History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk, and the Towns Near Its Borders: Comprising ... a General Survey of the County and Separate Histories & Statistical & Topographical Descriptions of All the Hundreds, Liberties, Unions, Boroughs, Towns, Ports, Parishes, Townships, Villages and Hamlets ... the Seats of Nobility and Gentry, Magistrates and Public Officers ...author, 1844 - 756 pages |
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... Clerk of the Peace , Henry Borton , Esq . , Bury St. Edmund's . County Court Clerk , Wm . Hammond , Esq . , Ipswich . Distributor of Stamps , W. W. Humphreys , Esq . , Sudbury . Inspecting Reviewer of Taxes , Henry Vie , Esq ...
... Clerk of the Peace , Henry Borton , Esq . , Bury St. Edmund's . County Court Clerk , Wm . Hammond , Esq . , Ipswich . Distributor of Stamps , W. W. Humphreys , Esq . , Sudbury . Inspecting Reviewer of Taxes , Henry Vie , Esq ...
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... clerk to the Board of Guardians . The UNION WORKHOUSE , on the Wherstead road , near the west bank of the Orwell , is an extensive brick building , erected about five years ago , on the radiating plan , with the governor's house in the ...
... clerk to the Board of Guardians . The UNION WORKHOUSE , on the Wherstead road , near the west bank of the Orwell , is an extensive brick building , erected about five years ago , on the radiating plan , with the governor's house in the ...
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... clerk for the time being , by thair names , and directed , that upon the death or re- moval of any of the portmen , or twenty - four chief constables , the va- cancies should be filled up by the rest of those respective bodies . Though ...
... clerk for the time being , by thair names , and directed , that upon the death or re- moval of any of the portmen , or twenty - four chief constables , the va- cancies should be filled up by the rest of those respective bodies . Though ...
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... clerk ; G. H. Potter , collector and accountant ; George Hurwood , engineer ; Samuel Smith , harbour master ; and James Barber , lock master . Mr. Smith is also pilot master , and has under his control 13 pilots , licensed by the ...
... clerk ; G. H. Potter , collector and accountant ; George Hurwood , engineer ; Samuel Smith , harbour master ; and James Barber , lock master . Mr. Smith is also pilot master , and has under his control 13 pilots , licensed by the ...
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... Clerk and Clerk of the Peace , S. A. Notcutt , jun . Esq . Magistrates ' Clerk , Eleazar Lawrence , Esq . Treasurer , R. W. Porter , Esq . Gaoler , Rt . Fletcher ။ Coroner , S. B. Jackaman , Esq . Crier , Jas . Nunn . Water Bailiff ...
... Clerk and Clerk of the Peace , S. A. Notcutt , jun . Esq . Magistrates ' Clerk , Eleazar Lawrence , Esq . Treasurer , R. W. Porter , Esq . Gaoler , Rt . Fletcher ။ Coroner , S. B. Jackaman , Esq . Crier , Jas . Nunn . Water Bailiff ...
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Page 678 - I would prepare myself for no man in England but Lord Thurlow. When I am to meet with him, I should wish to know a day before.
Page 614 - Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or an allegory, he writes with facility. His transitions were rapid from works of the most serious and laborious kind to sallies of levity and pieces of popular entertainment. His muse was of universal...
Page 620 - Providence for his sins, he made in the hour of danger a solemn vow to amend his life; in pursuance of which, as soon as he had landed, he repaired to Bury to perform his devotions at the shrine of St. Edmund. Soon after the treaty...
Page 613 - Edmundes naylles, S. Thomas of Canterbury penneknyff and his bootes, and divers skulles for the hedache; peces of the holie crosse able to make a hole crosse of; other reliques for rayne and certain other superstitiouse usages, for avoyding of wedes growing in corne, with suche other.
Page 623 - In 1440, a parliament was held here, at which that monarch presided in person. This parliament was convened under the influence of Cardinal de Beaufort, the inveterate enemy of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the king's •uncle, and the popular and beloved regent of England ; and there is but too much reason to believe, that the real purpose of this meeting was, to afford an opportunity for his destruction. Hume observes, that it assembled, not at London, which was supposed to Ъе too well affected...
Page 28 - An Act for carrying into effect the reports of the ' Commissioners appointed to consider the state of the ' Established Church in England and Wales, with ' reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, so ' far as they relate to Episcopal Dioceses, Revenues,
Page 203 - Esq., one of the Masters of the Court of Requests, and Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries in the reign of Elizabeth, and the founder of the almshouses here.
Page 365 - Hall shared the same fate. In 1715, the jail was absorbed, and in 1729, the farthest bounds of St. Peter's church-yard were washed away. In December, 1740, the wind blowing very hard from the north-east, and continuing for several days, occasioned terrible devastations. Great part of the cliff was carried away by the violence of the waves, which destroyed the last remains of the churchyard of St.
Page 600 - Near us, drowned under the mist, seven thousand men were sleeping, and, farther to the right, General Chaffee's five thousand were lying under the bushes along the trails to El Caney, waiting to march on it and eat it up before breakfast.
Page 612 - ... pounds in ready money, and three thousand florins, They also carried away three charters of Canute, four of Hardicanute, one of Edward the Confessor, two of Henry I. three of Henry III. twelve papal bulls, with several deeds, written obligations- and acknowledgments for money due to the convent. Great part of the monastery was reduced to ashes, and many of the manors and granges belonging to it in Bury and its vicinity, shared the same fate. The abbot being at this time in London, the rioters...