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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… islands but boats are necessary for communication and watchmen for preserving the peace of the country and horsemen …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… in the Naval service at that port (who have also to act as watchmen to prevent embezzlements) from service on guards. … service at that port, and who are likewise employed as watchmen in order to prevent embezzlements, are compelled by …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… danger imminent therby to the Kirk not communicat to the watchmen, quherby they may make faithfull warning, and …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… treasurer and take an exact account of neglect of duty by watchmen. To keep order in parish, prevent beggars and … receive which is Thirty Pounds per annum. Duties of the Watchmen. From the Vestry Minutes, 4 Oct. 1744, vol. iii, … from the 25th March to the 29th September. If any of the Watchmen neglect to attend and perform his duty, that night's …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… of London desire to discontinue the services of the three watchmen appointed by the Vestry of this Parish and paid by … the total wage of 104 per annum. And whereas one of the watchmen died on April 1 last and his place has not been … all their obligations in connection with the gates and watchmen and to allow the removal of all the gates of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 90 A castle porter received 2 s. a day in 1244, when two watchmen were paid 3 d. a day, 91 but his successor in 1302 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1840s met monthly in the town hall and to whom the watchmen and beadle were answerable; the Act's lighting … of a county constabulary in 1857 were presumably watchmen or constables: Gardner's Dir. Oxon. (1852); The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… purchase land on which to erect a gasworks, and to appoint watchmen. 146 The watching of the town, however, was taken … were billeted. 333 In 1785 the vestry appointed four watchmen. In 1825 the Paving Commissioners set up a watch committee and appointed 4 watchmen in summer and 6 in winter with powers of arrest. The …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and watching, with powers to appoint scavengers and watchmen, direct the parish officers, and levy rates, were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… for a 'very needful' stocks and whipping post. 77 Night watchmen by 1652 could shelter in a 10-ft. square watchhouse, … detain wrongdoers in the watchhouse, and observe the watchmen; they could also levy rates and decide on the number of watchmen. The watch had apparently lapsed by 1780 when, …