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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and fairs The city is plentifully supplied with all kind of provisions, for which there are two market days weekly, on a Wednesday and Saturday, both … annually held in this city, on the 4 th of August and the two next following days; but it has been long since …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury Members of Parliament Members of Parliament SOME ACCOUNT has been … as may be seen by the writs directed to the sheriff, two or three knights were to be chosen for each county, but … 1st. William Hardres, John Crekynge. 2d. Parliament at Gloucester. John Crekynge, John Pyryton. 3d. At Westmin. John …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury Members of the Corporation Members of the Corporation In conformity to the above-mentioned … of the city are, Argent, three Cornish choughs proper, two and one; on a chief, gules, a lion passant guardant, or, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a royal exchange, called in Latin Cambium Regis, mention of which often occurs in the old rentals and other records of … these seven mints at Canterbury, four were the king's, 8 two were the archbishop's, and the seventh was the abbot of … ii, 52. Liber Hospitalis.The master of the hospital made two demises of the premises into tenements, one anno 43, the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 1 Its citizens are wealthy and respectable; many gentlemen of fortune and genteel families reside in it, especially within the precincts of the cathedral, where there are many of the clergy of … which will be further mentioned hereafter. There are two elegant public libraries and reading rooms, in the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury Religious houses Religious houses OF THE MANY RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS, HOSPITALS, AND ALMS-HOUSES … low and damp, among the meads and garden-grounds, 1having two entrances or alleys leading to it, where formerly stood two gates; one called Northgate, in St. Peter'sstreet, facing …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… that king Stephen died here in 1154. 2 In the 1st year of king Richard I. anno 1189, William, king of Scotland, came … the archbishop's palace adjoining, where, within a day or two afterwards the archbishop entertained them with a ball, … lady Wotton, in St. Augustine's monastery, as did his two brothers the dukes of York and Gloucester. In the autumn of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… manufactures This is the only mention I have ever met with of the desolation and impoverishment of this city, so early … and taken out of a piece of meadow land, containing two or three acres in Ickham, purto one Swinford, to hold to … of the poor of the said congregation, all those her two messuages or tenements, with the gardens and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury The ancient and present state of the city The ancient and present state of the city THE … CITY OF CANTERBURY is situated in a pleasant valley about two miles wide, surrounded by hills of a moderate height, and … lacrymatory with it, and a gold pendant with a stone, and two small pearls, were likewise found near it. 2 Whoever …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury The bounds The bounds THE BOUNDS of the city and county of Canterbury have been at several … we measured from the joining to this place, and is eighty two rodsordered a MARK MARK there, as being as nigh the place … called Chantry head, where the river divides itself into two branches; and from the said corner across the meadows by …