Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull

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J.B. Nichols, 1827 - 150 pages
 

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Page 45 - EDWARD, by the grace of God king of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitain, to...
Page 46 - Mary, and to all the saints, and my body to be buried in the entrance of the choir of the Church of Saint Mary at Nottingham.
Page 56 - This disparity affords no criterion for determining the relative importance of the two places. Ravenser had risen suddenly to the enjoyment of considerable commercial prosperity, and had become a formidable rival to the king's ports of Grimsby, Hedon, and Scarborough. Its merchants, neglecting no means of increasing their traffic, were ready to purchase their liberties at a price equivalent to the privileges to be conferred ; while Hull, on the other hand, would naturally avail itself of the peculiar...
Page 137 - Remarks on the antiquity and the different modes of brick and stone buildings in England", in Archaeologia, iv, 1776; "Some observations on Lincoln Cathedral ", ibid.
Page 45 - The Antiquity, Honour and Dignity of Trade, particularly as connected with the City of London. Written by a Peer of England, and addressed to his youngest son as an inducement to followaMercantileConcern.
Page 2 - And yn his tyme the toune was wonderfully augmentid yn building, and was enclosid with diches, and the waul begon, and yn continuance endid and made al of brike, as most part of the houses of the toun at that tyme was.
Page 84 - Ferriby, was effected," says Mr. Frost, " and there are many circumstances which favour the belief that no formal separation did ever take place ; the earliest notice of St. Mary's as a distinct parish is in the Act of Resumption, of the...
Page 38 - Humber's tydes, For stakes, for bavins, timber, stones, and piles, All which are brought by water many miles ; For workmen's labour, and a world of things, CHAP. I. Which on the towne excessive charges brings.
Page 56 - ... avail itself of the peculiar claim which it had on royal favour, in the circumstance of having so recently become the property of the king. To the relative situation, therefore, of the two places in this respect may be attributed the regulation of the amount of the fines in the proportion mentioned. As a further proof that the disparity in the amount of these fines depended more upon some such circumstance as we have alluded to, than on the ability of the parties to discharge them, it may be...

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