Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 15Vol. 7-10, 12-21 contain section: "Bibliography of Lancashire and Cheshire antiquities" (v. 12-21 include also bibliography). |
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Page 252 - The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, consisting of the President, two or more Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, Secretary, and not more than twenty-one elected Members of the Society.
Page 18 - One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Page 253 - DUTIES OF OFFICERS. — The duty of the President shall be to preside at the meetings of the Society, and to maintain order.
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Page 251 - Candidates for admission to the Society must be proposed by one member of the Society, and seconded by another. Applications for admission must be submitted in writing to the Council, who shall, as soon as possible after the receipt of the application, determine the election or otherwise of the candidate. Each new member shall have his election notified to him by the Honorary Secretary, and shall at the same time be furnished with a copy of the Rules, and be required to remit to the Treasurer, within...
Page 20 - The act of parliament 1455, c. 48, directs, that one bale, or faggot, shall be warning of the approach of the English in any manner ; two bales, that they are coming indeed ; four bales, blazing beside each other, that the enemy are in great force.
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| Title | Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 15 Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |
| Author | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |
| Publisher | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society., 1898 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2007 |
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