The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London: Principally Compiled from Their Grants & Records ; with an Historical Essay and Accounts of Each Company, Its Origin, Constitution, Government, Dress, Customs, Halls, and Trust Estates and Charities ; Including Notices and Illustrations of Metropolitan Trade and Commerce, as Originally Concentrated in Those Societies ; and of the Language, Manners, and Expenses of Ancient Times ; with Attested Copies and Translations of the Companies' Charters, Volume 1author, 1834 - Guilds |
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... annum , the citizens ( not the weavers , as in Strype ) " should pay 20 marks in money for a gift " instead . It is most likely that , jealousy of the weavers being allowed by Henry II . to exercise their privileges in the city in the ...
... annum , the citizens ( not the weavers , as in Strype ) " should pay 20 marks in money for a gift " instead . It is most likely that , jealousy of the weavers being allowed by Henry II . to exercise their privileges in the city in the ...
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... annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to ... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum ................. ..... .... ...... 395 55 07 40 10 16 08 8886 00 Edward ...
... annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to ... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum ................. ..... .... ...... 395 55 07 40 10 16 08 8886 00 Edward ...
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... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions yerely to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to schollers To the maintenance of two scholes To almes to poore men and ...
... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions yerely to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to schollers To the maintenance of two scholes To almes to poore men and ...
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... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to schollers In almes to ther poore brethren Sums of ther yerelie payments ...
... annum They sould tenements to buy the same per annum Payments yerelie out of the rents purchased . In pensions to poore decaied brethren In exhibitions to schollers In almes to ther poore brethren Sums of ther yerelie payments ...
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... annum ; when , the power of the patent being punctually executed , will yield double at least , if not treble that sume , and returne it into the coffers of the undertakers . Abell . - Mr . Kilvert , I honour thee before all the feasts ...
... annum ; when , the power of the patent being punctually executed , will yield double at least , if not treble that sume , and returne it into the coffers of the undertakers . Abell . - Mr . Kilvert , I honour thee before all the feasts ...
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afterwards alderman aliquis amongst ancient anno annum assistants barge brewers called charities charter Cheapside church City of London Civitat clerk cloth Coitat Common Council company's corporate court craft Custod divers Drapers Edward Edward III election entry estates feast fire of London fishmongers freemen goldsmiths gowns granted haberdashers hall Henry VI Henry VIII honour hoods infra ironmongers James king king's lands lane letters patent livery Livery Companies lord mayor majesty manner Mary master and wardens mentioned Mercers merchant tailors mystery aforesaid Mystery of Grocers n'ris noticed occasion ordinances p'dict pageant paid pany parish parliament persons poor precept present purchased queen quo warranto reign rents Richard Richard II Robert sheriffs Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William sive statute street successors tenements thereof Thomas of Acon tion trade wardens and commonalty wards Will'm William Laxton yearly
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Page 461 - LONDON IN LUSTER: projecting many bright Beams of Triumph : disposed into several Representations of Scenes and Pageants. Performed with great Splendor on Wednesday, October 29, 1679, at the Initiation and Instalment of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Dignified with divers delightful Varieties of Presentors, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described.
Page 106 - French, before these times used, they do not in anywise understand; for which causes, with many others, it being considered how that the greater part of the lords and trusty commons have begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother tongue...
Page 369 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 30 - That all artificers and people of mysteries shall each choose his own mystery before the next Candlemas; and that having so chosen it, he shall henceforth use no other...
Page 294 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, defenders of the faith...
Page 366 - Henry, by the grace of God, king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, To all to whom these present letters shall come greeting: Know ye that we...
Page 485 - ... for us, our heirs and successors, as much as in us lies, and by these presents do...
Page 486 - York, for the time being, and their successors, forever hereafter be, and shall be, by force of these presents, one body corporate and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York...
Page 487 - East-Indies, may plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in whatsoever Courts and Places, and before whatsoever Judges and Justices, and other Persons and Officers, in all and singular Actions, Pleas, Suits, Quarrels.
Page 460 - A Noble Solemnity, performed through the City, at the sole Cost and Charges of the Honorable Fraternity of Drapers, at the Confirmation and Establishment of their most worthy Brother, the Right...