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A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … to be transported to America, where they were sold as slaves. 321 On 23 December King Charles was brought from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… native of Wisbech is Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), the slavery abolitionist. 64 Others include Richard Huloet ( fl. … Godwin the elder (1756-1836), author of Political Justice, and father of Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley's wife; James … ( fl. 1832-46), the first Baptist missionary to India; and Octavia Hill (1838-1912), the housing reformer and …
The Environs of London
… hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by Chigwell, Chingford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Barking. It contains about 2000 acres of land, of which … now none; formerly four bordars, now seven; formerly four slaves, now none; formerly one beast, now 600 sheep, 50 hogs, …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… with Richard BAGNALL, John CRISPE, George POCHIN and Edward SHERWOOD in a brazil warehouse (5) Tory, 1687, … 1641, 1670 (5) Personalty, Jun 1671, £13,182 EIC, RAC and Gambia C stock (RAC stock £400 of original stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, …