Thames
place · 2 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
the Thames
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
A major English river central to London's trade, subject to the Charter's kydells provision.
All kydells for the future shall be removed altogether from Thames and Medway, and throughout all England, except upon the sea shore.
” John’s Charter went further than that of Richard, making it clear that the prohibition referred to Medway as well as to Thames, and granting the right to inflict a penalty of £10 upon anyone infringing its provisions.
Omnes kydelli de cetero deponantur penitus de Tamisia, et de Medewaye, et per totam Angliam, nisi per costeram maris.
The Law of Torts
River in England where the steamer-barge collision in Tuff v. Warman occurred.
The action was against the pilot of a steamer in the Thames for running down the plaintiff’s barge;