The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London: Principally Compiled from Their Grants & Records ; with an Historical Essay and Accounts of Each Company, Its Origin, Constitution, Government, Dress, Customs, Halls, and Trust Estates and Charities ; Including Notices and Illustrations of Metropolitan Trade and Commerce, as Originally Concentrated in Those Societies ; and of the Language, Manners, and Expenses of Ancient Times ; with Attested Copies and Translations of the Companies' Charters, Volumen1author, 1834 |
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Página v
... various regulations . Many of the Companies favoured the author with the inspection of their books , some of them detailing as far back as the reign of Ed- ward III . the manner in which they first formed themselves into societies , the ...
... various regulations . Many of the Companies favoured the author with the inspection of their books , some of them detailing as far back as the reign of Ed- ward III . the manner in which they first formed themselves into societies , the ...
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... various tenants who occupied the site at different periods . When to this labour , the Reader adds the time otherwise taken up , to arrange , classify , and enliven by literary illustration , the mass of materials so selected ; to ...
... various tenants who occupied the site at different periods . When to this labour , the Reader adds the time otherwise taken up , to arrange , classify , and enliven by literary illustration , the mass of materials so selected ; to ...
Página viii
... various other accounts , by preserving the contemporary prices of materials , labour , manufactures , and provisions , give the work an addi- tional and separate character . Even the wording of the entries which record these particulars ...
... various other accounts , by preserving the contemporary prices of materials , labour , manufactures , and provisions , give the work an addi- tional and separate character . Even the wording of the entries which record these particulars ...
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... various senses in which it was formerly understood ; divi- sion of gilds into ecclesiastical and secular , 1. Secular gilds at first named Merchant Gilds , afterwards Gilds - Merchant , and why , existed among the classical ancients and ...
... various senses in which it was formerly understood ; divi- sion of gilds into ecclesiastical and secular , 1. Secular gilds at first named Merchant Gilds , afterwards Gilds - Merchant , and why , existed among the classical ancients and ...
Página x
... laws regulated , 109-10 ; Stow's quaint notices as to the rise of various of the minor companies , 110-11 ; effects of the compa- nies ' monopoly , 111-12 . From the Reformation to the Revolution . Effects of the X. CONTENTS .
... laws regulated , 109-10 ; Stow's quaint notices as to the rise of various of the minor companies , 110-11 ; effects of the compa- nies ' monopoly , 111-12 . From the Reformation to the Revolution . Effects of the X. CONTENTS .
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Página 461 - LONDON IN LUSTER: projecting many bright Beams of Triumph : disposed into several Representations of Scenes and Pageants. Performed with great Splendor on Wednesday, October 29, 1679, at the Initiation and Instalment of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Dignified with divers delightful Varieties of Presentors, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described.
Página 106 - French, before these times used, they do not in anywise understand; for which causes, with many others, it being considered how that the greater part of the lords and trusty commons have begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother tongue...
Página 369 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Página 30 - That all artificers and people of mysteries shall each choose his own mystery before the next Candlemas; and that having so chosen it, he shall henceforth use no other...
Página 294 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, defenders of the faith...
Página 366 - Henry, by the grace of God, king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, To all to whom these present letters shall come greeting: Know ye that we...
Página 485 - ... for us, our heirs and successors, as much as in us lies, and by these presents do...
Página 486 - York, for the time being, and their successors, forever hereafter be, and shall be, by force of these presents, one body corporate and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York...
Página 487 - East-Indies, may plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in whatsoever Courts and Places, and before whatsoever Judges and Justices, and other Persons and Officers, in all and singular Actions, Pleas, Suits, Quarrels.
Página 460 - A Noble Solemnity, performed through the City, at the sole Cost and Charges of the Honorable Fraternity of Drapers, at the Confirmation and Establishment of their most worthy Brother, the Right...