Definition of Esquires
1. esquire [v] - See also: esquire
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Esquires
Literary usage of Esquires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"esquires created by the king's letters patent, or other investiture ; and their
eldest ... esquires by virtue of their offices; as justices of the peace, ..."
2. The Virginia Convention of 1776: A Discourse Delivered Before the Virginia by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1855)
"HENRICO, Nathaniel Wilkinson and Richard Adams, esquires. JAMES CITY, Robert C.
Nicholas and ... NANSEMOND, Willis Riddick and and William Cowper, esquires. ..."
3. Collections for a History of Staffordshire by William Salt Archaeological Society, Staffordshire Record Society (1903)
"John de Cobham, with 2 Knights, 22 esquires, and 28 mounted Archers. John de
Beauchamp, with 9 Knights, 20 esquires, and 30 mounted Archers. ..."
4. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Barry of five sa. and or on a chief as the first two palets (sometimes called
plates) betw. so many based esquires like the second over all un ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1869)
"esquires—Captain Oliver Martyn; Mr. Lynch Staunton. The Marquis of Conyngham.
Esquire—Earl of Mountcharles. The Earl of Howth. esquires—Captain Williams ..."
6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"Mr. Hillegas & Tench Francis, esquires, Commissioners for selling Barrick Lots.
RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF VIRGINIA, 1786. ..."
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