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A History of the County of York
… set up a woollen manufacture had failed, 'and chiefly, as I have been informed, by the small number of foreigners the … that of wineselling; in 1745 an attempt was made to oblige William Stainforth to become free, but the recorder gave the … opened a grocer's shop which in 1752 passed to her nephew William, the Quaker philanthropist; he was joined in the …
A History of the County of York
… city's two parliamentary seats was filled by one man, Sir William Robinson. 36 He might be called the typical city … year helped to bring in the two whig candidates, Sir William Milner and Edward Thompson (see Table 3). Milner was … 43, p. 186. York Georgian Soc. Ann. Rep. 1956-7, 15 sqq.; I. P. Pressly, A York Miscellany, 141 sqq. York Corp. Rec., …
A History of the County of York
… be 'of advantage and profit to the city' and that Sir William Robinson had offered his land on Clifton and … house in the city but with what success is not known; William Tuke certainly had one in 1785. 3 Some of the … and was buried in St. Olave's. 16 A glass painter, William Peckitt (1731-95), was contemporary with Halfpenny …
A History of the County of York
… Coney Street; on the site of the hall, Charles Mitley and William Carr erected Cumberland Row in 1746. 12 A great deal … within the city, Foss and Ouse Bridges, the staith (i.e. King's Staith), Pavement market-place, Lendal Hill, … made special contracts for the work. In 1762, for example, William Adcock received £76 10 s. for making the road from …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of the county and certified to the Exchequer. Threlkeld, William de, 1357. Sayvill, John, 1375. Strickland, Walter, … 1405 and 1417. Crackanthorpe, Robert, 1420. Thornburgh, William, 1436. Lancaster, William, 1437. Strickland, Walter, 1440. Bellingham, Richard, …
The Estate and Household Accounts of William Worsley Dean of St Paul's Cathedral 1479-1497
London Record Society, volume 40. Transcription of William Worsley’s accounts together with an introduction to the life and career of this fascinating cleric.
Survey of London
… subjects and had unusual qualities of wisdom and judgment. I always valued his opinion. His numerous friends, young and … than the cost of running a house. 19 Speculators, such as William and Haden Tebb, clamoured for extensions of their … such as Higgs and Hill, Matthews, Rogers and Company, or William Willett, but whereas individual houses had hitherto …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… The estate of merchants, 1336-1365 (G. Unwin): I - 1336-40 THE ESTATE OF MERCHANTS, 13361365 I. A COUPLE of … a dozen 1 Some names are those of "merchant princes" like William de la Pole of Hull, the leading English financier, … them were four of the six Yorkshire contractors, headed by William de la Pole, all the four Lincolnshire men, and the …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… the dozen who remained under the leadership of Thomas and William Melchbourn, of Lynn, could only attempt to carry it … other lay magnates, and two merchants-John Pulteney and William de la Pole At any rate, William de la Pole was … farm of the customs and of the wool monopoly since 1344, i e. the two Melchbourns, Cheriton, Swanland, Wendlingburgh …
Survey of London
… had formed that part of the Spitalfields property of Sir William Wheler, which in 1674 came into the possession of Sir … Wheler of Birdingbury, Warwickshire, a kinsman of Sir William's, and heir, by special remainder, to his baronetcy. … the evening at Spitalfields, on "Prepare to meet thy God, I largely showed the utter absurdity of the supposition, that …