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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… were again driven back, leaving 11,000 of their men dead upon the field. The loss of the Rhodians amounted to 180. … and water, we were as men desperate and determined to die upon them in the field, rather than to be "put upon stakes; for we thought not that he would give us our …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… present volume opens with the State ceremonies consequent upon the recognition of the new Sovereign. From that time it … the quarrel between England and France, following hard upon that with Spain, the general disarming of the Roman … Esq., and William Douglas Hamilton, Esq., two gentlemen upon the staff of the State Paper Office, who have been …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… (810) he makes, among other things, some observations upon the consumption of tea in America, and suggests methods … committee are as black hearted fellows as any upon the globe." And then he makes this reflection, "Strange … of success, then to use force. The extreme step of firing upon the French ships was, however, not to be taken till they …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… of Leeds is quoted as Vol. III. as following immediately upon Vol. II. of the regular series of King's Warrant Books …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… of the 19th century. Everything necessarily depends upon the accurate association of relics; but we are told that … round a small farmyard. No digging has yet been attempted upon this key-site, but, for all the risk of finding nothing … information regarding the associated pottery (now in the Hull Museum), I am indebted to Miss Nancy Newbigin. A period …
A History of the County of York
… of Edward III, c. 1330, the donations previously conferred upon the abbey received the royal confirmation. These … same benefactor, who received the king's licence to bestow upon the house an annual rental of 150. This benefaction was … to the arms at all. Grosvenor then threw the blame upon his counsellors, and sought the pardon of Lord Scrope, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 12 Sept. Skymer, D. 1670 25 Oct. Gibbs, H. 1670 3 Nov. Hull, R. 1670 7 Nov. Skymer, J. 1670 12 Nov. Angell, J. 1670 …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… diet and lodging when in attendance, riding wages, fees upon swearing in new officers worth about 30 under George I, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… looked after the fires and performed other menial tasks upon the orders of the gentlemen ushers. They were appointed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of June, being the day on which a celebrated wake occurs upon the neighbouring eminence of Warden. This place is a … by a series of six pointed arches on each side, resting upon octagonal pillars. The altar-piece is embellished with … loan fund has been lost, but the other charities, charged upon nine freehold houses in Clerkenwell Close, and amounting …