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Page 58 - Cromwell it is thou that art the very original and chief causer of all this rebellion and mischief...
Page viii - The Society was formed in 1899 for the purpose of printing the older Registers of the County. The following have been either issued or are in the press :— York (St.
Page x - Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and a Secretary. 5. The management of the Society shall be in the hands of a Committee which shall consist of the Officers and not less than 8 nor more than 12 other members. 6. The Committee shall have power to elect new members and honorary members of the Society.
Page viii - The Society was formed in 1889 for antiquarian objects in connection with Leeds and District. Its publications include the Leeds Parish Church Register, Adel Register, Methley Register, Kirkstall Abbey Coucher Book, Calverley Charters, local Wills and Subsidy Rolls, Leeds Plans, and Miscellanea.
Page 58 - I trust that ere thou die, though thou wouldst procure all the noblest heads within the realm to be stricken off, yet there shall one head remain that shall strike off thy head.
Page ix - The Society was formed in 1892 to study and preserve the antiquities of the East Riding of the County of York. It has already done important work, making extensive excavations at Watton Priory, a Gilbertine house, near Driffield ; and has also taken part in excavations at Warter Priory, near Pocklington.
Page 52 - ... set on syde For all worldly joyes they wull not long endure They are soune passed and away dothe glyde And who that puttith his trust in them I call...
Page vii - The Most Rev. His Grace The LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF RIPON.
Page 73 - ... the centre of this stood what was no doubt the house and court of the nuns. It consisted of a cloister with the church on the south, the chapter-house and warming-house, etc., on the east, the frater on the north, and a western range with buildings extending from it westwards. . . . The church . . . consisted of a presbytery, central tower, and nave, a north transept with two eastern chapels, and a broad south aisle extending the length of the church, with a south transept, a south chapel, and...
Page 2 - The Exchancellor retired to his see, and there peaceably ended his days at a distance from the strife which marked this unhappy reign. He survived till April 1389. RICHARD LE SCROPE, the new Chancellor, was the third son of Sir Henry le Scrope, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Edward II. and Edward III., and was born in the year 1328. Instead of being trained in the university, the inns of court, and Westminster Hall, he was a soldier from his early...

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