The history of the ancient town and borough of Uxbridge, by G. Redford and T.H. RichesWilliam Lake, 1818 |
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... rents and profits , the pos- session and possessor , were made manifest and knowne unto the King , according to the fidelitie of taxórs , which being chosen out of every countrey taxed or seized their owne territories , or made their own ...
... rents and profits , the pos- session and possessor , were made manifest and knowne unto the King , according to the fidelitie of taxórs , which being chosen out of every countrey taxed or seized their owne territories , or made their own ...
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... rent ; the moiety of a third mill , which produces 5s . ; meadow equal to three carucates ; pasture for the cattle of the manor , pannage for 400 hogs , and one acre of vineyard . The whole value is 81. per an- num . When it came into ...
... rent ; the moiety of a third mill , which produces 5s . ; meadow equal to three carucates ; pasture for the cattle of the manor , pannage for 400 hogs , and one acre of vineyard . The whole value is 81. per an- num . When it came into ...
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... rent of a red rose at Midsum- mer . William Pennyfather Esq . also held an estate called Robb's farm , with other lands in * The Court of Wards was first erected by statute 32 Hen . VIII . c . 46. and afterwards augmented with the ...
... rent of a red rose at Midsum- mer . William Pennyfather Esq . also held an estate called Robb's farm , with other lands in * The Court of Wards was first erected by statute 32 Hen . VIII . c . 46. and afterwards augmented with the ...
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... rent of " a mace clove at Mi- chaelmas . " Since the inclosure of the waste lands in this manor , many of the customs and rights of the tenants have ceased . Several how- ever which remain and which are ascertained by this document , we ...
... rent of " a mace clove at Mi- chaelmas . " Since the inclosure of the waste lands in this manor , many of the customs and rights of the tenants have ceased . Several how- ever which remain and which are ascertained by this document , we ...
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... rents of assize of the burgesses and others in Woxebrigge , six pounds nine shillings and four pence , at the terms of the Nativity of our Lord , -Easter , - * Copies of all these inquisitions , the originals of which are among the ...
... rents of assize of the burgesses and others in Woxebrigge , six pounds nine shillings and four pence , at the terms of the Nativity of our Lord , -Easter , - * Copies of all these inquisitions , the originals of which are among the ...
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Page 114 - Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighborhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements.
Page 79 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Page 115 - ... of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements. They encourage the cultivation of the remote, which must always be the most extensive circle of the country. They are advantageous to the town, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in its neighbourhood. They are advantageous even to that part of the country. Though they introduce some rival commodities into the old market, they open many new markets to its produce.
Page 79 - Here the gray, smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 174 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 78 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Page 78 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Page 79 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command.
Page 58 - ... and to return again to the public debate ; and there being good stairs at either end of the house, they never went through each other's quarters ; nor met, but in the great room.
Page 231 - ... to administer justice for all commercial injuries done in that very fair or market, and not in any preceding one. So that the injury must be done, complained of, heard, and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues longer.