Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle, Citizen, and Merchant, of Salisbury, in the Reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.: with Notes, Illustrative and ExplanatoryFor the author; W.B. Brodie & Company, 1837 - 622 pages |
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... describing the " rede hosen " of the " Wif of Bathe " -Stockings called hose in the times of the Saxons - And in the much later days of Henry , the Eighth - Quotation in proof of this from the privy - purse accounts of the Lestranges ...
... describing the " rede hosen " of the " Wif of Bathe " -Stockings called hose in the times of the Saxons - And in the much later days of Henry , the Eighth - Quotation in proof of this from the privy - purse accounts of the Lestranges ...
Page 41
... describes the arms of Halle of Salisbury : " Argent , on a chevron between three columbines azure , stalked and leaved vert , a mullet of six points or . " 66 Guillim , in his " Display of Heraldry , " states the following to be the ...
... describes the arms of Halle of Salisbury : " Argent , on a chevron between three columbines azure , stalked and leaved vert , a mullet of six points or . " 66 Guillim , in his " Display of Heraldry , " states the following to be the ...
Page 57
... describe such articles , as were subject to the export duties , which were called staple goods , and a merchant dealing in , and exporting , them , was called a merchant of the Staple . As these goods were articles fixed on by reason of ...
... describe such articles , as were subject to the export duties , which were called staple goods , and a merchant dealing in , and exporting , them , was called a merchant of the Staple . As these goods were articles fixed on by reason of ...
Page 95
... describe , and to descant on , the several parts of his dress , as it is , indeed , a most interesting specimen of the costume of the affluent merchant of the fifteenth century . I cannot , however , refrain from making a few previous ...
... describe , and to descant on , the several parts of his dress , as it is , indeed , a most interesting specimen of the costume of the affluent merchant of the fifteenth century . I cannot , however , refrain from making a few previous ...
Page 114
... describes the pilgrims accidentally meeting at the Tabard , an inn in Southwark . Amongst these , says he , " A Marchant was ther with a forked berd In mottelee , and high on hors he sat , And on his hed a Flaundrish bever hat ...
... describes the pilgrims accidentally meeting at the Tabard , an inn in Southwark . Amongst these , says he , " A Marchant was ther with a forked berd In mottelee , and high on hors he sat , And on his hed a Flaundrish bever hat ...
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