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A History of the County of York North Riding
… took bribes, one of them having made an arrangement with a thief by which he received a cow yearly; many people made …
Old and New London
… himself, there being assaulted, and slew the master thief with his own hands." However, in all probability the …
A History of the County of York
… in the city wall through which roads led to the old Thief Lane, which was renamed Station Road and Station Avenue. The continuation of Thief Lane into Bishops Fields was diverted and improved to …
Old and New London
… the notorious housebreaker, and Jonathan Wild, the "thief and thieftaker." Of the early life of the first-named … there is an etched portrait of "Sixteen-string Jack;" for, thief though he was, he had the honour of being recorded by … came to grief, writes "She weeps if but a handsome thief is hung." To which is appended this note:"Some of the …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… likewise in good faith; that he caught a kinsman of his, a thief and incendiary, and handed him over to his father, … to do him any harm, whereas his father mutilated the said thief 1; and that, inasmuch as Donatus M cMathona and Lucanus …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… no wrong, spoke these words to the said Robert You thief, you've killed my brother! 6 whereupon Robert, enraged …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… paying the sum from his own purse, and being proclaimed a thief in the hall of Grand Council. Each of the masters is at …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… that should it please God to send the stolen goods and the thief into their hands, your Serenity would be fully …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… me and I found him very angry. I told him the man was a thief who had stolen diamonds from a Portuguese. I succeeded …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… and Milo. The Englishman had taken in sail and lay to, my thief of a consort having told him whither we were bound; but …