MISCELLANEOUS papers relating to the militia and to military affairs; 1760-1803: including "Ideas upon the Militia Service 1777; regulations observed in encamping Milltia; observations on the Isle of Thanet in case of an enemy landing 1778; precautions in case of an alarm in London; consideratio...
Grant of King Edmund of England (r. 939–946) to Ælfstan, minister
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King Edmund grants six hides (mansae), equated with six sulungs, at Miclangrafe in Thanet (St Nicholas at Wade), Kent, to Ælfstan, minister; dated 943, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 512). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is þara .vi. sulunga boc æt miclangrafe. þe eadmund cing gebocod...
Vol. I. (ff. 86). 1. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES and Inscriptions found at Schervey on the wall of Antoninus, Lanchester, co. Durham, Cotterstock, co. Northants (1736), Hovingham, co. York (1745), Weldon, co. Northants (1738), Colchester, co. Essex (1763), Leicester, Devizes, co. Wilts, Checkley, co. Staf...
COMMONPLACE-BOOK of Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald [1602- 1608], relating to English history and antiquities; consisting of extracts from chronicles, monastic registers, etc., including the following:- 1. "Thinges taken oute of an olde writen frenche cronicle," treating of the relations betw...