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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… upkeep of a ducking stool missing in 1427, 46and of the pound and stocks c. 1570. 47By the late 16th century it tried …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… subject leave no room to doubt that it was originally the pound of silverthe pound sterling. It is mentioned as a known weight in the Act …
Richard II and the English Royal Treasure
… and weighing 108g., was worth 80d. (6s. 8d.), that is of a pound sterling. Tower weights in R are often expressed as marks (2 nobles), i.e. 13s. 4d., two thirds of a pound sterling in money. The Troy lb. of 12 oz. = 5760 grains … In this system the mark represented 8 oz., two thirds of a pound in weight Table of Troy weights 1 Troy pound (lb.) = 12 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by 1830. 35 In 1830 four or five cottages opposite the pound in Back Lane were said to have been built a century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor!' 97 In 1680 there were shooting butts and a common pound. In 1842 the pound lay on the east side of King Street. 98 The county … heard the township's presentments. There were stocks and a pound in 1583. 14 By 1600 Little Dawley and Malinslee (in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… repairs were demanded in the 1650s, 1740s, and 1790s, a pound was ordered to be set up in 1658, and absent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… outer work approximately 2 acres. ConditionFairly good. Pound Street, N. side, from E. to W. a(3). Cottage, of two …
A History of the County of Essex
… of tenements, overcharging the common, breaking the lord's pound, and assaults. 42 In 1505 the court confiscated the … surveyors of highways in 1608. 51 The Bergholt Hall manor pound probably lay between the Hall and Lexden Road where Pound field survived in 1843. 52 Stock was rescued from Cooks …
A History of the County of Stafford
… accounts to the vestry by at least 1679. 24 About 1830 a pound, stocks, and whipping-post stood at the corner of … the police force was established in 1840. 26 In 1970 the pound still stood, and the stocks were preserved in the … manor; the steward was also claiming a separate manorial pound and rights of warren on that part of the Heath which …