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The Environs of London
… small river Brent, which rises in the parish of Hendon, and here falls into the Thames. It is a market town, lying in the hundred of Elthorne, and situated upon the great Western road, at the distance of … the constable, which he disbursed for conveying away the witches 0 11 0 "1688, paid for a declaration of liberty of …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Dann. London M.A. 1911. The relations between Henry VII and Wales. W.T. Williams. Wales M.A. 1914. The relations of Henry VII with Scotland and Ireland (148597), illustrated from episodes in the life … of Elizabeth I. D.B. McKeen. Birmingham Ph.D. 1964/5. Witchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 15601680: a sociological …
History Theses 1901-1970
… FROM THE 15TH CENTURY POLITICAL HISTORY The history and place of public policy in English private law. C.L. … to 1747. R.A. MacTaggart. Glasgow Ph.D. 1969. The history and development of the charitable trust from the 15th century … from the 16th century. I. Grimble. Aberdeen Ph.D. 1964. Witchcraft and the church in Scotland subsequent to the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem Buildings, manors and estates BURSLEM The borough of Burslem consisted by 1910 of the townships of Burslem 1 and Sneyd, Cobridge (formerly the vill of Rushton Grange), and 166 acres of the Sneyd Green portion of the lordship of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem was a chapelry in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent 1 and retained that status until 1809 when it was made … respects, however, it had parochial status before 1809, and indeed from the late 16th century it was often called a parish. 4 It organized its own poor relief and highway maintenance, 5 and by 1553 it had its own …
A History of the County of Stafford
… there was land at Burton for 2 ploughteams in demesne, and a further 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 villani. There were 16 a. of meadow, and woodland measured 1/2 league in both length and breadth. … 1491 a surgeon named William Bate was allegedly tried for witchcraft at Burton. 10 Jerome Horobin (d. 1611) may have …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … town gained notoriety in 1596 for the linked cases of the witchcraft of Alice Gooderidge and the alleged diabolical …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is about twelve miles in length, from north to south, and four in breadth, from east to west, is covered to a considerable extent with moss and fir, and derives its name from certain Gaelic terms signifying …
Old and New London
… Camden Town and Kentish Town CHAPTER XXIV. CAMDEN TOWN AND KENTISH TOWN. "Vix rure urbem dignoscere possis." Camden … she was looked upon as a witch, yet she escaped the usual witches' fate, and died peaceably in her bed at an extreme …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1546. 1 The ancient parish was roughly square in shape and mainly lay immediately south, southeast, and south-west of Stafford. Its boundary followed the course … by her between c. 1419 and 1422 on her deprivation for witchcraft, 114 since early in 1422 Anne Countess of …