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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 1 1 Browse Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
hequer £ 60 in lieu of all services. He subsequently made further additions to their property, and they obtained valuable grants from other benefactors during his reign. To avoid the expenses of a court Henry III. frequently took up his residence at Waltham Abbey, and to reward the hospitality of his entertainers, he granted them the right to hold a fair annually for seven days. Subsequently two fairs Perhaps it was to perpetuate the old home custom that the Freemen of Watertown, March 30, 1639, Ordered yt two Faires at Watertowne, ye one upon the first Friday of ye 4 month [June], ye other upon the first Friday of the 7 month [September], shalbe kept upon the Trayning place. were held, each continuing one day, the first on the third of May, O. S., the Invention of the Cross; and the other on the fourteenth of September, O. S., the Exaltation of the Cross. He also bestowed on it many rich gifts. From his time it became so distinguished by royal and noble benefactors, as to ra