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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to 1672) THE LIVES OF THE DEANS OF THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, IN CANTERBURY. 1 Dean … shone far brighter in the several high em ployments and offices of state with which he was entrusted, and which he executed with singular prudence, than in his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from whatever part you approach it, is beautiful, and equals the most sanguine expectation. The magnificent tower of the cathedral, for symmetry and proportion hardly to be paralleled, strikes the eye as … which, it is directed to the tower of king Ethelbert, and the other stately ruins of St. Augustine's monastery, the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury Hospitals, almshouses and charities Hospitals, almshouses and charities THE HOSPITALS AND ALMS-HOUSES, within the jurisdiction of the city, are as …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… each of these cathedrals lost its monastic chapter, and Henry VIII replaced it by a dean and canons. The foundation charters of all these chapters … was reconstituted 8 Apr. 1541 1with provision for a dean and twelve canons, their prebends being of equal value. 2The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… being conducted thither by the archbishop elect of York, and the bishop of Lincoln, and made his homage here to the king, who received him into … kept his Christmas with great solemnity at Canterbury, and summoned the prelates and nobility of the realm, to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury The churches within the city and suburbs The churches within the city and suburbs There are, within the walls of this city, twelve parish churches now remaining, and there were five more, which have been long since …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the parish of Devynock, in the hundred of Devynock, union and county of Brecknock, South Wales, 15 miles (W. S. W.) … extensive parish of Devynock, in a vale between elevated and dreary mountains, not far from the source of the river … per cent. annuities. There are no fewer than eight benefit societies, and the poor receive a rent-charge of 8, arising …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Atkinson, who had redeemed certain Captives in Barbary, 2 and stating that they found he had acted without warrant in … ransomed, who, being many, would thereby receive prejudice and hindrance; at the request of his Lordship, however, they … of good people within the City, towards ransoming his wife and children, prisoners in Turkey. 30th October, 1581. I. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… that it may have been a distinctive varity of coffee bean, and preceding FLAT NUTs, which were somewhat less highly … the stomache, they help digestion, provoke urine, asswage and dissolve all windiness' [Gerard (1633, facs. 1975)]. OED … of use: 1710 under Caraway, but much earlier for comfits and caraway mentioned together Found in units of OZ, POUND …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… miles (S. S. E.) from Worksop; containing 193 inhabitants, and comprising 1516 acres. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor, and sole owner, with the exception of about 40 acres which … county has been erected; and there are various benevolent societies, schools for the poor, and charitable donations. …