The History & Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich: Including the Villages and Country Seats in Its Vicinity, More Particularly Those Situated on the Banks of the OrwellS. Piper, 1830 - 504 pages |
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... Ancient House in Lower Orwell Street 297 Ducking Stool , & c , 299 Old Beech Tree in the Park of Christ Church , Ipswich 330 Corner of the Old Coffee House , Ipswich 351 Corner of the Royal Oak , Ipswich 352 The Archdeacon's Gate 352 ...
... Ancient House in Lower Orwell Street 297 Ducking Stool , & c , 299 Old Beech Tree in the Park of Christ Church , Ipswich 330 Corner of the Old Coffee House , Ipswich 351 Corner of the Royal Oak , Ipswich 352 The Archdeacon's Gate 352 ...
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... ancient records , together with a copious index . There are occasionally inter- spersed some judicious notes , in the hand - writing of the Rev. Richard Canning ; and it is altogether a valu- able record , such as few other corporations ...
... ancient records , together with a copious index . There are occasionally inter- spersed some judicious notes , in the hand - writing of the Rev. Richard Canning ; and it is altogether a valu- able record , such as few other corporations ...
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... ancient usages and customs of the borough , and to enroll them , that they might be better ascertained than they had been since the elopement of one John Blake , who was the town clerk , and in the last year of Henry III . had filed ...
... ancient usages and customs of the borough , and to enroll them , that they might be better ascertained than they had been since the elopement of one John Blake , who was the town clerk , and in the last year of Henry III . had filed ...
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... ancient copies ; the which copies I have diligently sought and found out of divers and sundry other books and rolls , with the good aid and diligent labour of one ROBERT BRAY , then being the common town clerk , of the said town ; which ...
... ancient copies ; the which copies I have diligently sought and found out of divers and sundry other books and rolls , with the good aid and diligent labour of one ROBERT BRAY , then being the common town clerk , of the said town ; which ...
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... ancient government and order of this town hath been , in these late distracted times much broken and altered ; and , for the establishing of some of the said ancient orders , for the better governing of the town , it is ordered and ...
... ancient government and order of this town hath been , in these late distracted times much broken and altered ; and , for the establishing of some of the said ancient orders , for the better governing of the town , it is ordered and ...
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afterwards aged agreed amongst ancient appears appointed Bacon bailiffs bart Batley bishop bishop of Norwich borough building built buried called chapel charity Charles charter church of St Clarke Cobbold Colchester Cooper Gravenor Copdock corporation court Crickitt daughter died Duke earl Edward elected elegant Elizabeth erected feet Felixstow formerly free burgess freemen gent gentlemen George granted Hadleigh Harwich Henry Seekamp Henry VIII honour hundred inhabitants inscription James John Cobbold King King's land late London Lord Majesty Majesty's Manningtree manor Mary memory minister monument Nacton Norwich Notcutt Orwell parish parliament persons poll poor portmen present priory reign rent resided Richard river Rushmere Samuel scite side Sir John Sir John Barker Sir Robert Sparrow spot steeple Stoke stone Stowmarket Suffolk Thomas Thomas Seckford tion town clerk town hall town of Ipswich Walton Wherstead wife William Batley William Wollaston Woodbridge
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