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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a time, the second quarter of the 15th century, when the country gentleman was beginning to invade the boroughs, an … from at least 1553. Wilton, in the heart of the Pembroke country, early passed under the earl's control. Its members … strength of Sir Robert Cecil's campaigning in the Herbert country. Even at Wilton he had to be content with one seat, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… did not best know what were fittest for the good of their country'. 5 This time Wither had overreached himself. It was … 1640 gave Wiltshire, in common with the rest of the country, its last taste of electioneering on the old lines. … in the spring of 1642 the Houses took steps to secure the country, Wiltshire promised to give little difficulty. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… old names and new, of noblemen and commoners, of Court and Country. The fourteen Wiltshire boroughs which recovered … September 1679, Sir Giles Hungerford and John Eyles, the Country party candidates, were successfully returned by … 51 Of a grand total of 287 members classified, 52 184 were country gentlemen, 27 relatives or close dependents of peers, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1713 and 1715. If the county members were all of the country gentry class, their politics, as reflected in the … Sessions and Turnpike meetings by way of relaxation in the country', 196 whose political influence extended far beyond … local families. At Chippenham these were all of the local country gentrythe Longs, the Pophams of Littlecote, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The nocturnal fires which burned in the country-side around Salisbury during November 1830 had their … manufacturing populations, which was so important to the country as a whole, was, in Wiltshire, an unreal issue; but … upon as affording the only effectual means by which the country could be saved from anarchy'. 16 In the months of …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… Temple bar 13 s. 8 d.' 'For the town of Lime in the West Country,' 23 June 1644. 3 2 s. 6 d. The good work went on … till the last was read 23rd March 1828. They were all for country churches, for damage done by fire or by hail storms. … 00 15 0 9. " Mary Morrel to defray her charges out of the country. She found no benefit & we must have her and shall …
The Bede Roll of the Fraternity of St Nicholas
… major monasteries and collegiate establishments around the country. 82 Then, as now, such musicians moved around as …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… Collections gives a sketch of the judicial system of the country to the end of the reign of King John. It will now be …