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A History of the County of Oxford
… Chilterns, Danish Northamptonshire, and the Lady of Mercia's country in Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. Geographically … 571 the Chronicle records a campaign of Cuthwulf, Ceawlin's brother, in which after a battle fought at Biedcanford, an … and the Anglo-Saxon chapter in Mr. H. J. E. Peake's Berkshire in Messrs. Methuen's series 'County …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the theory that both were erected by the Belg before Csar's time, as step by step they forced a passage into the heart … of Tone and Parret, and the mound now known as King Alfred's Fort commands the junction of the streams. To the … Palmer of Fairfield. In 1717 it passed to the latter's son Thomas, who carried out his father's wishes by …
A History of the County of York
… fact in view of the recorded activities of Wilfrid's artists. A building which may have been an outstanding … architectural and artistic achievement of Alcuin's York in the 8th century has given rise to much controversy. … the fire, 4 a process only imprecisely described in Alcuin's poetic masterpiece. The writer first speaks of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… 30,000 l. to Ralph, Earl of Montague, Master of the Queen's Great Wardrobe, or his assigns, portion of 100,000 l. … by Fox, Boyle and Hill. Endd. Date of order, 2 April. S.P. Dom., Anne 1, 11. Same for 5,000 l. by way of imprest on … by Fox, Boyle and Hill, Endd. Date of order, 1 April. S.P. Dom., Anne 1, 13. 1 Ap. Whitehall. Vernon to the Duke of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… Committee meeting on Tuesday. Details. P. 1. ( Hol.) Endd. S.P. Dom., Anne 1, 65. 3 Aug. Windsor. Nottingham's Letters. … Bouthetiere 5 0 Chabrieres 4 0 La Lande 5 0 Louvigny 4 0 Combe Crosse 3 0 Valsery 4 0 Pinsun 3 0 Clervaux 4 0 Salles 3 … 2 0 De Leuze 2 6 La Beissade 2 0 Comte de la Muse 2 6 Combe Brune 2 0 La Coste 1 6 Falaise 2 0 Du Faux, junr. 1 6 …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… of the Lords of the Council at Lord Secretary Nottingham's office at 10 a.m. on November 2. Four lines. S.P. Dom., Entry Book 101, p. 259. 2. To the Commissioners … Four lines. Ibid. 3. To the Attorney General. Queen's command: Prepare a proclamation for a General Thanksgiving …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… to Edinburgh and back. 20 Jan. Rebecca Lavinder, a soldier's wife, to go to her husband in Flanders. He is of the … to Cornelius Cocq, his wife, and Charles Grill, his wife's brother, all of whom are subjects of the King of Sweden, … to go to Holland. 18 Feb. Captain Petit, 1 of Torse's regiment in the States General's service, with a "Cadee," a …
Magna Britannia
… built by Bishop Warlewast, and the churches at Bishop's Teignton and East Teignmouth, both of which appear to have been built about the same time. The tower at Bishop's Teignton, which stands between the nave and the chancel, is … is similar, and in the same situation as that of Bishop's Teignton; it has roundheaded windows, which occur also on …
Magna Britannia
… of the rock as on the top, especially in Sir Joseph Banks's park at Overton where they are particularly abundant. The … is a rude well of a singular construction, called Cair's-work or Carle's-work, being a rude sort of fortification, … British camp on Borough-hill near Daventry. "The camp on Combe-Moss, four miles from Buxton, which Major Rooke is said …
Magna Britannia
… of a circle similar to that at Boscawen-un, near the Land's End. 3 Sepulchral Stones. Risdon speaks of some circular stones on Maddock's Down 4, more than the height of a man; but Westcote, who, … Trajan, are in the possession of John Sillifant, Esq., of Combe. Roman coins have been found in a barrow, in the parish …