Suffolk, Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of that County: The Result of Person SurveyJ. Harris, 1818 - 413 pages |
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... , prince Wil- liam Henry . Near the ruins of the castle stands Clare priory , formerly a monastery of canons regular of St. Augustine , founded in 1248 , by by Richard de Clare , earl of Gloucester , from 136 SUFFOLK .
... , prince Wil- liam Henry . Near the ruins of the castle stands Clare priory , formerly a monastery of canons regular of St. Augustine , founded in 1248 , by by Richard de Clare , earl of Gloucester , from 136 SUFFOLK .
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... priory , and a cell to the abbey of Bec , was made indigenous by king Richard II . in the nineteenth year of his ... priory was lately the property of Wil- liam Shrive , esq . who had it from the Barkers , to whom it has -returned . In ...
... priory , and a cell to the abbey of Bec , was made indigenous by king Richard II . in the nineteenth year of his ... priory was lately the property of Wil- liam Shrive , esq . who had it from the Barkers , to whom it has -returned . In ...
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... priory , together with his first wife Eli- zabeth , daughter and heiress of William de Burgh , earl of Ulster . She died in 1363. Not long afterwards he married Violenta , daughter of John Galeazzo , duke of Milan , with whom he ...
... priory , together with his first wife Eli- zabeth , daughter and heiress of William de Burgh , earl of Ulster . She died in 1363. Not long afterwards he married Violenta , daughter of John Galeazzo , duke of Milan , with whom he ...
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... priory of Castleacre , in Norfolk ; and the rectory and advowson of the vicarage , were granted , 29 Henry VIII . to Thomas , lord Cromwell . Haverhill was the birth - place of Dr. SAMUEL WARD , a cele- brated divine of the 17th century ...
... priory of Castleacre , in Norfolk ; and the rectory and advowson of the vicarage , were granted , 29 Henry VIII . to Thomas , lord Cromwell . Haverhill was the birth - place of Dr. SAMUEL WARD , a cele- brated divine of the 17th century ...
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... priory of the order of St. Augustine , though Weever ascribes it to Baldwin de Shimpling and Mabel his wife , who were both interred in the chancel of the priory church . This priory had a revenue , valued at the dissolution at 2221 ...
... priory of the order of St. Augustine , though Weever ascribes it to Baldwin de Shimpling and Mabel his wife , who were both interred in the chancel of the priory church . This priory had a revenue , valued at the dissolution at 2221 ...
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Page 130 - that never would he leave it till he had entirely cleared the paternal estate ;" — and he lived to do that and to realize above one hundred thousand pounds in addition.
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Page 23 - ... the summer had been too warm. It is impossible to ascertain with precision the construction and appearance of the patriarchal tents ; but we shall not probably be far from the truth, if we consider the present Arab tent as affording the nearest existing approximations to the ancient model. The common Arab tent is generally of an oblong figure, varying in size according to the wants or rank of the owner, and in its general shape not unaptly compared by Sallust, and after him Dr. Shaw...