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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… with the Tudors and the Stuarts, or even with "the hero William;" a prince whose character begins, at length, to be … Parliament." Lansdown MSS. 755, No. 374. Own Time, vol. i. p. 70. See supra, p. 312, note; infra, p. 486. See … note; confirming the remarks of Catharine Ma caulay, "that William was as tenacious of power as his predecessors;" and …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of the House of Parliament. May it please your Highness, I am commanded by the Parliament of England, Scotland, and … every year once, and more often, if need be. But Sir William Blackstone supposes that the King never was obliged … just design of civil government. For his exposure of Sir William Blackstone's courtly theory, especially by arguments …
Survey of London
… the artist (d. 1785); Lady Rous (d. 1777), widow of Sir William Rous, Alderman; and Rev. Philip Withers, D.D., the …
A Survey of London
… & wall houses to be builded, to what danger of the Citie, I leaue to wiser consideration: and can but wish that … also the same was clensed, namely the Mooreditch, when sir William Hollies was Maior, in the yere 1540. & not long … letting out the banks, with the spoyle of the whole ditch. I am not ignorant of two fifteenes graunted by a common …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Basset; 7 and the Hundred Rolls of the reign of Edward I show that the hundreds of Lewknor, Pyrton, Langtree, and … with men occurring in other records, and in particular the William who held Glympton of the bishop has not yet been … were held in the 13th century by the Yorkshire baron William of Skelbrook identifies Hervey, Bishop Odo's tenant, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… [Burford] and renders 5 s. To the lands which Earl William 4 held there pertain 9 dwellings which render 7 s.; 3 … Henry de Fereires has 2 dwellings which render 5 s. William Pevrel, 4 dwellings which render 17 d.; 2 of these … 8 d. Here are Entered the Landholders in Oxenefordscire i. King William. ii. The Archbishop of Canterbury. iii. The …
Survey of London
… granted in fee by Queen Elizabeth in January 1559/60 to William Dodington of London, gentleman 1 (see fig. 1), and in … Piccadilly Hall had been built during the reign of James I by one Robert Baker, whose will, dated 1623, revealed him … transform the whole subject. b Robert Baker was the son of William Baker of Staplegrove, Somerset. c He had at least …
Survey of London
… agreement was evidently secured by May 1803, when John and William Wells, the owners of Brunswick Dock, thanked the … Dock and the adjoining land were bought from John and William Wells for 35,660. Land on the north side was required … Trade in Eastern Seas, 1937, p.304. PP 181314, vol.VIII.I (115), Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select …
Survey of London
… the erection of three new warehouses. These were built by William Brass and designated Nos 15, 16 and 17 … by John Rennie and Ralph Walker, and built by James & William Green of Mile End. 188 Boulton & Watt supplied the … on the wall did not begin until the autumn of 1805. 208 i By mid-July 1806 the wall had been completed to its full …
Survey of London
… engine shed designed by Walker and built by James & William Green of Mile End. 55 The cost of the engine was … was cancelled following the outbreak of war. 75 Sir William Arrol & Company supplied the operating machinery, on … pp.13840. Ibid, p.352. Ibid, p.164. MiD, Abstracts No.I. A.W.Skempton, 'Engineering in the Port of London, …