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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Page 48
... Tower Ditches , 51 Town Hall , 66 Trade and Commerce , 64 Union , -50 Volunteers , 60 Warren House , 68 Water Works , 61 Witchcraft , 59 Parishes , 50 , 67 Wolsey , Cardinal , 56 Daundy Edmund , 69 Dock , 49 , 63 59 , 67 Wykes Bishop ...
... Tower Ditches , 51 Town Hall , 66 Trade and Commerce , 64 Union , -50 Volunteers , 60 Warren House , 68 Water Works , 61 Witchcraft , 59 Parishes , 50 , 67 Wolsey , Cardinal , 56 Daundy Edmund , 69 Dock , 49 , 63 59 , 67 Wykes Bishop ...
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... Tower 3033 688 810 914 951 985 St. Matthews 3903 1206 1353 1722 2204 3458 .... St. Nicholas St. Peter 2529 ... 758 832 1086 1313 1693 3791 986 1125 1567 1646 2410 St. Stephen Westerfield Whittont 1446 422 416 561 530 509 1538 187 248 ...
... Tower 3033 688 810 914 951 985 St. Matthews 3903 1206 1353 1722 2204 3458 .... St. Nicholas St. Peter 2529 ... 758 832 1086 1313 1693 3791 986 1125 1567 1646 2410 St. Stephen Westerfield Whittont 1446 422 416 561 530 509 1538 187 248 ...
Page 51
... tower , which stood in the place still called the Tower Ditches . As early as A.D. 964 , money was coined here , and specimens are extant of coins struck at a mint here , from that period to the reign of Henry III . Being remotely ...
... tower , which stood in the place still called the Tower Ditches . As early as A.D. 964 , money was coined here , and specimens are extant of coins struck at a mint here , from that period to the reign of Henry III . Being remotely ...
Page 68
... Tower has about 1200 sittings , and each of the others from 700 to 1000 , except St. Mary's - at - the - Quay , which has only 500 . St. CLEMENT'S CHURCH , erected about 1500 , is a plain structure , consisting of a nave , two spacious ...
... Tower has about 1200 sittings , and each of the others from 700 to 1000 , except St. Mary's - at - the - Quay , which has only 500 . St. CLEMENT'S CHURCH , erected about 1500 , is a plain structure , consisting of a nave , two spacious ...
Page 70
... tower , supposed to stand near or upon the site of St. Saviour's , as already noticed . In front of it is a row of fine elms , and near it are Smyth's almshouses , and several old dwellings , bearing marks of former grandeur . This ...
... tower , supposed to stand near or upon the site of St. Saviour's , as already noticed . In front of it is a row of fine elms , and near it are Smyth's almshouses , and several old dwellings , bearing marks of former grandeur . This ...
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acres of land almshouse ancient annum Baker Beccles beerhouse bells Benj blacksmith borough Botesdale bricklayer Bungay Bury St butcher Chapel charity Charles Chas Church St Churchgate Clarke corn miller cottage Crown Debenham draper Earl Earsham Edmund Edward Eliz Elizabeth erected farm FARMERS Framlingham gent George glebe Gorleston Green grocer Hadleigh Halesworth Hall Henry hill Hoxne incumbent inhabitants Ipswich Ixworth James John Joseph King lane lord Lowestoft maker manor mansion Mary miles N.E. Mkrs neat Norfolk Northgate Norwich Olland Orwell parish parish clerk patron poor parishioners Priory quay rectory rent Richard road Robert Robt Saml Samuel Sarah Saxmundham shoemaker shopkeeper smaller owners Smith soil belongs souls South Southwold Stowmarket Sudbury Suffolk Thomas Thos tithes tower town trustees valued in K.B. vicarage vict wheelwright William Woodbridge Woodbridge road yearly modus yearly rent-charge
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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...
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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...
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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...