Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ...Society, 1911 Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire are included in many of the volumes. |
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... Mayor , 1394 , is engraved on a brass plate on the font in St. Michael's Church , Coventry , and is figured in Willis's Current Notes , 1856 , p . 7. See also the lines of Piers Plowman already quoted . have become hereditary , as they ...
... Mayor , 1394 , is engraved on a brass plate on the font in St. Michael's Church , Coventry , and is figured in Willis's Current Notes , 1856 , p . 7. See also the lines of Piers Plowman already quoted . have become hereditary , as they ...
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... Mayor of London , 1537 , from his house at Intwood in Norfolk ( Fig . 30 ) . In the Gresham mark we have distinct evidence of its hereditary use , for Sir Richard's son , Sir Thomas Gresham ( 1519-1579 ) , the founder of the Royal ...
... Mayor of London , 1537 , from his house at Intwood in Norfolk ( Fig . 30 ) . In the Gresham mark we have distinct evidence of its hereditary use , for Sir Richard's son , Sir Thomas Gresham ( 1519-1579 ) , the founder of the Royal ...
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... Mayor of Stamford between 1435 and 1470 , and thrice Sheriff of Rutland . His mark , which is differenced by a crescent ( Fig . 85 ) , may be seen in a window of the Bedehouse . Again , in the marks of the Gee family of Chester ( Figs ...
... Mayor of Stamford between 1435 and 1470 , and thrice Sheriff of Rutland . His mark , which is differenced by a crescent ( Fig . 85 ) , may be seen in a window of the Bedehouse . Again , in the marks of the Gee family of Chester ( Figs ...
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... Mayor in 1585 ; his burial is recorded in the register Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle - on - Tyne , vol . viii . , 1899 . of Totnes on the 30th March 1586 as " Mr. 10 Merchants ' Marks and other.
... Mayor in 1585 ; his burial is recorded in the register Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle - on - Tyne , vol . viii . , 1899 . of Totnes on the 30th March 1586 as " Mr. 10 Merchants ' Marks and other.
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... Mayors of Totnes between 1559 and 1611 ; but no evidence is forthcoming to con- nect the Balls and the Everys . The use of the same mark by N.B. and M.E. suggests that the latter may perhaps have been the successor in business of the ...
... Mayors of Totnes between 1559 and 1611 ; but no evidence is forthcoming to con- nect the Balls and the Everys . The use of the same mark by N.B. and M.E. suggests that the latter may perhaps have been the successor in business of the ...
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Page 128 - Crowley, who in the last years of the seventeenth century and the early years of the eighteenth century founded the largest iron manufacturing business in Europe.
Page 107 - Provided always, that no congregation or assembly for religious worship shall be permitted or allowed by this Act, until the place of such meeting shall be certified to the bishop of the diocese, or to the archdeacon of that archdeaconry, or to the justices of the peace at the general or quarter sessions...
Page 8 - Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England, with Explanatory Observations on Armorial Ensigns, by James Dallaway, AM 4to.
Page 18 - An action upon the case was brought in the Common Pleas by a clothier — that, whereas he had gained great reputation for his making of his cloth, by reason whereof he had great' utterance, to his great benefit and profit ; and that he used to set his mark to his cloth, whereby it should be known to be his cloth ; and another clothier perceiving it, used the same mark to his ill-made cloth on purpose to deceive him; and it was resolved that the action did well lie.
Page 58 - For instance, the news of the victory of William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne...
Page 39 - As I was so be ye, As I am ye shall be : That I gave, that I have, That I spent, that I had : Thus I end all my cost, That I left, that I lost.
Page 29 - Of the use of marks, this writer observes, " they were found so beneficial, that at the time alluded to all merchants of any note had their peculiar marks, with which they marked all their wares, and bare them in shields impaled with, or instead of arms; witness the abundance of merchant marks to be found on the houses, windows, and grave-stones, in all cities and great towns, as Norwich, Lynn, &c. by which the memory of their owners is still preserved ; it being very obvious to all...
Page 174 - But there can be little doubt that he is identical with the " James Eyes of Lord Street, Liverpool, joyner,
Page 28 - Svxmton ; a hare for Hare, &c. ; and because very few of the commonalty could write (all learning at that time being among the religious only) the person's name was usually circumscribed on his seal, so that at once they set both their name and seal, which was so sacred a thing in those days that one man never used another's seal without its being particularly taken notice of in the instrument sealed ; and for this reason, all persons...
Page 6 - Theys be none armys but a marke as marchaunts vse, for every man may take hyme a marke but not armys, without an herawde or purcyvaunte.