Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..., Volume 49Society, 1898 Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire are included in many of the volumes. |
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Page 219 - Bartholomew Fair, in the said place and county, on the other party : the one and thirtieth day of October, 1614, and in the twelfth year of the reign of our sovereign lord, JAMES, by the grace of God, King of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith ; and of Scotland the seven and fortieth.
Page 219 - Lord James, by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith...
Page 194 - Peter, to have and to hold of the chief lords of the fee, according to the said charter, which shall be delivered to Peter.
Page 177 - This is the final agreement, made in the court of the lord the King at Lancaster, on the morrow of S.
Page 247 - Many of the societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies of the yearly Index to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society. For particulars of...
Page 247 - If for any reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means it will be seen that the year .1891 is treated as the commencing year for the Index and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series. To make this work complete an...
Page 247 - NOTE. The value of this Index to archaeologists is now recognised. Every effort is made to keep its contents up to date and continuous, but it is obvious that the difficulties are great unless the assistance of the societies is obtained. If for any reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the...
Page 247 - Index and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series. To make this work complete an index of the transactions from the beginning of archaeological societies down to the year 1890 needs to be published. This Index is already completed in MS. form and it will be printed as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers to cover the cost is obtained.
Page 143 - One large silver chalice, double gilt within with gold ; one large paten of pure gold : Two silver crucibles, alias cruets, for wine and water; one silver plate, upon which the said crucibles used to stand ; six tall silver candlesticks ; and a large silver crucifix ; the whole solid silver, and which the Lady Molineux, first wife to his present lordship, told this deponent cost his lordship £500 in London. All the above plate this deponent says he saw often in the year 1709, at which time he officiated...
Page 28 - A movable stand of silver gilt, fitted by means of an antique thumb screw, is attached to the glass, and on the base of this stand is engraved the arms, with mantling, of the house of Fleetwood, with their motto, " Homo homini lupus" (Man is a wolf to man), and the inscription, " Prosperity "to the Queen, the Church of England, and the