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A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … only in the centre of the village until the First World War. 1 TRADE AND INDUSTRY Building stone was dug in the east … church. S.R.O., DD/BR/ely 1/6; D. Underdown, Som. in Civil War and Interregnum, 107, 134, 137, 206-7. D.N.B.; below, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … a regiment of horse under Charles I. in the parliamentary war. In the hamlet of Godstow was a Benedictine abbey.See … the largest burthen. In the reign of Henry VII., a shipof-war of 1000 tons was built at Woolwich, which that monarch …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … belonging to the Navy; the guns of most of our men of war being laid up there in time of peace: there are also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … Worcester, which was so frequently the victim of intestine war and of accidental calamity, was fortified by Hugh de … up in the island of Bevere. In the parliamentary war, Worcester was the first city that openly declared in …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1613 The inhabitants of Bayton. Ref.110 BA1/1/20/58 (1613) To the right worshippfull the Kinges majesties justices of peace in the countye of Worcester. May yt please your worshipps, that whereas at …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… BA1/1/22/60 (1615) To the Kinges majesties justices of the peace of the countie of Worcester. The humble petition of Thomas … be bound to pray for yor worshipps to be sent to Bewdley [war fact?] Elizabeth Darlinge. Ref.110 BA1/1/22/66 (1615) To …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… (1618) To the right honourable Sir John Crooke knight one of the Kinges majesties justices of assizes and gayle deliverye for the countye of Worcester. … Croke 1618 a rate of the hundred for the debt and chardge [war bal?] [hundred?] to ask of the constables if they refuse …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Quarter Sessions: 1620s Thomas Pirkes and eight others of Fladbury. Ref.110 BA1/1/33/75 (1620) To the right worshipfull Sir [illegible] knight lord of the manour of [Fladbury?] [illegible] Whereas the berer … they shall daylie pray for your worshipps prosperityes. [war fact?] Thomas Harley and Samuel Kings of Saint Peters. …