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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the crown, to keep the counties in military order; and accordingly we find them mentioned as known officers in the statute of 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, 2 though they had not then been long … from the 1st year of queen Elizabeth, 1559, to the time of his death, which happened in the 40th year of that reign, …
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… General history Market and borough towns and fairs Market and Borough Towns. This … Edgcumbe 1, then one of the burgesses for Totness, to his constituents, written in the year 1565, seems to intimate … as old as the fourteenth century; it contains a figure of St. Michael holding a shield, charged with the arms of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… out of every county to parliament, as also to the cities and boroughs the like number of citizens and burgesses, and … as granted by king John to the people, in the 17th year of his reign, wherein that prince promises to summon all the … de Helles. 5th. At Westminster. John de Ifeld, Ralph de St. Laurence. 6th. Henry de Helles, Otto de Grandison. 6th. …
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… of the Protector Somerset's purchase of the castle and manor of Berry Pomeroy, in the reign of Edward VI. Edward … principal seat is at Saltram, in the parish of Plympton St. Mary. Arms: Sable, a stag's head caboshed, between two … in 1404, with a daughter of John Thorpe of Kings Teignton. Anthony Clifford, Esq., great grandson of Thomas, married a …
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… branch of the family, Glossop-hall was the property, and occasionally the residence, of Bernard Howard, Esq., … succeeded to the title of Duke of Norfolk, on the death of his cousin the late Duke, in 1815. Arms: Gules, on a bend, … 1544; by which match he became possessed of Hardwick-hall, and other estates. Having been an active and useful …
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… Earl, in 1643. The following year King Charles created his cousin, Prince Rupert, Duke of Cumberland; the title … His Majesty's fifth son, was created Duke of Cumberland, and still enjoys that title. Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The … North. See Earl of Carlisle. Baron Lucy, of Cockermouth. Anthony de Lucy, whose father Thomas Multon, had assumed that …
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… General history Nobility, earldom and ennobled families Nobility of the County. It is an … Borlase's observation. William the Conqueror gave it to his relation, Robert Earl of Morteyne, commonly called … to about the year 1200. They removed to Tregothnan, in St. Michael-Penkevil, in consequence of the marriage of John …
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… the year 1377, to a poll-tax, from which only mendicants and children under fourteen years of age were exempted 1 … East Budleigh 203 254 379 215 260 362 1,014 1,190 1,706 St. Budock 78 95 131 86 135 120 544 621 689 Bulkworthy 17 23 … Clist 394 306 402 394 337 414 1,540 1,737 1,885 Clist St. George 51 57 67 51 57 69 249 279 345 Clist Hydon 48 48 52 …
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… the number of families in that part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, which was north of Trent 1 at 7000. The … ; and for some years previously to the publication of his work in 1789 2, had procured an actual enumeration of the … of the parish of Darley 349 339 357 354 1,697 1,607 Derby St. Alkmund 411 576 444 600 2,002 2,516 Chapelries of: …
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… General history Population and longevity Population. The number of persons in Cornwall, … most desolate moors, particularly in the neighbourhood of St. Agnes and Redruth, have become "very well stored with … 5 75 75 360 418 Alternon 118 134 9 12 118 148 679 784 St. Anthony (East) 254 320 10 11 427 533 1,795 2,144 St. Anthony, …