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Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… have condemned them. That for us to strive to exceed or to stretch forth our privileges may [f. 245v] endanger our …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… his arse and said that he had seene as tall a man as White stretch a halter' or words to that effect. 3. The above was … breech and said he had seen a man as tall as Thomas White stretch a Halter'. Sums awarded unknown. No date but filed …
8th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… and Hamburg are the 2 places of receipt of our cloth. They stretch it beyond seas 6 or 7 yards in a cloth. This bill was … white, and beyond seas the merchants that buy our cloth do stretch it and discredit our cloth. But this is hard to be … our cloths abroad: they take our white cloths, there they stretch a cloth 6 yards to increase measure. Bill against …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes)
Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton hundreds together occupy the Lower Parrett valley stretching from the Quantock ridge in the west to King's Sedgemoor in the east, and from the Bristol Channel in the north to the river Tone in the south.
A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3, Ouse and Derwent Wapentake, and Part of Harthill Wapentake
The volume covers a large area in the Vale of York, lying to the south and east of the city. The area stretches from Catton in the north to Hemingborough in the south, and includes some areas which now form suburbs of York, including Fulford and Heslington.
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… braces. Within a modern outbuilding, N. of the barn, is a stretch of walling with a deep plinth, probably medival. … E. outbuilding; it is partly built of ashlar. The western stretch is represented by a substantial rubble wall on the E. …