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6th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Sunday. Upon question, passed. L. 3a. An act to prevent and reform profane swearing and cursing. Upon question, passed. L. 3a. An act for the … of England, entitled, An act for the better discovering and repressing of popish recusants. Upon question, passed. L. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 - May 1640 The fourteenth parish church of St Mary and All Saints at Willingham, Cambridgeshire which hosted the cudgels match between Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely at which William Crispe challenged the … insulted him during a cudgels match between Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, at a feast at Willingham on 23 September …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 4, ref. 11781] Abbey, Harry C., North St, York, joiner and cm (17871810). Died September 1810 aged 38; stock sold March 1811. [D; York Courant, 17 September 1810 and 18 March 1811] Abbey, Jonathan, Queen St, Seven Dials, … [GL, Sun MS vol. 242, p. 551] Abbey, Thomas, 11 Orange St and 15 Crooks Row, St Pancras, London, carver, gilder and …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… We have, however, carefully considered their Report, and we find ourselves unable to agree with it in several … of Commission. These heads relate (1) to the foundation and object of the Livery Companies of the City of London; (2) … to their care. They also possessed the character of modern clubs. They were institutions in which members of the same …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 4
A thematic account of the agricultural, industrial, social and sporting history of the county. Also includes an account of the royal forests.
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… drawn scraps of information from a wide variety of sources and touched on subjects dealt with in a great number of … however, would be served by the listing of all sources and secondary authorities consulted. Details of some of them … contemporary attitudes, but as references therein to furs and skinners are brief and incidental, they have nearly all …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… 264 Algiers Petitions on behalf of the Prisoners and Captives there, 92 vid. 276 Ambassadors not to shelter … reported, who was sequestred for not reading the Book of Sports, 66 Mr. Solicitor St. John's Speech about Bishops … of Winchester- College, reported, 151 Mr. Wilson; vid. Sports. Windsor- Election controverted, 89 Secretary …
A History of the County of Essex
… HALL) was held by Leuild (probably a woman) as a manor and 3 virgates. In 1086 it was held by Geoffrey Martel as … had previously been in the possession of Barking Abbey 'and he who held this land was only the man of Geoffrey's predecessor, and had no power to put this land in possession of anyone but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Abbey Dore AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-WEST HEREFORDSHIRE … m. S.W. of Hereford. The principal monuments are the Abbey and Grange Farm. Roman c(1). In the station yard in 1908 the … for a length of about 30 ft. It was 12 ft. 9 in. wide, and consisted of "unworked nodular limestone hand-pitched on …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… bank of the Nethan, a fine stream tributary to the Clyde, and is in the centre of the parish, and contains the parochial church. The inhabitants are … trades requisite for the supply of the neighbourhood, and in hand-loom weaving for the manufacturers of Glasgow and …