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A History of the County of Hampshire
… than in the year of the Black Death 5 17 s. 3 d. and one pound of cummin ( cymini). 'And no more,' explains the … ground rents had fallen still further to 3 4 s. 6 d. and a pound of cumminabout oneeighth of the amount produced a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… duties of the bailiffs was that of keeping the common pound, the duty devolving on them by a city ordinance of … not above 3 d. the pounde uppon payne to forfet for every pound sold contrary to the act 3 s. 4 d.' 188 In the 14th … that every freeman neglecting it should forfeit half a pound of wax. 207 In 1581 the penalty was 2 s., to be levied …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In this connexion reference must be made to a number of pieces of a beautiful Purbeck marble screen of c. 1300, found …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cresting. In the quire and south chapel are preserved some pieces of 16th-century (apparently French Renaissance) wooden … 1811, respectively. The church plate consists of five pieces: a silvergilt paten with foot bearing the date letter … fragments of glass, including the Beaufort arms and some pieces of black and white glass, probably of 14th-century …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… armour. Round his left leg is the garter, and on his knee-pieces are anchors, in allusion to his office of lord high … which they are hung are formed of numerous superposed pieces of thin pierced and hammered iron carefully pinned … The cloister alleys are paved with stone, with occasional pieces of old monumental slabs. The walls were wainscoted …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… saucers, salt-cellars, and so on, many of the pieces being engraved with the king's arms. 147 Henry VI, who … were removed from the castle; they were described as 'five pieces of hanging of Triumphs, 6 pieces of David, Nathan, Abigail, and Solomon, 7 of siege of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… W. of central shield, arms of the Duke of Feria, in three pieces party palewise, 1, or five leaves vert; 2, argent …