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19th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… there is such mixtures in the dyeing of silks that of one pound they make 2 librae and sometimes 2 pound and a half. SIR EDWARD VILLIERS said that the dyers say … NOYE. It was proved in the [Ex]chequer that they bring a pound to weigh 24, 26, 28, sometimes 30 ounces. The message …
19th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… support. A subsidy of the laity and [ sic], 70 thousand pound[s]; a fifteen, 30,000 pound[s]; a subsidy of the clergy, £20,000. All England not …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… for Hereford. The writing and parchment cost him 46 pound. [CJ 782] The committee have power from the House to …