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A History of the County of Gloucester
… acquired, reverting to the Crown on the death of Catherine Parr in 1548. 61 The Crown sold the manor in 1553 to Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chalybeate; and the remains of a Roman encampment. Thomas Parr, who died at the age of 152, was born here. Wollaston …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… combes for wool] Sometimes abbreviated to COMB as in 'one pare of combes' [Inventories (1608)], the term refers to a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Catherine Howard (d. 1542) and in 1544 to Queen Catherine Parr for life. 14 In 1547 the reversion was granted to the Queen's brother William Parr, marquess of Northampton, who in the same year sold it …