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Survey of London
… Great painted in Russia and evidently a present from the Empress was still hanging in the front drawing-room when he …
A History of the County of London
… the favour of both parties in the Civil War, for when the empress was in power 19 it was secure through its dean, Henry … fol. 10; Lansd. MS. 170, fol. 61; Kempe, op. cit. 55. The empress ordered Osbert Octodeniers to seise Henry bishop of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Heytesbury in the time of Bishop Roger (1107-39), and the Empress Maud gave the land and 'maram' at Wilton, which Peter … her there by the gift of Henry I. 3 In another charter the empress named two prebendaries of Heytesbury, Sylvester and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… joint heirs of Rob. Dispensator, and c. 1141 the Empress Maud granted the castle and honor to Wm. de …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Church There was a church at Combe by c. 1141, when the Empress Maud granted it to Eynsham abbey. 85 The Crown …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Leofric. Their son Ralph having espoused the cause of the Empress Matilda, his castle of Coventry was occupied by the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… Wiltshire was the scene of conflict between forces of the Empress Maud and of King Stephen, 20 and a chronicler …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… raised by Stephen, either in 1139, when he besieged the Empress Matilda in Wallingford Castle, or in 1153, when he …
Grey's Debates of the House of Commons
… a Marriage with the Archduchess [of Inspruck; but the Empress happening to die at that time, the Emperor himself …