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... obtained them from him as part of their marriage portion ; Hutchinson , § that they were temporarily alienated in times of public calamity , as an aid for pro- secuting the wars ; but the authority of Sir Francis Palgrave || favours the ...
... obtained them from him as part of their marriage portion ; Hutchinson , § that they were temporarily alienated in times of public calamity , as an aid for pro- secuting the wars ; but the authority of Sir Francis Palgrave || favours the ...
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... obtained it from the church - a circumstance not improbable , for Cospatric , son of Algitha , daughter of Earl Uchtred , who did possess it , obtained livery of the Earldom from the Conqueror , on payment of a large sum of money ...
... obtained it from the church - a circumstance not improbable , for Cospatric , son of Algitha , daughter of Earl Uchtred , who did possess it , obtained livery of the Earldom from the Conqueror , on payment of a large sum of money ...
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... obtained se- pulture within the walls , at a period when upright stones fixed in the church - yard were the usual memorials ; or shortly after , when this custom having ceased , a representation of a cross was carved on the lid of the ...
... obtained se- pulture within the walls , at a period when upright stones fixed in the church - yard were the usual memorials ; or shortly after , when this custom having ceased , a representation of a cross was carved on the lid of the ...
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... obtained large possessions by their craft or their sword , parted with a portion of them too easily through ... obtained , is one of the dark spots in the mo- nastic system . In early times this practice was not very frequently or ...
... obtained large possessions by their craft or their sword , parted with a portion of them too easily through ... obtained , is one of the dark spots in the mo- nastic system . In early times this practice was not very frequently or ...
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... the vicarage ; but his resignation a few months afterwards probably prevented * Appen . No. XVI . , p . viii . + Appen . No. XXIII . , p . xiii . further remedy being obtained from that source . Six years GAINFORD . 17.
... the vicarage ; but his resignation a few months afterwards probably prevented * Appen . No. XVI . , p . viii . + Appen . No. XXIII . , p . xiii . further remedy being obtained from that source . Six years GAINFORD . 17.
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Page 95 - Court, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of KL, Registrar [or OP, a Clerk in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate].
Page 99 - while he lived in the Temple, he amused himself in illustrating Bishop Gibson's edition of Camden's Britannia, with all the topographical engravings of every kind that had fallen into his hands ; and though the selection was not formed with the taste the subject is capable of, nor included many prints which would have been worthy of it, it sold for a considerable sum.
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Page 100 - About 16 years before his death, he had a paralytic stroke, which deprived him of the use of his legs, and he was confined to his bed ever after. During that period, he was, nevertheless, cheerful, and conversed with pleasure on the topography and antiquities of the country.
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