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A History of the County of Gloucester
… of frankpledge, pleas of vetitum namium, and assize of bread and ale were among the wide range of liberties claimed …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… but an annual rent of £13 from the 12 a. was used to buy bread and clothing for the poor of Dilton. A scheme for the …
Old and New London
… and so Mr. Creed and I got Mr. Minshell to give us some bread, and so we at a stall ate it, as everybody else did …
Old and New London
… of his life, and died in actual penury and even in want of bread. Such was the end of the man who had sung the praises …
Old and New London
… the haunt of children and their nurses, and the pieces of bread and biscuit which are given daily to the ducks, geese, … over-gifted with brains, who used to feed the ducks with bread as he went daily from his home in Pimlico to the … having called the birds, as usual, he found that he had no bread in his pockets, and so threw a sixpence into the water, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 2 After 1835 the Revd. Caleb Rocket established a bread charity and in 1847 Elizabeth Axford gave money to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… claimed to hold the view of frankpledge and the assize of bread and of ale in Westwick under the honor of Richmond. 50 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Taunton, in 1759, left the interest of 200 to purchase bread for labourers. Chaucer, the poet, had the manor and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… frankpledge with minor franchises such as the assizes of bread and ale. Several lords had withdrawn their estates, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S.E. wall, which also contains a larger fireplace and bread oven in the W. end. In both the E. and W. corners are …