 They have signed and sealed ten thousand pounds a year more to the Duchess of Cleveland, who has likewise near ten thousand pounds a year out of the new farm of the country excise of beer and ale, five thousand pounds a year out of the post-office, and,...  A Topographical History of Surrey - Página 10de Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley - 1842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Andrew Marvell - 1927 - 402 páginas
...they say, the Reversion of all the King's Leases, the Reversion of all Places in the Custom House, the green Wax, and, indeed, what not ? All Promotions,...spiritual and temporal, pass under her Cognizance. Buckingham runs out of all with the Lady Shrewsbury, by whom he believes he had a Son, to whom the... | |
 | Lewis Melville - 2005 - 244 páginas
...the County Excise of beer and ale; £5000 a year out of the PostOffice, and, they say, the revenues of all places in the Custom-House, the Green Wax,...promotions spiritual and temporal, pass under her cognisance." In spite of a vast income, so heavy were the expenses of the Duchess that soon she was... | |
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