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Victoria County History

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c . 1500 36 5 Chester from the west, 1585 92-3 6 Civil War defences and siege works, from S. Ward , Excavations at Chester : Civil War Siegeworks, 1642-6 , 9-10 116 7 Chester , 1823 148 8 The

Early modern Chester 1550-1762 Introduction

similar regional capitals and to other places in its own region, especially Liverpool . A long blockade during the Civil War, and the severe epidemic which immediately followed, were destructive only in the short term, and Chester 's long-term decline

Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war

Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money controversy affected Wisbech to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties Shippinge' and 'about the Towne business

Early modern Chester 1550-1762 Military and political affairs, 1550-1642

Cl. Mins . 1603-42 , 211. Ibid. 212; Tracts relating to Civil War , 59-75; Morris, Siege of Chester , 25-31, 217; Fletcher, Outbreak of Eng. Civil War , 331, 333; J.C.A.S . xxviii. 188-9; Letter Books of Brereton ,

Early modern Chester 1550-1762 The civil war and interregnum, 1642-60 Civil war defences and siege works

Early modern Chester 1550-1762 The civil war and interregnum, 1642-60 THE CIVIL WAR AND INTERREGNUM, 1642-60 THE CIVIL WAR, 1642-6 Chester had great strategic importance during the Civil War. It could readily be garrisoned and defended, was the principal port

The History of Parliament

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LAUGHARNE, John (?1665-1715), of Boulston, Pemb.

Pemb. Constituency Dates Haverfordwest 1702 15 Feb 1715 Biography Descended from a distinguished parliamentary soldier in the civil war, Laugharne was a Tory under Anne. Re-elected for Haverfordwest in 1715, he died 15 Feb. 1715, the night after his election.

COTTON, William (c.1608-73), of Botreaux Castle, Cornw.

in 1598 and established his sons in the diocese. His father was deprived of all his possessions during the Civil War, both spiritual and temporal, and was reduced to living in a small rented house near Silverton. Although Cotton was

COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

a Royalist during the Civil War and claimed to have lost £17,000, although all that can be traced is a payment of £500 at Haberdashers’ Hall. Cowper himself took no part in the Civil War, during which he qualified as

PRATT, John (c.1685-1770), of Wildernesse, nr. Sevenoaks, Kent.

Descended from an old Devonshire family, who had lost their estates in the Civil War, Pratt inherited Wildernesse, bought by his father in 1705. Returned for Sandwich in 1741 on the interest of Sir George Oxenden, who wrote that the

SWINFEN, Richard (?1678-1726), of Swinfen, Staffs.

Tamworth 1659, 1661-79, 1681, and Bere Alston 1690-4, who played an active part on the parliamentary side in the civil war and was one of the Members chosen to draw up the exclusion bill in 1679. A Whig, he was

British History Online

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America and West Indies, July 1636, 01 July 1636-31 July 1636

of New England." The present face of things very tumultuous. The French continually encroach and arm the natives for civil war, who kill and steal when they can. A report that the patent is damned, which has caused 'great discouragement

AUDLING, Edward

1617-1641 Place of birth England (Lincoln) Other notes Free of SA 1624. Trouble 1627-8. MD Cantab 1632. Alive in Civil War. Censorial hearings 4 May 1627 Entry A admitted some practice and accused MACKACKLYN 502 of treating Mrs Page. Action

September 1642, Order for Stage-plays to cease., 02 September 1642-02 September 1642

steeped in her own Blood, and the distracted Estate of England, threatened with a Cloud of Blood by a Civil War, call for all possible Means to appease and avert the Wrath of God, appearing in these Judgements; among which,

July 1643, Ordinance for adjourning the Assizes., 10 July 1643-10 July 1643

Calamities with which this whole Kingdom and Nation is now infested, the Face and cruel Effects of an unnatural Civil War being too visible and apparent in all the Parts thereof, and the Power of the Sword so prevailing as

Historical preface, 1645-46

Gardiner's Civil War, III., p. 135. Burton, VI., p. 404. Gardiner's Civil War, III., p. 137. Gardiner's Civil War, III., p. 138. Napier, p. 408. Gardiner's Civil War, III., p. 143. Britanes Distemper, pp. 200, 201. Gardiner's Civil War, III.,

British Newspapers 1600-1900

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British Newspapers 1600-1900

yagolnachaf, yr hon syddwsedi erlaantn I Edan ddosbth, un yndysgu yr elfenau, a'r llail y i darllen gwaith Voltaire, "Civil War." Cafwyd papyrau o werth mawr gan bedar a fechgyn,. ae yr oedd y gweddll yn dyfod ymlaen yn dda.

British Newspapers 1600-1900

ef. Ymyeg y dosbarth blaenaf o'r yehydig hyn, ! gellir enwi Mr. J. Roland Phillips, awdwr talentog y u Civil War in Wales and the Jfarches, Yn ddiweddar cl eyhoeddodd Mr. Phillips draethawd rhagorol ar hanes i Swydd Forganwg, ond

British Newspapers 1600-1900

Proffesw.r Rhys Davids, awdwr Llawlyfr poblogaidd ar Buddhism, Profifeswr Tanner, Mr. Stephen Evans, Mr. J. Roland Phillips, awdwr "The Civil War in Wales," Dr. Isambard Owen, M.A., y Parch. John Davies, M.A., yr yagolhaig Dwyreiniol envog, Mr. Ewing Ritchie, mwy

British Newspapers 1600-1900

Roland Phillips ar SefyIlfa Cymmr o dan y Tudors. Fe wyr darllen- wyr ilyfr Mr Phillips ar ' The Civil War in Wales nud the Marches,' ei fod yn awdurdod ar hanesiaeth ein gwlad vn y cyfnod dan sylw. Gyda

British Newspapers 1600-1900

that he has always found d ~fe snd reliable, he patriotism of' Irish-Americans was conspicuously displayed during the late civil war and many a veteran bt home with him painful reminders of the hard- si~psof the field. The complaints thus

19th Century British Pamphlets

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The Church of Ireland and the present crisis: report of the special meeting of the General Synod ... 1886., 1886

that severance of the Union which to-night we are commencing. What I fear is that it may lead to civil war. It is natural and probable that the Papal power in Ireland will attempt to attain ascendancy and predominance. I

The Church of Ireland and the present crisis: report of the special meeting of the General Synod ... 1886., 1886

if they were so minded. But the Northern States, when asked to submit to such a separation, decided that civil war was preferable. You know what sacrifices of money, of valuable lives, were necessary to conquer the heroic resistance of

The Church of Ireland and the present crisis: report of the special meeting of the General Synod ... 1886., 1886

MR. T. P. CAIRNES . 53 views as ours, that social order cannot and will not co-exist with Irish self-government. Let Irish self-government be granted, and one or other of two alternatives must follow-civil war or separation; and there

Old Ballymena: a history of Ballymena during the 1798 rebellion., 1857

strangely infat uated men who, at that time, sought to involve their country in the confusion and calamity of civil war. Of these views we now pur- tragical ascendancy throughout France ; and the rebellion of ' 98 may be

Old Ballymena: a history of Ballymena during the 1798 rebellion., 1857

Henby Joy JI ' Chacken. " Of all the persons who, with headlong haste, thus goaded the population into civil war, only a very inconsiderable number were of the landed proprietors, merchants, or in¬ fluential gentry of the county. Several

John Strype's Survey of London Online

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Appendix 1, Chapter 1 A Second APPENDIX.

true) and had farther laid down, that the *** Interruption of these every Day Readings was owing to the Civil War Time, to the great Sickness, or to the Fire of London , thought fit no longer to insist on

Book 3, Chapter 8 [Disbu

thereof again; but before such a Work could be brought to Form and Order for Reparation, it was all ruined by the dreadful The Condition of this Church in the Civil War time, and after. Consumed in the great Fire.

Book 4, Chapter 4 Suburbs. The Lady Duddeley's Gifts.

relieving the Poor out of the Money received for them) by the Reformers (as they were called) in the Civil War time. Besides these Largesses and Christian Liberalities to St. Giles , She gave long since to the Churches of

Book 6, Chapter 6 The City of WESTMINSTER.

Sir Tho. Smith of Hough in Cheshire , dyed Apr. 5. 1688 . Who bore the Misfortunes of the Civil War, by adhereing to the Royal Interest of K. Charles I . with Christian Fortitude. Aged 78. Dame Mary his

Book 6, Chapter 6 The City of WESTMINSTER.

of King Charles the First , in a Military Employment, and bore Arms for the King during the whole Civil War. In which his Father and himself lost an Estate of a Thousand Pounds a Year. After the Restauration he

Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical

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Gorilla, 'The Civil War in America', Punch 41 (1861) p.63–64

Punch 41 (1861) 63 – 64 The Civil War in America Gorilla Gorilla U Letter, Spoof; Reportage Race, War, Cultural Geography

[Thomas Hood], 'An Intercepted Dispatch', Comic Annual 8 (1837) p.57–63

M Introduction, Drollery; Letter, Reportage, Spoof Anatomy Depracating the 'notorious rudeness of what is called Civil war', Hood continues: 'Intestinal strife, as at present waged, is a frightful anomaly. It runs counter to every association - moral or anatomical' (57).

Anon, 'New American Work', Punch 42 (1862) p.40

Extinction of Specie, dedicated to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bankers of New York' - a reference to the great financial debt into which America has sunk as a result of the Civil War. 1073 1 February 1862

[Frank Drake], 'The Cruise of the Confederate Ship "Sumter". (From the Private Journal of an Officer)', Cornhill Magazine 6 (1862) p.187–205

Diary, Travelogue Steamships, War Relates the impudent successes against Union ships enjoyed during the early part of the American Civil War by a Southern 'steam war-vessel' (191). The ship's blockade-running progress across the Atla ntic is halted finally only by

Anon, 'The Health of Ireland', Punch 41 (1861) p.199

attend to Ireland, whose condition has been worsened by the cessation of Irish emigration to America (owing to the Civil War). Describes some of the symptoms likely to be observed, including 'all manner of inflammations and irruptions', but is more

John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera

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The King's Manor House, York

erected with materials taken from St. Mary's Abbey. Charles 1 resided at the Manor before . outbreak of the Civil War, also held Parliament here. as a {garrison for the Royalist !iers during the siege of 1644. i>came a Royal

York Minster

Histori YORK York .Minster tho haptism? NorthiiMibria al Build If!' MINSTER in (>27, K<lwiii of? after his During the Civil War. wh<'i? (rdiiiwrll'M Noldirrx were (lostroy? iii){ religious earvings and ntainec? >!lasM, the Min»t<T e«e«pe<l scriout iissajojd guTSJUM aqi? puaujuioDaJ

The girl's own paper

MARGAREt Majendie, Author of? Sacrifice," etc. Illustrated by M. L. Gow. Bessie's An Oxford Maid. A Story of the Civil War. By Sarah Tytler, Author of "Papers for Thoughtful? Girls," etc. ^ ''It is a graceful compliment to the quality

The registers of S. Mary's Parish Church, Reading, Berks, 1538-1812. transcribed by Gibbs Payne Crawfurd, M.A.

the exception of some irregularity during? the few years in which Reading was engaged in the? troubles of the Civil War, are unusually complete, and? they are now prepared for publication in the hope that? the public will assist in

Explanatory note

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Transcribed Papers of Jeremy Bentham

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JB/002/154/001

correlative hard cash cease to bear that price. That such would be the effect in the event of a Civil War or a serious invasion will scarcely admitt of doubt: and that an effect of the same nature though to

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