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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
Old and New London
… in them. It was of an octagonal form, partly covered with thatch, as we learn from the account in Stow, who tells us … licensed to Shakespeare and Burbage, and the rest, the thatch took fire by the negligent discharge of a piece of … stuff, wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but idle smoak, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Fen at Wicken, where villagers formerly cut sedge for thatch, and thus kept it short, was an admirable place for …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… privilege in Hawarden, and also that of cutting rushes to thatch their buildings. The tract extended into Cheshire, and …