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A History of the County of Sussex
… of the assize of bread and of ale, the view heard cases of assault and affray and pleas of debt and trespass. 37 Cases of assault were still heard in the 17th century. In 1640 a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… of sop's fable of the dog and the ass and a second, an assault on a castle or city. The Chapel of St. Mary, formerly …
Old and New London
… of language, which soon changed into the more formidable assault, and brickbats and bludgeons. Perceiving too late … honour." In the reign of Charles I. the Abbey underwent an assault from the mob, who took that means of showing their …
Old and New London
… that even monarchs dared not violate it. "The greatest criminal or most obnoxious rebel who gained its gates and …
Old and New London
… rising of the 'prentices on Evil May-day, in a riot and assault upon foreigners. However, at the intercession of … beside him, in the self-same dock, was a memorable criminal, Lord Mohun, who a few years previously had been … ended in his just acquittal, in September, 1795. An acute criminal said that if it had been held instead in the court …
Old and New London
… proving each the nucleus or nest of a dense pauper and criminal population. For just as the felon of our own days is …