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… events CUMBERLAND - GENERAL HISTORY. Ancient Inhabitants and Government. This county formed part of the territory of the Brigantes; and it is probable that its inhabitants were from a very early period called Cumbri, and the district Cumberland. Some of the old historians call …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of England, few have been more enriched, both by art and nature, than the county of Kent. Besides the advantages … be reckoned its situation, so well adapted for commerce and trade, and to secure it, as long as Britain remained divided into …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… one of which he put under certain judges, or justices, and the other under the vice-comites, or sheriffs. By the … that time; but from the troubles that ensued, both before and after the conquest, there was no regular administration … this kingdom; the king sending them, at his own pleasure, and not in any constant course, to ride into the several …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… who had this power annexed to some office which they held; and the second were without any office, and simply and merely conservators of the peace, who claimed that power …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… every where shewed the greatest detestation of the Saxons, and a resolution not to submit to their government till the … the Britons would never submit to him, except by force, and he was fearful of using that, lest the country should be dispeopled by it, and the lands lying waste and uncultivated, his new dominions …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the crown, to keep the counties in military order; and accordingly we find them mentioned as known officers in the statute of 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, 2 though they had not then been long in use; for …
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… branch of the family, Glossop-hall was the property, and occasionally the residence, of Bernard Howard, Esq., … 1544; by which match he became possessed of Hardwick-hall, and other estates. Having been an active and useful … daughter, who married an ancestor of Pulteney, Earl of Bath. John, grandson of the last-mentioned Ralph, married the …
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… His Majesty's fifth son, was created Duke of Cumberland, and still enjoys that title. Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The … and purchased Newton-Regny of Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells. There were mansions on both these estates; …
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… General history Nobility, earldom and ennobled families Nobility of the County. It is an … arrived at the third, never at the fourth generation; and that this observation was equally applicable to the … persons who had taken their title from the county; and that whilst other counties, as Devonshire, Oxford, …
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… the number of families in that part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, which was north of Trent 1 at 7000. The … the year 1377to a polltax, from which none but mendicants and children under fourteen years of age were exempted, was … pains to ascertain the population of the county ; and for some years previously to the publication of his work …