In Justice Overdo's time,
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes.
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes.
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'--G.
The last duke had been created in the reign of Henry VIII. , who made
his illegitimate son the Duke of Richmond, and Charles Brandon, who
married his sister Mary, Duke of Suffolk. After the attainder and
execution of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in 1572, there was no duke
in England except the king's sons, until the creation of the Duke of
Richmond in 1623. (See _New Int. Cyc. _ 6. 349. )
=2. 1. 144 Bermudas. = 'This was a cant term for some places in
the town with the same kind of privilege as the mint of old, or the
purlieus of the Fleet. '--W.
'These _streights_ consisted of a nest of obscure courts,
alleys, and avenues, running between the bottom of St. Martin's
Lane, Half-moon, and Chandos-street.
In Justice Overdo's time,
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes. '--G. (Note on _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407. )
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and
the Earl told the Lord, "By his favour he believed he lied. "
Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is
thought, gone beyond sea to fight. --_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_,
July 18, 1623. ' (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169. ) So in _Underwoods_,
_Wks. _ 8.
The last duke had been created in the reign of Henry VIII. , who made
his illegitimate son the Duke of Richmond, and Charles Brandon, who
married his sister Mary, Duke of Suffolk. After the attainder and
execution of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in 1572, there was no duke
in England except the king's sons, until the creation of the Duke of
Richmond in 1623. (See _New Int. Cyc. _ 6. 349. )
=2. 1. 144 Bermudas. = 'This was a cant term for some places in
the town with the same kind of privilege as the mint of old, or the
purlieus of the Fleet. '--W.
'These _streights_ consisted of a nest of obscure courts,
alleys, and avenues, running between the bottom of St. Martin's
Lane, Half-moon, and Chandos-street.
In Justice Overdo's time,
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes. '--G. (Note on _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407. )
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and
the Earl told the Lord, "By his favour he believed he lied. "
Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is
thought, gone beyond sea to fight. --_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_,
July 18, 1623. ' (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169. ) So in _Underwoods_,
_Wks. _ 8.