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A History of the County of Lancaster
… of a black country. It is a common sight to see the gaunt and black coal-shafts rising from the midst of corn …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Duke of Exeter, one of the legitimated sons of John of Gaunt. The duke survived his wife and died in 1426, 43 but …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Whitaker, op. cit. i, 307; from the register of John of Gaunt. Duchy of Lanc. Reg. no. 14, fol. 25; no. 15, fol. 63 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… time. 6 As to its origin one story says that when John of Gaunt visited the town his horse dropped a shoe there, and … in 1362 by the king at the request of his son John of Gaunt, recently created Duke of Lancaster. 157 This privilege … wards, named Castle, Queen's, St. Anne's, Park, John o' Gaunt and Skerton 198; each had an alderman and three …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… drawings of the doorway and mantelpiece, in John o'Gaunt Sketch Book, vol. ii, pl. 2122. William son of Robert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Fryton was to cross the seas in the forces of John of Gaunt; Baines, Lancs, (ed. 1868), i, 115. In 13812 he granted …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The moiety of the manor of Wyresdale was held of John (of Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster, by knight's service, with …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the existence of the chapel is an order by John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster to pay 4 a year to the chaplain of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Mascy of Rixton was to have taken part in John of Gaunt's Spanish expedition, but refused to go; Visit. of 1533 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… plough-lands and the bailiff of the wapentake one. John of Gaunt in 1373 (?) granted Sir Thomas Banastre for his life …