Rose, for the purpose of erecting a free school in London, …
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… sequen etc. 4 Aprill 1661. xiij RR Car scdi. 34 Willielmus Rose filius white Rose de Mounton Furley in Com wiltes Agricol po: se appren …
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… agr defct po: se appren John Ballard de Bippsgate extra in Rose alley pro 7 ann a die dat. 36 Andreus Day filius Andrei …
A New History of London
… clarkes of the chauncerye; Where many I found earnyng of pence, But none at all once regarded mee: I gave them my … spare me my expence: Thou stepst not here quo' he under ij pence, I lyst not yet bestow my almes dede; Thus lacking mony …