10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROBERTSMEN»
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robertsmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Gentleman's Magazine, Or, Monthly Intelligencer
But 1 beg Pardon ; you mi)' imagine I prevails in all Pans of the Kingdom, im
going to invade your undoubted Pro- Tho', indeed, the Clan of Robertsmen vincc,
ind rum Cririck. No! that is too hath grown to a prodigious Height of dry an ...
The pecuniary penalties affixed to the offence, rise in proportion to the increased
number of confederated " Robertsmen, or mighty theeves;" and the original
classification, as given by Lambard, in his Eirenarclui (Ed. 1594), presents a
singular ...
Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, 1837
3
Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman ...
... in order'to be protected against that sort of' robbers formerly called Robertsmen
, by whom all parts of the cOuntry, as well as the northern, were in former ages
very much infested; andas they often appeared in great bodies, it was necessary
...
Great Britain. Parliament, William Cobbett, 1813
4
The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest ...
... Robertsmen, by whom all_parts of the country, 'as well as the northern, were in
former ages very much infested; and as they often appeared in great bodies, it
was necessary to lodge all criminals in prisons within some strong castle, ...
POTATOES and HEMP: Or, Tories and Robertsmen. WHen Tory Oxford rkfd the
roast, To Wharton thus he made bis boast : " You've been in Ireland, as we know,
And seen how there potatoes grow : Let them but once get in the ground, No way
...
6
Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman ...
... what necessaries they wanted; and the farmers in the neghbourhood, as well
as many of the small freeholders, likesie built themselves houses there, in order
to be protected against that sort of robbers formerly called Robertsmen, by whom
...
7
The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest ...
__/ ,r' ed in great bodies, it 'was necessary to lodge all criminals in prisons within
some strong castle, for preventing their being rescued by these Robertsmen. _
Thus, Sir, most of our towns first began to be formed, and to this the town of ...
Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard, 1813
8
The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
But tho' the Clan of the Robertsmen hath grown to a prodigious Height of late
Years, and *> seems to require another Act of Parliament to suppress them ; yet
you cannot surely want to be informed that the Craftsmen, according to your ...
9
The king's son, ed. [or rather, written] by mrs. Hofland
Robertsmen. After the battle of Bosworth, those officers and soldiers who, from
the cessation of hostilities, had been thrown out of employment by the accession
of Henry, formed themselves into banditti, and became known to their
countrymen ...
10
The Gentleman's Magazine
How did you reward us for the Nation into two new Parties, Crafts this / Why, you
employ'd a Band of men and Robertsmen ; a Distinction of Mercenaries to prove
that no private M*# more Service to you, than That of a : Court and a Country ...
