The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... night ; and the bell of the monastery called them to their duties . " The New town was a village , the old one was non est , The Prior was lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No ...
... night ; and the bell of the monastery called them to their duties . " The New town was a village , the old one was non est , The Prior was lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No ...
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... night , came to the market place and knocked down the newly erected cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and " violently dang doun the cross , and forcibly ...
... night , came to the market place and knocked down the newly erected cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and " violently dang doun the cross , and forcibly ...
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... night before , should be fined ; and , as there was a prac tice of inordinate talking during the business of the Council , it was further enacted that all those who should speak " unspeired " should be fined . In 1602 the neighbourhood ...
... night before , should be fined ; and , as there was a prac tice of inordinate talking during the business of the Council , it was further enacted that all those who should speak " unspeired " should be fined . In 1602 the neighbourhood ...
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... night and day for defence of his universal church , & c . They were to wear gowns down to the heels , tunics and caps , black or blue , according as the Bailies should prescribe . In 1617 the King , after an absence of 14 years , was ...
... night and day for defence of his universal church , & c . They were to wear gowns down to the heels , tunics and caps , black or blue , according as the Bailies should prescribe . In 1617 the King , after an absence of 14 years , was ...
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... night . This guard , however , was merely a partial success , as they were frequently the most noisy of any in the street , and , in foul weather , managed to get indoors , where they enjoyed themselves till the morning . 20s Scots . In ...
... night . This guard , however , was merely a partial success , as they were frequently the most noisy of any in the street , and , in foul weather , managed to get indoors , where they enjoyed themselves till the morning . 20s Scots . In ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd