Bristol Past And Present By Fj Nicholls And J Taylor

Author : James Fawckner Nicholls
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230188812
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Bristol Past and Present, by F. J. Nicholls and J. Taylor written by James Fawckner Nicholls and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...surreptitiously obtained, and that the coins were light and not of the intrinsic value promised; and finally, that the coinage of money was a royal prerogative that ought not to be entrusted to a subject. These complaints were investigated by the lords of the Privy Council, who found that the coins were of good value, the copper being of the best quality, the pieces heavier, than the patent required, and that the attorneygeneral, the solicitor-general and Sir Isaac Newton, the master of the Mint, had been consulted as to the patent and had assisted in drawing it up, and lastly, that Ireland had never had so good a coinage; to which we add, after comparing the English coins of the same year, many of which, as well as those of Wood, are now before us, dredged up from our Floating harbour, that the Bristol money is both heavier and of better quality, as well as of far superior workmanship and finish, in fact they were not equalled until, in 1797 and 1799, the coinage was again entrusted to private hands (at the celebrated Soho mint). In 1726 Macklin performed at the Theatre, Jacob's wells. Queen square, which was begun in 1708, was completed this year. The wharf continued on the Back, south of Queen square, for 180 feet forward. The cost was 488 12. Id. The street opened, and the Market-house (now the Cheese market), between Wine street and St. Maryport street, commenced erecting for the sale of corn; and in the following year the old Market-house, in the centre of Wine street, was taken down. 1727. June 11th, the king died of paralysis, at Osnaburgh, on his progress to Hanover, aged sixty-seven. Succeeded by his eldest son.1 George I. was a man of more virtues than accomplishments. Lord Mahon says we are to consider the era of the...