... that their master Sir Thomas commanded them so to do; no man durst go to argue the matter, but each man lost his land, and my father paid his whole rent, which was 6s. 6d. the year, for that half which was left. Thus much of mine own knowledge have... London, by David Hughson - Page 13by Edward Pugh - 1806Full view - About this book
| David Hughson - London (England) - 1806 - 686 pages
...the matter, but each man lost his land ; and my fatljer paid his whole rent, which was 6s. and 8rf. a year, for that half which was left. And so much...mode of habitation belonging to the lesser classes of citi/ens, which could not be very substantial, since they could be removed at pleasure, like the huts... | |
| Henry Thomas (antiquarian.) - 1830 - 490 pages
...,was six shillings and eight pence the yeere, for that halfe which was left." " Thus much of mine owne knowledge have I thought good to note, that the sudden...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." We learn two things from this anecdote : the one, of what hutlike dimensions must have been the habitations... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - Architecture - 1834 - 682 pages
...each man lost his land ; and my father paid his whole rent, which was six shillings and eightpence a year for that half which was left. And so much of...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." ia a handsome receding portico of the pure Grecian Doric order of architecture, supporting an entablature... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - London (England) - 1835 - 344 pages
...each man lost his land ; and my father paid his whole rent, which was six shillings and eightpence a year for that half which was left. And so much of...my own knowledge have I thought good to note, that tlie sudden rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." ig a handsome receding portico of... | |
| 1837 - 650 pages
...each man lost his land ; and my father paid his whole rent, which was six shillings and eightpence a year for that half which was left. And so much of...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." ¡s, a handsome receding portico of the pure Grecian Doric order of architecture, supporting an entablature... | |
| Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1837 - 564 pages
...rent, which was six shillings and eight-pence the year, for that half which was left. Thus much of mine own knowledge have I thought good to note, that the...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves.'" I am moved the rather to believe our author herein, because elsewhere he alloweth this lord his deserved... | |
| Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1837 - 562 pages
...rent, which was six shillings and eight-pence the year, for that half which was left. Thus much of mine own knowledge have I thought good to note, that the...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." I am moved the rather to believe our author herein, because elsewhere he alloweth this lord his deserved... | |
| Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...pungent, way in which he sometimes permits himself to give expression to a strong feeling, " of mine own knowledge have I thought good to note, that the...of some men causeth them to forget themselves." The house which was so summarily disposed of was no doubt of wood, like almost all the houses of moderate... | |
| John Stow - London (England) - 1842 - 254 pages
...father paid his whole rent, which was 6s. 6d. the year, for that half which was left. Thus much of mine own knowledge have I thought good to note, that the...rising of some men causeth them to forget themselves." From a third (vide page 55), we learn that in 1549 he was dwelling near the well within Aldgate ; the... | |
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