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... com- piled , and also as it stood in the time of Edward the Confessor . The work is in two volumes , on vellum , written in a legible hand , in nearly a because it was then included in some adjoining parish ; CHEDDINGTON . 35.
... com- piled , and also as it stood in the time of Edward the Confessor . The work is in two volumes , on vellum , written in a legible hand , in nearly a because it was then included in some adjoining parish ; CHEDDINGTON . 35.
Page 36
George Philip R. Pulman. because it was then included in some adjoining parish ; but at a very ancient period the place belonged to a family who either gave it their own name or else derived their name from it - namely , the Cheddingtons ...
George Philip R. Pulman. because it was then included in some adjoining parish ; but at a very ancient period the place belonged to a family who either gave it their own name or else derived their name from it - namely , the Cheddingtons ...
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... parish , which appears afterwards to have passed to unknown owners , for in the 38th year of Elizabeth , Giles Penny , Esq . , at his death , held lands of William Ouseley and Chris- topher Mintern , ' as of their manor of Cheddington ...
... parish , which appears afterwards to have passed to unknown owners , for in the 38th year of Elizabeth , Giles Penny , Esq . , at his death , held lands of William Ouseley and Chris- topher Mintern , ' as of their manor of Cheddington ...
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... parish , and in 1849 was made a perpetual curacy . The living is valued in the King's Books , among the possessions ... parish consists of the two During the Commonwealth , Beaminster appears to have been made a distinct parish . Its ...
... parish , and in 1849 was made a perpetual curacy . The living is valued in the King's Books , among the possessions ... parish consists of the two During the Commonwealth , Beaminster appears to have been made a distinct parish . Its ...
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... parish , by will dated February 20th , £ 200 in money , with part of which the old work- house was erected . The poor are also indebted to Thomas Keat , William Hillary , and Francis Cham- pion for donations in money and in bread for ...
... parish , by will dated February 20th , £ 200 in money , with part of which the old work- house was erected . The poor are also indebted to Thomas Keat , William Hillary , and Francis Cham- pion for donations in money and in bread for ...
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Page 72 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms; and their definition is (v) a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
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Page 477 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Page 158 - I IN these flowery meads would be : These crystal streams should solace me; To whose harmonious bubbling noise I with my angle would rejoice. Sit here, and see the turtle-dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love; Or on that bank, feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty; please my mind. To see sweet dewdrops kiss these flowers. And then...
Page 72 - ... but the same identical franchise, that has before been granted to one, cannot be bestowed on another, for that would prejudice the former grant.
Page 473 - ... an elevated ridge, more than a mile in length and rising more than forty feet, covered by a confused assemblage of broken strata and immense blocks of rock, invested with seaweed and corallines, and scattered over with shells and starfish, and other productions of the deep, forms an extended reef in front of the present range of cliffs.
Page 157 - happy as sand-boy" or " happy as king;" For the joy is more blissful that bids me declare, " I'm as happy as all the wild birds in the air." I will tell them to find me a grave when I die, Where no marble will shut out the glorious sky ; Let them give me a tomb where the daisy will bloom, Where the moon will shine down, and the...
Page 270 - ... purchased Coaxden and Lodge, two estates situated between Chard and Axminster, the former of which is still possessed by one of their descendants. Here they were seated at the time of the battle of Worcester, when the royalists being entirely defeated, Prince Charles, afterwards king Charles II., escaped in disguise, and for some weeks eluded his pursuers, until he found means to depart the country. Having gone to Lyme for that purpose, the people who were mostly disaffected to him soon got scent...