The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day |
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... CORNWALL , K.G. , THIS WORK ( By His Special Permission , ) IS HUMBLY DEDICATED BY HIS OBLIGED AND GRATEFUL SERVAN T , GEORGE GRANT - FRANCIS . NEW ATHENÆUM CLUB , PALL MALL EAST , LONDON , October , 1881 . Spesme 粥 WW inDeo - : 0 ...
... CORNWALL , K.G. , THIS WORK ( By His Special Permission , ) IS HUMBLY DEDICATED BY HIS OBLIGED AND GRATEFUL SERVAN T , GEORGE GRANT - FRANCIS . NEW ATHENÆUM CLUB , PALL MALL EAST , LONDON , October , 1881 . Spesme 粥 WW inDeo - : 0 ...
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... Cornwall , " and he thus speaks of Mr. W. Carnsewe , * " A gentleman of good qualitie , discretion , and learning , * In May 1582 , Mr. Carnsewe wrote to Sir Edw . Stradling , then High Sheriff of Glamorgan , and a person of great ...
... Cornwall , " and he thus speaks of Mr. W. Carnsewe , * " A gentleman of good qualitie , discretion , and learning , * In May 1582 , Mr. Carnsewe wrote to Sir Edw . Stradling , then High Sheriff of Glamorgan , and a person of great ...
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... Cornwall , Sir Walter Raleigh , Knight , " p . 83 . And at p . 127 , he further says " Aside from Bodmyn , toward the North Sea , sundry gentlemen have there planted their seats , as in St. Kew , Master Carnsewe at Bo - Kelly , " etc ...
... Cornwall , Sir Walter Raleigh , Knight , " p . 83 . And at p . 127 , he further says " Aside from Bodmyn , toward the North Sea , sundry gentlemen have there planted their seats , as in St. Kew , Master Carnsewe at Bo - Kelly , " etc ...
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... as the thynge shall requere to have the same in a redynys a fore hande . * † Dutch is here used synonymously with Germans . Hither , i.e. , Cornwall . · Mr. Smythe , yow muste not over charge yo'r Ulryke B 2 IN GLAMORGANSHIRË .
... as the thynge shall requere to have the same in a redynys a fore hande . * † Dutch is here used synonymously with Germans . Hither , i.e. , Cornwall . · Mr. Smythe , yow muste not over charge yo'r Ulryke B 2 IN GLAMORGANSHIRË .
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... woorkes at Perin Sands , & c . , in Cornwall . ( Receaved the 21th July , 1584. ) Ulrick , yow shall understande yt Mr. Weston is latelye com * Probably at Neath , A ! 7 hether , w'th whome I & ye rest of IN GLAMORGANSHIRE . 5.
... woorkes at Perin Sands , & c . , in Cornwall . ( Receaved the 21th July , 1584. ) Ulrick , yow shall understande yt Mr. Weston is latelye com * Probably at Neath , A ! 7 hether , w'th whome I & ye rest of IN GLAMORGANSHIRE . 5.
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