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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCII Charter of James VI making Glasgow a Royal Burgh (1611) XCII. Charter … with the freedoms and privileges thereto belonging, which for many years bygone they have well and peaceably possessed … suckin and knaveship thereof, loading and unloading of ships, barks, crears, and other vessels of whatsoever kind …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXVIII Precept of James IV concerning trade with free burghs (1490) XXXVIII. … a Decree by King James III. and his Council, decerning all ships, strangers, and others, to go to free burghs and there … wax, decerning and ordaining that theirafter all maner of ships, strangers and others should come to frie burghs such …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Holborn, 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … 54 Watling St. Trade card states: Merchants, Captains of Ships, country chapmen &c. may be supply'd on reasonable …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … chapel is a small structure. The tithes have been commuted for 54. Yalding (St. Peter and St. Paul) YALDING ( St. Peter … parish is called Twyford bridge. The river is navigable for barges, by which a considerable traffic in timber, corn, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all … component of NAVAL STORES and were included in among SHIPS STORES [Acts (1781)]. OED earliest date of use: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … were consulted without success. 45 The tithe awards for Begbroke (1844) and Yarnton (1845) settled the … to have been used as a military hospital. Forty royalist soldiers were buried in the churchyard between May 1643 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch conferred the lands, which at … whole of the remainder moorland, affording rough pasturage for sheep and a few cattle. The surface is hilly and …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Co Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of St Mary Colechurch, worth £600, 1695 (2) (1) Bodl Lib, … PCC 154 Herne pr, 5 Sep 1702 mar (A) 1662, Alice Flower ? of Salisbury, Wilts, (B) 1663, Elizabeth, da of William FARR, … (5) Tory, 1687, 1690 (6) See Vis Wilts, 1623, pp 220-1, for the family of Yerberie of Trowbridge (1) CRO, MS 40/3, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … of the Baron de Rutzen: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 70, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but without inscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The moated site of an old baronial castle is … 1069, Sweyn sent his two sons, Harold and Canute, with 240 ships and a numerous army; and these chiefs arriving in the … these towns, thus establishing a communication for the transport of the produce of the latter to the sea. Another …