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aged aisle Anne April Barbor Bishop of Coventry Bishop of Lichfield Blackladies Bonaventure Giffard Boscobel Breude Brewood Hall Brinsford Budworth buried at Brewood Careless chancel charter Chillington Hall Church Corbucion county of Stafford Coven daughter Dean of Lichfield December deed died Domesday Earl Edward Monckton Elizabeth Engleton Erdeswicke erected estates February Francis Gent George Grammar School granted Gunston Haden heir Henry Horsebrook Hyde John Giffard June King John Lady land Lane lieth the Body Little Onne Long Birch Lord of Chillington lord of Engleton March married Mary Matthew Moreton memory messuage November Nuns of Brewood Pendeford Penkridge Peter Giffard Prebend Prioress Rector Register rent Richard Robert Roger Fowke Roman Salop Saxon selions September Shareshill Sir Edward Littleton Sir John Giffard Sir Thomas Somerford Staffordshire Thomas Giffard tithes Tythe Valor Ecclesiasticus Vicar Vicar of Brewood Walter Giffard Walter Wrottesley widow wife William Worcester yearly
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Page 116 - Si vous &tes heureuse, je ne suis pas malheureuse," used to be my motto to you. I must be glad that you are happy; but I must confess I have too much self, not to feel it a tug at my heart, the no-chance I have of enjoying your society again. "Will your primitive cap never dine with me, and enjoy a quiet society ? but really, am I never to see you again ? Your parliament friend does not wear a broad-brimmed hat; so pray, pray, pray do not put on the bonnet. So come to me and be my love, in a dove-coloured...
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Page 20 - We sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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