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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the oldest iron-work in the parish; it is mentioned by Dr. Wilkes in his View of Staffordshire, in 1735, and was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Birmingham iron master, Robert Palmer of Burton and Joseph Wilkes of Overseal (Leics.), cheesefactors, and William Wyatt …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Burton malt, which the Staffordshire antiquary, Richard Wilkes, claimed in the 1730s was 'much esteemed for its … the malt, indeed, was 'a standard to try all other by'. Wilkes also noted that Burton ale was then being exported to … A bank established at Burton in the mid 1780s by Joseph Wilkes of Measham (Derb.), one of the lessees of the Trent …
A History of the County of Stafford
… brother Francis Smith of Warwick. 1 In the 1730s Richard Wilkes, a Staffordshire antiquary, described the church as …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 4 Writing in the 1730s the Staffordshire antiquary Richard Wilkes remarked that the navigation was of 'infinite service' …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… owners of Broome are unknown, 42 but c. 1630 Francis Wilkes held land there of Harcourt Leighton 'as of his manor …
Old and New London
… had contested the representation of Middlesex against John Wilkes:"In 1812, soon after the restrictions imposed by …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… summoned to prove his information that they belong to John Wilkes, Papist, and are sequestered. 127 141 240 721 733 378 … of the proceedings of the Surrey Committee concerning Wilkes' estate. 25 240 53 140 4 Oct. The County Committee of …