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A History of the County of Leicester
… were in fact no glaring misappropriations of funds or defiance of the intentions of the founders of particular …
Survey of London
… provided a stimulus for the building of Rose Street in defiance of the Privy Council (see page 268). By the latter …
A History of the County of Essex
… were taking oysters in the Crouch and Roach rivers, in defiance of the Earl of Sussex and his successors who claimed …
A History of the County of Northampton
… conventions of religion, there is a recurring tradition of defiance of authority. The Lollardry of the 14th, and the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Stamp Office. 150 Non-freemen were, however, elected in defiance of protest as late as 1832. 151 But, as a rule, both …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a riotous and tumultuous manner, to the obstruction and in defiance of justice, which practice might have dangerous …
A History of the County of Warwick
… between 1789 and 1799, and Charles Gregory Wade, in defiance of the charter, had served as mayor for seven years …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century; John of Oxford, the dean forced on the chapter in defiance of its rights of election by Henry II; Master Thomas …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… election of Tunwell of the New Party as Mayor in 1783 in defiance of the by-law which prescribed an interval of six …
A History of the County of Warwick
… as the old masters. They employed women at engine looms in defiance of the weavers' agreement, instituted half-pay …