Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the PublisherG. Willis, 1855 |
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... Item , j syne [ one sign ] for Mother Red Cap . Early in the seventeenth century , was the sign of the Mother Red Cap at Holloway , beyond Islington ; a token was issued from the house in the reign of Charles the Second ; there was also ...
... Item , j syne [ one sign ] for Mother Red Cap . Early in the seventeenth century , was the sign of the Mother Red Cap at Holloway , beyond Islington ; a token was issued from the house in the reign of Charles the Second ; there was also ...
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... Item - for makinge the Cucstoole Item - to William Yates , for making pynnes and bands for the same 1566-7 . Item - Paid to Robert Bylbrough , for certain wood and bords , for the repairinge of the Coockstole · xvjd . vjd . A new ...
... Item - for makinge the Cucstoole Item - to William Yates , for making pynnes and bands for the same 1566-7 . Item - Paid to Robert Bylbrough , for certain wood and bords , for the repairinge of the Coockstole · xvjd . vjd . A new ...
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... Item - Paid to Frauncis Pallmer for making two wheels and one barr for the Scolding - Cart ijs . Whilst , in that for 1602 , the two instruments are mentioned in the same entry , a payment , " for the charges of the Cucke - stool , the ...
... Item - Paid to Frauncis Pallmer for making two wheels and one barr for the Scolding - Cart ijs . Whilst , in that for 1602 , the two instruments are mentioned in the same entry , a payment , " for the charges of the Cucke - stool , the ...
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... Item , for ij barells of ale Item , for v dosen di of chekyns Item , for the hire of the Halle Item , for xxx shulders of moton Item , for x dosen of pegions Item , for xxxij conyes Item , for vij leggs of moton , and iiij whits ...
... Item , for ij barells of ale Item , for v dosen di of chekyns Item , for the hire of the Halle Item , for xxx shulders of moton Item , for x dosen of pegions Item , for xxxij conyes Item , for vij leggs of moton , and iiij whits ...
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