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A History of the County of Lancaster
… that the monks finally obtained possession from John of Gaunt. They had to pay considerable sums. See Whalley Couch. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in later times by Thomas Earl of Lancaster and John of Gaunt as duke, 9 and the manor was held by the abbey till the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his son and heir being twenty-six years of age. 16 John of Gaunt in 1380 made a lease of 40 acres at Downham Green to … with the arms of Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln and John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and in the grounds are fragments of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 25 and Whittingham 26 in earlier times, and Blackburne, Gaunt, 27 Leckonby, Shireburne, 28 White and others 29 later. … Sir Gilbert de Kighley; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 92 b. John Gaunt and Nicholas White were freeholders in 1600; Misc. … by John Lawson, Joan his wife, Joan Lawson, widow, Roger Gaunt and William Thornton; the remainders were to Roger …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of a black country. It is a common sight to see the gaunt and black coal-shafts rising from the midst of corn …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Duke of Exeter, one of the legitimated sons of John of Gaunt. The duke survived his wife and died in 1426, 43 but …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Whitaker, op. cit. i, 307; from the register of John of Gaunt. Duchy of Lanc. Reg. no. 14, fol. 25; no. 15, fol. 63 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… time. 6 As to its origin one story says that when John of Gaunt visited the town his horse dropped a shoe there, and … in 1362 by the king at the request of his son John of Gaunt, recently created Duke of Lancaster. 157 This privilege … wards, named Castle, Queen's, St. Anne's, Park, John o' Gaunt and Skerton 198; each had an alderman and three …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… drawings of the doorway and mantelpiece, in John o'Gaunt Sketch Book, vol. ii, pl. 2122. William son of Robert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Fryton was to cross the seas in the forces of John of Gaunt; Baines, Lancs, (ed. 1868), i, 115. In 13812 he granted …