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Hace 5 días · White Hart Inn, 20 yards N.W. of (3), was built early in the 16th century. There is a long 17th-century addition on the N. and an 18th-century addition on the E. The upper storey formerly projected on the S. front, but has been under-built and the whole refaced with brick. The upper storey projects on the W. side of part of the 17th-century ...
Hace 3 días · Ms Catherine Beck, review of Naval Families, War and Duty in Britain, 1740-1820, (review no. 2104) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2104 Date accessed: 24 May, 2024
Hace 2 días · In addition to the standard periodization, proponents of a "long Renaissance" may put its beginning in the 14th century and its end in the 17th century. [c] The traditional view focuses more on the Renaissance's early modern aspects and argues that it was a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval aspects and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages.
Hace 5 días · During the earlier 17th century the corporation attempted to discourage incomers likely to become chargeable, and ordered the constables to search regularly for strangers. At the same time it continued to make small grants to poor travellers, to maintain the maisons dieu and nominate the inmates, and to use certain of the corporation revenues for a Christmas dole to the poor.
Hace 3 días · Dutch military power was at its height in the middle of the 17th century and in that era the Dutch navy was the most powerful navy in the world. [38] By the middle of the 17th century, the Dutch had overtaken Portugal as the dominant player in the spice and silk trade, and in 1652 founded a colony at Cape Town on the coast of South Africa, as a way-station for its ships on the route between ...
Hace 2 días · Duties of the Vestry Clerk. 1 April 1778. Vestry Minute Book, iii, 490. (fn. 1) To attend all vestry meetings summoned by the churchwardens and make proper entries. To write all notices prepared by order of Vestry. To make the several Tax Books of the Parish at 8 shillings each, and for confirmations, signing and attendance, 8 shillings and 4 ...
Hace 3 días · British Sea Power, 1750–1815. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003, ISBN: 754608301X; 239pp.; Price: £37.50. Dr Cindy McCreery, review of Representing the Royal Navy. British Sea Power, 1750–1815, (review no. 436) Now is an appropriate time to consider the role of the British Navy and its cultural significance. 2005 marks the bicentenary of the Battle ...
