Curiosities of Great Britain: England & Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial, Volume 3L. Tallis, 1854 - 1586 pages |
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Page 440
... called from Magus , son of Samothis , son of Japhet , its founder , 240 years after the flood . This assertion , they as gravely add , is fully authenticated ; thus Chester is placed on a line of antiquity with any other city in the ...
... called from Magus , son of Samothis , son of Japhet , its founder , 240 years after the flood . This assertion , they as gravely add , is fully authenticated ; thus Chester is placed on a line of antiquity with any other city in the ...
Page 558
... called the Rumsey chapel , the north Gwernvale chapel . These chantries were originally designed for offering up prayers for the souls of departed founders and their families , and endowed for the maintenance of the priest . Their use ...
... called the Rumsey chapel , the north Gwernvale chapel . These chantries were originally designed for offering up prayers for the souls of departed founders and their families , and endowed for the maintenance of the priest . Their use ...
Page 577
... called the Dudley chamber , where the Countess is said to have been murdered , and afterwards thrown down stairs to make her death appear to have been accidental . She was buried at Cumnor , but her body was afterwards removed to St ...
... called the Dudley chamber , where the Countess is said to have been murdered , and afterwards thrown down stairs to make her death appear to have been accidental . She was buried at Cumnor , but her body was afterwards removed to St ...
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