The History and Antiquities of Boston: And the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; Comprising the Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln

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Longman, 1856 - 824 páginas
 

Índice

Augustine Friary 111 Franciscan Friars 112 Guilds 113 St Botolphs Guild
115
Corpus Christi Guild 115 Extracts from the Register 116 Obits celebrated 123 Rent
135
Inventory of property at the dissolution 141 Guild of St Peter and St Paul
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church c 155 Chantries 156 Sale of the plate of the Boston Guilds 157 Companies
157
A church dedicated to St Botolph mentioned in 1090 161 Notices of this church
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Description of the exterior 175 Description of the interior 180 Library 187 Holles
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Boundaries of the parish of Boston 199 The Scirebeck 199 Maud Foster
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Heronshaw Hall 201 Fishtoft Hundred 202 Burton Corner 203 Wide Bargate
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Wesleyan Centenary Chapel 208 Congregational Church 209 History of theatrical
220
House of Correction 230 Remains of Dominican Friary and National Schools
231
G F Sargent
235
Hussey Hall
243
Hall of the Guild of St Mary now the Town Hall 235 Gysors Hall 236 Duckfield
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Market Place 1772 to 1812
251
Irby Hall 255 High Street Furthend Lane or West Street 256 Railway station
254
Irby Hall
255
General Baptist Chapel 1764
269
Heslam Alley and Chapel 259 Chapel of Ease 260 General Baptists Chapel and Con
271
Erection Lands and list of them in 1553 272 Beadsmen 277 Bridge 278 Henry
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relinquished and suspended charities 283 Grammar School list of masters and ushers
286
Corporation Regalia
297
charity funds 288 Laughtons Charity School 290 Blue Coat School 291 Boston
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Richmond Fee
311
the Honour of Richmond Honour of Richmond in 1280 313 Of the property in Boston
321
Exports of wool leather and woolfels 1279 to 1303 328 Wine trade 1274 c
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Curious notices of the trade c 1281 to 1353 334 Officers of the Customs 1274 c
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Sir Francis Walsingham by Queen Elizabeth 342 Manufacture of coarse earthenware
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importance and sources of its present prosperity 347 c Phoenix Foundry and Boston
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Sluice erected in 1500 357 Sluices built at Langrick and Hammond Beck 1601
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Peachey or Peché Hall manor and family 503 Poynton and Farceux families 504
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population c 520 School charities c
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vicars c 528 Extent population c Pinchbeck family 529 School charities c
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Seal of the Staple
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market held here in 1281 534 History of the manor 537 The church 538 Holles
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Historical notices from the Conquest 550 Manor of Leverton 554 Church
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Ancient stalls 556 The two rectories and list of rectors from 1333 557 Curious
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commencing 1493 561 Overseers accounts from 1563 571 Constables accounts from
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Chantry of St Lawrence 585 Darby family 586 Bell Hunston Leeke
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market established in 1282 594 Descent of the Manor from 1200 598 Church monuments
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Goodrick family 606 Gilbert family and memoir of the Rev Joseph Gilbert
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FRITH BANK Historical notices from 1236 614 Church Schoolhouse c
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pediments to their inclosure 623 Correspondence between Sir William Dugdale and
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The Commoners petition 630 The Earl of Lindseys partial inclosure of Holland
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Grant of Henry Heron of Cressy Hall to the Commoners in 1713 636 Inclosure of
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causes thereof and probable
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and the history of those changes 652 Dr Stukeleys opinion 653 Reference to the Delta
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Strata passed through in boring for water at Boston 1746 and 1783 666 Mr Fareys
671
Freshwater and shellfish 679 Herringfishery 681 Solens or razorshells
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shrimps saltwater fish sturgeons c whales cast ashore 682 BOTANY Rare plants
690
Provincialisms c 698 Proverbs phrases comparisons superstitions omens
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Appendix
737
Members of the Corpus Christi Guild at Boston who were officially connected with
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other places 749 Monastic libraries in Lincolnshire 754 Extracts from the Parish
765
Hussey Hall 772 Lincolnshire persons charged with high treason 1642 773 Guild
778
Rev John Cotton 784 Rev Samuel Whiting 784 Samuel Leigh
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INDEX OF NAMES
792
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
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