English weights and measures: Money
... a quarter penny, last made in 1956 Penny The basic unit of currency from around 775 AD Two pence Only made in 1797 Three pence Silver until 1945, brass 1945-1967 Groats = 4 pence. Made from 1836 to 1888 Sixpence Shilling Florin Two shillings. Made from 1849 Half crown Two shilling & six pence Double florin Four shillings. 1887 - 1890 Crown Five shillings - still made Half sovereign 10 shillings. Gold Sovereign 1 pound. Gold Two pounds Gold Five pounds Gold Farthings and half-pennies were usually pennies cut ...
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Huguenots on the James River
... 783). In the vestry records he is listed with his Negroes Dick, Sara, Kate, Peter, and Jinc. His will, written 4/ 10/1737, recorded 11/15/1737, left "To wife Margaret, 1/2 of negroes, household goods, land, etc., for life ...
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Maryland Department
... information as to distances between cities, fares, modes of conveyance, postal and delivery costs and schedules, money conversion tables of pounds, shillings and pence into dollars and cents (for each state), tariffs and other port regulations, banks (and their directors), insurance ... about 100 pages, and four by seven inches with a selling price of 5 shillings and 7 pence ...
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Merstham History
... settled in Sussex. Their influence extended from Sussex into Surrey and went a long way in the conversion of the Mearsoeti to the new Christian beliefs. One of the first things they did was ...
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