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A History of the County of Oxford
… century may reflect extensive dereliction. In 1542 five men were mustered and six (in three families) were assessed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Philip, but to his son Thomas. 31 Thomas may have been dead by 1306 when Reynold (probably an error for Roland) of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… almshouse, containing six tenements for as many poor aged men, which he had previously erected in the township of … full operation, the works afford employment to about 1000 men, exclusively of whom, about 260 are constantly engaged in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… legions with instructions to give no quarter, but to put men, women, and children indiscriminately to the sword. Arms. … Edward IV., Queen Margaret having levied an army of 60,000 men, made another effort to regain the throne, and advancing … was met by Edward and the Earl of Warwick with 40,000 men, at Towton, when a sanguinary battle ensued, in which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… of Commander of 'Clifford's Castle' with a command of 40 men since he had been the governor of the disbanded garrison … 99 In April 1682 Thoresby saw there arms for about 3,000 men and a large crocodile. 100 On 23 April 1684, however, …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… included prints, drawings, paintings, busts of famous men, lamps, sideboards, barometers and thermometers. Zanetti, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… crane, Grus virgo (Linn.), is said to have been picked up dead near Wincanton (vide Science Gossip, March 1876). The … Several specimens have been at various times picked up dead or caught alive, doubtless having been driven in from … in the county. In January 1895 a specimen was picked up dead on the coast in the west of the county by Mr. A. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… diminishing, while the number of beetles, living and dead, constantly increases, although they have had no …
A History of the County of Somerset
… be allowed to infer that the trusted correspondent of such men would neither have sent a lump of coal to Newcastle nor a …