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Old and New London
… and estates. Their debtors naturally approved of the king's summary measure. But the Lombards grew and flourished, like … cent. on the sum appropriated. In the last year of William's reign, interest was granted on the whole sum at three per … report says:"A number of squares will appear in chequer-work upon the note, filled with hair lines in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for both, but in the 17th 6 and 18th 7 centuries St. Mary's is sometimes called a 'chapel' once again. In 13th-century inquisitions St. Mary's is usually named before St. John's 8 but from the 14th … were burnt in 1843 and the society migrated to the Chequer and thence to the 'old' Town Hall. 453 In 1851 the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the county. 1 Deemed a hundred in itself in Richard I's reign, 2 a part of Cannings hundred in 1280, 3 and a part … 180 It was known by its present name in 1740. 181 The Chequer is called Half Moon Alley. Down the middle of the … in 1825, though the Short Brittox was an alias. 234 The Chequer, called by another name in 17378, 235 had become the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1228. 6 Its Jewish community, some index of the town's commercial maturity, was settled late. While there were … waning military importance of the castle and that the town's fortunes were restored by the gradual establishment of … borough. 35 William Smith, who largely rebuilt St. Mary's church, is thought to have been a clothier, 36 and another …
A History of the County of Worcester
… ad Saltwic congregato,' and the place of the Witan's assembly is identified by Kemble as Droitwich. Borough of … of by-laws affecting the borough the burgesses met at the 'Chequer' or Exchequer building, built, as the Droitwich accounts show, in 1327. The Chequer was at Droitwich the equivalent of the Guildhall of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… uncle for life, but on the death of the latter in Harold's battle against the Northmen the manor returned to the … 5 Theobald and Peter held this half-hide in Witton of Urse's successor, William de Beauchamp, at the end of the reign of … in the centre of the original town, by which stood the 'Chequer' and market, was the church with which the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parts of the Survey; and instead of being above the king's land, where the boroughs of the county were usually placed, … to be placed at Eashing, 'Mid-Eschingum' (compare Alfred's will, 'at scengum'), 54 and its importance may have passed … It has restored walls of flint and stone set in a chequer pattern, and its two south windows have late …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… amount of goods from overseas, by way of the Wash and King's Lynn, was unladen on its wharves. The Danes, as a military … 7 A charter to Thorney Abbey likewise shows that St. Mary's Priory existed at this date. 8 Further evidence of the … was the silver penny; it bore on the obverse the king's name and title, sometimes also a somewhat grotesque …
A History of the County of Warwick
… therefrom by the Hon. Charles Bertie Percy of Guy's Cliffe about 1848 and in 1861 he sold the property to the … is an obelisk here, erected in 1875, recording Mr. Willes's generous gift. The Mill Gardens were purchased in 1898. On … and opened in the latter year. It was called Williams's Hotel, after the name of the first proprietor, but changed …