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... husband William Longspé ( in her right Earl of Sarum ) , who had then been dead six years . This brave man was the eldest natural son of Henry II . , by the lady whose transcendent beauty has become proverbial under the name of Fair ...
... husband William Longspé ( in her right Earl of Sarum ) , who had then been dead six years . This brave man was the eldest natural son of Henry II . , by the lady whose transcendent beauty has become proverbial under the name of Fair ...
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... husband , was in health and safety ; adding , that if her lord the Earl had indeed been dead , she would in no case have received him for a husband , because their unequal rank forbade such a union . ' Where- fore , ' said she , ' you ...
... husband , was in health and safety ; adding , that if her lord the Earl had indeed been dead , she would in no case have received him for a husband , because their unequal rank forbade such a union . ' Where- fore , ' said she , ' you ...
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... husband for seven ( six ? ) years in widowhood , and had frequently promised to found monasteries pleasing to God , for the salvation of her soul and that of her husband , and those of all their ancestors , she was directed in visions ...
... husband for seven ( six ? ) years in widowhood , and had frequently promised to found monasteries pleasing to God , for the salvation of her soul and that of her husband , and those of all their ancestors , she was directed in visions ...
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... husband ; indeed , the profits of his wardship of the heiress of Richard de Camville were assigned to the foundation at Hinton by the Earl's last will . The first canoness veiled at Lacock was Alicia Garinges , from a small nunnery in ...
... husband ; indeed , the profits of his wardship of the heiress of Richard de Camville were assigned to the foundation at Hinton by the Earl's last will . The first canoness veiled at Lacock was Alicia Garinges , from a small nunnery in ...
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... husband in the office of Sheriff of Wiltshire . expended large sums of money in obtaining for the public the full benefit of his invention ; and towards the termination of his patent he liberally surrendered to photographic amateurs and ...
... husband in the office of Sheriff of Wiltshire . expended large sums of money in obtaining for the public the full benefit of his invention ; and towards the termination of his patent he liberally surrendered to photographic amateurs and ...
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