The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day |
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... Shares and then not carrying out the executive clauses in the Charters , the powers were allowed to lapse , and so the charters lost their old vitality and legal force . As in the former Grant we found a German joined to an Englishman ...
... Shares and then not carrying out the executive clauses in the Charters , the powers were allowed to lapse , and so the charters lost their old vitality and legal force . As in the former Grant we found a German joined to an Englishman ...
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... share I should not value very much but what gives me the greatest uneasinesse is that a cunning crafty pson ( I mean Mr. Popkins , for I dare name him tho ' he dare not avow his false as wel as sly insinuations now [ sic : nor ? ] the ...
... share I should not value very much but what gives me the greatest uneasinesse is that a cunning crafty pson ( I mean Mr. Popkins , for I dare name him tho ' he dare not avow his false as wel as sly insinuations now [ sic : nor ? ] the ...
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... Shares . The Oaths of the Officers of the Company to be taken within 14 days . Governor and Company , in Court assembled , have power to remove Officers . Appointments in case of vacancies . Persons who subscribe moneys and do not pay ...
... Shares . The Oaths of the Officers of the Company to be taken within 14 days . Governor and Company , in Court assembled , have power to remove Officers . Appointments in case of vacancies . Persons who subscribe moneys and do not pay ...
Page 104
... Shares in the Ember Company " " Stock remaining at the Works Battery Mills Building Account .. £ s . d . 846 5 4 2 5 59 O 934 10 1379 16 3 328 10 4 1960 0 O 21 II 9 66 5 226 13 4 15753 11 8 4662 O 7 * A technical term for the hollow ...
... Shares in the Ember Company " " Stock remaining at the Works Battery Mills Building Account .. £ s . d . 846 5 4 2 5 59 O 934 10 1379 16 3 328 10 4 1960 0 O 21 II 9 66 5 226 13 4 15753 11 8 4662 O 7 * A technical term for the hollow ...
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... Shares 5592 12 11 7500 O Edward Elliston Ditto " " 6 Ditto 5000 0 Hester Gibbon Ditto 99 6 Ditto 5000 O Executors of Edward Gibbon Ditto * 99 5 Ditto 2500 0 Executrix of Edward Mornington Ditto 4 Ditto 2000 O Robert Morris Ditto 2 Ditto ...
... Shares 5592 12 11 7500 O Edward Elliston Ditto " " 6 Ditto 5000 0 Hester Gibbon Ditto 99 6 Ditto 5000 O Executors of Edward Gibbon Ditto * 99 5 Ditto 2500 0 Executrix of Edward Mornington Ditto 4 Ditto 2000 O Robert Morris Ditto 2 Ditto ...
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aforesaid appointed Assistants benefits and immunities Berkeley Birmingham Brass Bristol CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Cambrian Pottery Cardiganshire Carnsewe Chansey charges Charter Cheadle City of London Coal Copper Company Copper Smelting Copper Smoke Copper Trade copper ure coppris Cornwall Corporation Court Daniel Denham Deputy Ditto divers Duke England erected ewre FRANCIS furnaces Glamorgan Gnoll granted Grenfell Hafod Halfpenny in copper Harbour hath heirs and successors hereafter Humphrey Mackworth hurtfull inscribed interest John Henry Vivian Landore Lead lease Letters Patent licenses Llansamlet Lord Louisa Barbara manager melting Messrs metal Miners Mines Royal Morris myne Neath Neath Abbey officers ordinances owre Payable Penclawdd Penny in copper persons present privileges profit Proprietors receaved Risca shew Silver Sir Humphrey Mackworth smelting smeltinge SMYTH Society South Wales Swansea District Taibach thereof Thomas tons ULRICKE FROSSE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unto vitriall w'ch w'th Weston wilbe William workmen Worshipp yo'r
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