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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… land, the King not being bloodily bent, although he be a stiff Protestant, yet may he be won to tolerate fair means. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… on board his yacht at Gravesend, but the wind continuing stiff at east prevented the same; so he now waits only the …
The Environs of London
… of the parish, gravel; in some, chalk; and in others, a stiff clay. Manors. It appears, by Doomsday Book, that there …
Survey of London
… "His integrity was unimpeachable, his manners were stiff, and his sense of humour was deficient." 119 Sir Edward …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… are carved in low relief with a symmetrical design of stiff-leaved scrolled foliage; the stops of the moulded label …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hendon, Harrow, Edgeware, Stanmore, Wembley. The soil is stiff clay, with a little gravelly loam. 3. Hundred of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was inclosed, comprises 1232 a. 1 r. 26 p.; the soil is a stiff clay, with the exception of some light land in that …
Survey of London
… Lord John Russell, for 50 tons. 179 Gladstone was as stiff against it as ever. 180 But in June the Government was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and wood, the last of which is tithe-free; the soil is a stiff clay, and produces good corn. The living is a rectory, …