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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... Charles the Second . I now propose to continue the history from that period onward . By the kindness and courtesy of the Bishop of Whalley , who is Rector of Croston , I have been allowed to look through a large number of old deeds ...
... Charles the Second . I now propose to continue the history from that period onward . By the kindness and courtesy of the Bishop of Whalley , who is Rector of Croston , I have been allowed to look through a large number of old deeds ...
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... Rector of Croston by Charles I. in the first year of his reign , James Hyett , of whose antecedents I know very little , retained the post for thirty - seven years , years fraught with greater consequences to the nation than any other ...
... Rector of Croston by Charles I. in the first year of his reign , James Hyett , of whose antecedents I know very little , retained the post for thirty - seven years , years fraught with greater consequences to the nation than any other ...
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... Rector of Croston , by whom is not quite clear , 1 and was instituted and inducted October 28 , 1662 . Although party spirit was very bitter in some With respect to the patronage of the rectory of Croston and the succession of the ...
... Rector of Croston , by whom is not quite clear , 1 and was instituted and inducted October 28 , 1662 . Although party spirit was very bitter in some With respect to the patronage of the rectory of Croston and the succession of the ...
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... Croston . The people seem to have accepted and trusted their new rector , who was a wise , conciliatory , and tactful man . From the very beginning of his residence at Croston he showed a kindly consideration for the feelings of others ...
... Croston . The people seem to have accepted and trusted their new rector , who was a wise , conciliatory , and tactful man . From the very beginning of his residence at Croston he showed a kindly consideration for the feelings of others ...
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... Rector of Croston , the Rev. Charles Ley- field , D.D. , claimed tithe in kind , which was the custom at that time , from the crops grown in the parish , which then included Rufford and Tarleton , Bretherton and Hesketh - cum ...
... Rector of Croston , the Rev. Charles Ley- field , D.D. , claimed tithe in kind , which was the custom at that time , from the crops grown in the parish , which then included Rufford and Tarleton , Bretherton and Hesketh - cum ...
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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.