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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… could not intermeddle, alone, to call any out of the county. You may assert where your militia is now, but not …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… The truth is, Charles could swallow any thing." See "The History of the Church of Scotland," (1749,) i. 39–44. "The … Middlesex, in 1653. I have so much respect for my native county, as to attempt the presentation of her quondam M. P.'s … he died so soon." See "Letters on the Study and Use of History," written in 1735, (1752,) i. 258, 259. Dr. Harris …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… print. I have looked about, and find few fit persons in a county. Besides matter of charge; they will think much to …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… and connect what may still be recovered of Parliamentary History, during the Protectorates. That interval, varied and … and discriminating judgment, already discovered in "The History of the Commonwealth." Richard Cromwell was only in … father never knew what happiness was." See "Lectures on History," (iii.); Works, (1826,) xxiv. 50. Of the royal …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Petition of the tenants of the manor of Hanslop, in the County of Bucks, 2 for lands of 1,000 l. per annum, which … the tenants of Epworth, 4 in the Isle of Axholme, in the county of Lincoln, touching some commons encroached upon, the … I am nothing concerned in it, but as it relates to the county I serve for. The petition of sixty gentlemen in …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… every such person should be guilty of High Treason." History (1675), pp. 166, 167. See "Lord Lambert," supra, p. … the Bill was rejected "by 60 against 31." See Oldmixon's "History of England," (1735,) pp. 718, 719. "Make religion … of the following:— "John de la Mare, of Garington, in the county of Oxford, had summons 28 to 33 Ed. I., but none of …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… country, if they lay assessments upon the non-solvent, the county must answer it; but in this case we consider that the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… former oaths, what present need is there of it? In all History that I have read, I never found that oaths have been … were " letters from Chester, of the ministers in that county bitterly exclaiming against the Engagement, and …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the party accused; or, in his absence, at his house in the county, city, or town for which he shall be chosen, if he … have any such house; or, if not, with the sheriff of the county, if he be chosen for a county; or with the chief magistrate of the city or borough, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… against taxes as any man, considering the burthen upon the county, for which I serve; but seeing there is a necessity … quality, resorted, both for exercise and conversation."— History, (1705,) i 241. Mr. Pennant conjectures, that this … to 'Custodes Libertatis Angliœ, authoritate Parliamenti.'" History (1772) v. 2, Note. " Though they saw themselves," …