How to Write the History of a Parish: An Outline Guide to Topographical Records, Manuscripts, and BooksGeorge Allen, 1909 - 216 pages |
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Page 200 - Act passed ordaining that every Englishman should have a bow of his own height ; and butts were ordered to be constructed in every township for the inhabitants to shoot at on feast days ; and if any neglected to use his bow, the penalty of a halfpenny was incurred. An Act, 1 Richard III., complains, that by the seditious confederacy of Lombards using divers ports of this realm, bow-staves...
Page 72 - Year Books " contain reports in Norman-French of cases argued and decided in the Courts of Common Law. They may be considered to a great extent as the " lex non scripta " of England, and have been held in the highest veneration by the ancient sages of the law, and were received by them as the repositories of the first recorded judgments and dicta of the great legal luminaries of past ages.
Page 37 - B. Fortresses on hill-tops with artificial defences, following the natural line of the hill. Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent on natural slopes for protection. c. Rectangular or other enclosures of simple plan (including forts and towns of the Romano-British period).
Page 11 - Every such application must be made two days at least before admission is required, and must be accompanied by a written recommendation from a householder (whose address can be identified from the ordinary sources of reference...
Page 123 - Ano Dni 1641. Know all men, that the reason why little or nothing is registered from this year 1641 until the year 1649, was the civil wars between King Charles and his Parliament, which put all into a confusion till then : and neither minister nor people could quietly stay at home for one party or the other.
Page 72 - ... legal luminaries of past ages. They are also worthy of the attention of the general reader on account of the historical information and the notices of public and private persons which they contain, as well as the light which they throw on ancient manners and customs. 32. NARRATIVES OF THE EXPULSION OF THE ENGLISH FROM NORMANDY, 1449-1450.
Page 20 - Mardi, 5 pm in April — July, 4 pm in August — October, 3 pm in November and December. It is closed entirely on Sundays, on Jan. 1, Good Friday, Easter Eve, Ascension-day, Commemoration-day, Oct.
Page 60 - Office, of all grants of the crown enrolled on the patent and other rolls, whereon any rent is reserved, any salary payable, or any service to be performed...
Page 37 - ... on hill-tops with artificial defences, following the natural line of the hill ; Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent on natural slopes for protection. c. Rectangular or other simple enclosures, including forts and towns of the Romano-British period. D. Forts consisting only of a mount with encircling ditch or fosse. E. Fortified mounts, either artificial or partly natural, with traces of an attached court or bailey, or of two or more such courts.
Page 166 - France, were all built at the end of the twelfth and beginning of the thirteenth centuries.