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Page 257
... averaging yearly about 400 hogsheads , it S was extolled as much as the other great growths of. CHÂTEAU PICHON DE LONGUEVILLE . As they purchase probably one or two hundred tuns ,. Château Pichon de Longueville Château Margaux.
... averaging yearly about 400 hogsheads , it S was extolled as much as the other great growths of. CHÂTEAU PICHON DE LONGUEVILLE . As they purchase probably one or two hundred tuns ,. Château Pichon de Longueville Château Margaux.
Page 258
... to Holland , & c . , while quite young . A DUTCH WAR SONG . 259 worth their while to. As they purchase probably one or two hundred tuns , equal to four , or eight hundred hogsheads , it is. 258 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
... to Holland , & c . , while quite young . A DUTCH WAR SONG . 259 worth their while to. As they purchase probably one or two hundred tuns , equal to four , or eight hundred hogsheads , it is. 258 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
Page 284
... tuns of Gascon wine to Henri de Ferrières , undoubtedly a de- scendant of the nobleman of the same name on the land of whom , at Bistesham in Berkshire , xii . arpendi vineæ are entered in the Domesday Book . ' From what precedes , it ...
... tuns of Gascon wine to Henri de Ferrières , undoubtedly a de- scendant of the nobleman of the same name on the land of whom , at Bistesham in Berkshire , xii . arpendi vineæ are entered in the Domesday Book . ' From what precedes , it ...
Page 285
... tuns of wine , and afterwards to Gerold of the same town 325 marks for fifty tuns of wine purchased for His Majesty . The same monarch charges the customs and dues payable on all wine quitting Bordeaux , La Réole , or any other place in ...
... tuns of wine , and afterwards to Gerold of the same town 325 marks for fifty tuns of wine purchased for His Majesty . The same monarch charges the customs and dues payable on all wine quitting Bordeaux , La Réole , or any other place in ...
Page 286
... tuns of the cargo of Gerard Colum and Co. , which had been stayed there , paying for it 40 sous the tun , if it could not be got for less . The same year he ordered his bailiffs at Bristol to pay Arnaud Guilhem for 30 tuns of wine which ...
... tuns of the cargo of Gerard Colum and Co. , which had been stayed there , paying for it 40 sous the tun , if it could not be got for less . The same year he ordered his bailiffs at Bristol to pay Arnaud Guilhem for 30 tuns of wine which ...
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