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dukes of Lancafter, who were ever of the blood royal, 
great men in their time, and had their abode, and kept a 
liberal hofpitality, here, at their honour of Tutbury, there 
could not but be a general concourfe of people from all 
parts hither; for whofe diverfion all forts of muficians 
were permitted likewife to come to pay their fervices; 
amongit whom, being numerous, fome quarrels and dif- 
orders now and then arifing, it was found neceflary, after 
a while, they Ihould be brought under rules, divers laws 
being made for the better regulating of them, and a go¬ 
vernor appointed them by the name of a king, who had (e- 
veral officers under him to fee to the execution of thofe 
laws, full power being granted them to apprehend and 
arrelt any fuch minltrels. appertaining to the faid honour 
as Ihould refufe to do their fervices in due manner, and to 
conltrain them to do them; as appears by the charter 
granted to the faid king of the minffrels, by John of 
Gaunt, king of Caftile and Leon, and duke of Lancafter, 
bearing date the izd of Auguft, in the fourth year of the 
reign of king Richard II. entitled Carta le Roy do Minf rales, 
which is as follows: “John, by the grace of God, king 
of Caftile and Leon, duke of Lancafter, to all them who 
(hall fee or hear thefe our letters, greeting : Know ye, we 
have ordained, conftituted, and afligned, to our well-be¬ 
loved the king of the minjlrds in our honour of Tutbury, 
who is, or for the time (hall be, to apprehend and arreft 
all the minltrels in our faid honour and franchife, that 
refufe to do the fervices and minftrelfy as appertain to 
them to do from ancient times at Tutbury aforefaid, yearly 
on the days of the Aflumption of our Lady; giving and 
granting to the faid king of the minltrels, for the time be¬ 
ing, full power and commandment to make them reafon- 
ably to juftify, and to conltrain them to do their fervices, 
and minftrelfies, in manner as belongeth to them, and as 
it hath been there, and of ancient times, accuftomed. In 
witnefs of which thing, we have caufed thefe our letters 
to be made patent. Given under our privy feal, at our 
caltle of Tutbury, the aad day of Auguft, in the fourth 
year of the reign of the moftfweet king Richard II.” See 
the article Minstrels. 
KING’S MOUN'TAIN, a mountain in the weft part 
of North Carolina. In the year 1780, a detachment of 
Britilh troops, under major Ferguion, was attacked by 
the Americans, under colonels Williams and Cleveland. 
Major Fergufon was mortally wounded ; about three hun¬ 
dred Britilh were killed, and the reft, to the amount of 
eight hundred men, furrendered prifoners : twenty-five 
miles weft of Charlottenburg. 
KING’S NEWN'HAM. SeeNEWNHAM. 
KING’S PAL'ACE. The limits of the king’s palace 
at Weftminfter extend from Charing-crofs to Weltmin- 
fter-hall, and (hall have fuch privileges as the ancient pa¬ 
laces. 8 Hen. VIII. c. 12. If any perfon (hall ftrike an¬ 
other in the king’s palace, he fhall have his right hand 
cut off, be impriloned during life, and alfo be fined. 
33 Hen. VIII. c. 12. 
KING PEAR, f. A kind of pear. See Pyrus. 
KING'-PIECE, f In building, the piece of timber 
which Hands upright between two rafters. 
KING’S POINT, the north-weft extremity of the illand 
of Sumatra: fifteen miles welt of Acheen. Lat. 5. 30. N. 
Ion. 97. 27. E. 
KING and QUEEN, a county of the American States, 
in Virginia, on Mattapany river, which feparates it from 
King William’s county. It is about twenty-five miles 
long, and twenty broad, and contains 9377 inhabitants, 
including 5143 Haves. 
ICING’S RI'VER, a river of Ireland, which runs into 
the Liffy, about a mile and a half fouth of Bleftington, in 
the county of Wicklow. 
KING’S SIL'VER, the money which is paid to the king 
in the court of Common Pleas, for a licence granted to a 
man to levy a fine of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, 
to another perfon ; and this mult be compounded accord- 
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ing to the value of the land, in the alienation-office, be¬ 
fore the fine will pafs. 2 lnjl. 511. 
KING-SPEAR, f. in botany. See Aspuodelus.— 
Bring crown imperial, king-fptar, holyhocks. B. j/onfon's 
Mafques. 
KING-TCHE'OU, a city of China, of the firft rank, 
in Hoti-quang, on the Yang-tfe river. The diftridt of 
this city is confiderable ; it contains thirteen towns, two 
of the fecond order, and eleven of the third ; it makes a 
good appearance, while the lakes which are round it con¬ 
tribute to render the land friutful and pleafaht. It has a 
great trade, is well built, and populous. It is divided by 
a fingle wall into two parts, one of which belongs to the 
Chinefe, the other to the Tartars, of which the garriftm 
confifts : 620 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 30. 28. N 
Ion. 111. 37. E. 
KING-TCHE'OU, a town of Chinefe Tartary: 235 
miles eaft-north-eaft of Peking. Lat. 41. 6. N. Ion. 120. 
14. E. 
KING-TE-TCHING', a town of China, in Kiang-ft, 
This town, where the belt makers of China-ware live, is 
as populous as the greateft cities of China, and wants no¬ 
thing but walls to make it a city. Thofe places are call¬ 
ed tching that are of great refort and commerce, but not 
walled. They compute in this town more than 1,000,000 
of fouls. They confume here every day more than 10,000 
loads of rice, and above 1000 hogs, without mentioning 
other animals which they feed upon. The lodgings of 
the great merchants take up a vaft fpace, and contain a 
prodigious number of workmen. King-te-tching is a 
league and a half long, (landing on the fide of a fine river; 
the ftreets are very long, and cut and crofs one another 
at certain diftances ; all the ground is made ufe of, fo 
that the houfes are too much confined, and the ftreets too 
narrow ; in going through them, one feems to be in the 
middle of a fair, and hears on all fides the noife the por¬ 
ters make to clear the way. Strangers are not permitted 
to lie at King-te-tching; they mult either pafs the night 
in their barks, or lodge with their acquaintance, who pafs 
their word for their conduct: 655 miles fouth of Peking. 
Lat. 29. 25. N. Ion. 116. 56. E. 
KING-TONG', a city of China, of the firft rank, in 
Yun-nan, on the Pa-pien river. This city is furrounded 
with very high mountains, in wdiich they fay there are fil- 
ver-mines; the country abounds with rice, and the val¬ 
leys are'well watered with rivers and brooks. Although 
it is placed in the firft rank, there is no other city in the 
dill rift: 1240 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 24. 30. N. 
Ion. 100. 39. E. 
KING’S SWIN'FORD, a town of Stafford (hi re, with a 
population of 6464, including 2077 employed in trade and 
manufactures : four miles lbuth of Wolverhampton. 
KING’S TOWN, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Kan tor. 
KING’S TREE', a town of South Carolina: fifty miles 
north of Charleftown. 
KING’S WID'OW, f. A widow of the king’s tenant 
in chief, who was obliged to take oath in chancery that 
(he would not marry without the king’s leave. 
KING WIL'LIAM, a county of the American States, 
in Virginia, between Mattapany and Pamunky rivers. It 
is forty-feven miles long and fifteen broad ; and contains 
8128-inhabitants, of whom 5151 are (laves. 
KING WILLIAM’S ISLAND, a fmall ifland in the 
Eafteni Indian Sea, near the north coaft of the ifland of 
Poggy. Lat. 2. 33. S. Ion. 99. 43. E. 
KING WIL'LIAM’s ISLAND, a fmall ifland in the 
Dampier’s Strait, near the fouth coaft of the ifland of 
Waigoo. Lat. o. 32. S. Ion. 130. 51. E. 
KING-YANG', a city of China, of the firft; rank, in 
Chen-fi : 480 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 
36. 6. N. Ion. 107. 20. E. 
KING-YU'EN, a town of Corea : fifty-five miles fouth- 
eaft of King-ki-tao. 
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