The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... person to Crookston and Duchall , to be there on the 19th July , and with him all the barons , gentlemen and freeholders south of Forth , who should be summoned thereto . The expedition brought with it the great gun " Mons Meg , " which ...
... person to Crookston and Duchall , to be there on the 19th July , and with him all the barons , gentlemen and freeholders south of Forth , who should be summoned thereto . The expedition brought with it the great gun " Mons Meg , " which ...
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... persons . The houses and streets were of the rudest description ; the people were poorly fed and coarsely clad . In 1557 a body of Reformers arrived . They attacked the Abbey , and , to use the words of a quaint old writer , " burnt all ...
... persons . The houses and streets were of the rudest description ; the people were poorly fed and coarsely clad . In 1557 a body of Reformers arrived . They attacked the Abbey , and , to use the words of a quaint old writer , " burnt all ...
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... persons that willfulie remains fra the Kirk in tyme of ser- mount on the Sonday " would be apprehended and fined twenty shillings each time , and , if unable to pay , would be put in the jugs for twenty - three hours . In 1602 they ...
... persons that willfulie remains fra the Kirk in tyme of ser- mount on the Sonday " would be apprehended and fined twenty shillings each time , and , if unable to pay , would be put in the jugs for twenty - three hours . In 1602 they ...
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... persons that had unenclosed land adjacent to the gates were ordered to build a wall on them , that no person could climb over . None of the inhabitants were allowed to admit any one into the town through their yards . There were then ...
... persons that had unenclosed land adjacent to the gates were ordered to build a wall on them , that no person could climb over . None of the inhabitants were allowed to admit any one into the town through their yards . There were then ...
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... person in town had to attend at the gates in rotation from five in the morning till ten in the evening , or be subjected ... persons were con- victed of breaking into " yairds . ' Several of them were fined in five pounds and put in the ...
... person in town had to attend at the gates in rotation from five in the morning till ten in the evening , or be subjected ... persons were con- victed of breaking into " yairds . ' Several of them were fined in five pounds and put in the ...
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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