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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… as surviving executor of Sir James Lancaster, Knt., and by direction of the will of the said James, dated 18 April, 1618, he leaves to the Masters, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Mistery of the Skynners of London and their successors, to the intent and purpose that they …
Survey of London
… centred on Wilmington Square, lies between Amwell Street and Farringdon Road to the east and west, and Lloyd Baker Street and Rosebery Avenue to the … with rebuilding along the rest of the street pending, the brewers Mann, Crossman & Paulin built a new and larger …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ancient parish extended some 2 miles from east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The population in 1801 was 99, and it rose slowly to 205 in 1951. There was a corresponding …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, separated by a handsome …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a charter from Henry I granted some time between 1121 and 1133, possibly in 1121. 2 The grant of a charter was … Merchant had done no doubt in the past; they appointed brewing days and punished infractions of 'brewlock'. 26 They … exercised by the king for as long as he had been sheriff. Brewing money ( breugabulum, brugeld) was perhaps the most …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic … s. 50 Baking was of course a specialized occupation, while brewing was undertaken in a number of dwellings. The accounts … made by the mayor and burgesses to limit the number of brewers and to confine their brewing to certain days of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land … who had a workshop and a nail shop, 66 and a cutler. 67 Brewing and malting were recorded from the 16th century. 68 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … tenth, dyars with two lyghtes eleventh, chaundelars and brewers twelfth, mercers with two lights thirteenth, the … ale, and by the usages of the city every 'brewstare' not brewing good ale of good corn was in the king's mercy under …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … 5 d. from John de Holonde. And 5 d. from a certain woman brewing in the tenement of Richard le Porter.' Or 'From 83 … all. 92 If the tax was a general brewing tax levied on all brewers, the utter collapse of the 15th century is …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … William, the castle was no doubt raised by his orders, 3 and from the first it has been the special stronghold of the …