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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and went out. Today authentic intelligence arrived, that Lord Raglan was dead. A loss to his friends but a great … the name of which I forget. A 1000s has been voted for Lord Raglan's widow for life and 2000 for the present Lord Raglan. Nothing of importance has been done at …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. No news. The late commander in chief of the army, Lord Hardinge, died yesterday morning at past 11. Very wet. … been promptly and justly punished. The malefactors were Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and 2 other young officers, who … as they were in ages gone by. I have been lately reading Lord Bacon's essays and find that I cannot continue reading …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… the course of a debate on voting money to British Museum, Lord J. Russell casually mentioned something about its being … but very fine in latter part. In the afternoon I went to Lord's cricket ground and saw the first match that I have … advantage. Macaulay is going to be made a peer; how will Lord Macaulay sound? 2. Went errands, cut up wood, on with …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Ely etc. Fine. My father went to dinner at Mr McKewan's. Lord Mayor's day. Today Alderman Wire became Lord Mayor of London. I remember being frequently told, when … man. I have heard a saying in regard to his becoming Lord Mayor, which though not quite according to Cocker I will …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Caithness were sold in 1672, by his grandson, to the lord of Glenorchy, who, having thus become proprietor of the … monks was founded here by Devorgilla, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, and mother of Baliol, King of Scotland. It … lieu of manse, and a glebe valued at 24 per annum; patron, Lord Galloway. The church, situated in a beautifully retired …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… called the (Black) Swan, but renamed from 1806 after Lord Nelson 86 and popularly called from c. 1850 the 'Five …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the forest far beyond the traditional limits, Henry Lord Spencer, the rector and two freeholders were fined for a … whereas Dagnall was an estate of 128 a., sold off by Henry Lord Spencer in 1640 and repurchased for the Wicken Park … at Wicken, although in the early 17th century Robert Lord Spencer rebuilt both the capital messuage belonging to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… complained that the priory left the almsmen, whom the lord of the manor claimed to name, to starve. It had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… its sale in 1811. It was bought by John Rayner, the new lord of Wicken manor, before his death in 1813. His widow … rentcharge was sold in 1858 to James Thornton (d. 1880), lord of the manor, 90 and passed by 1910 to Thomas Thornton, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Wicken manor, excluding Spinney priory's 115 a. The lord had ten villeins holding 15-a. half yardlands, and … 1366 comprised 215 a. of arable and 37 a. of meadow. The lord was then entitled, besides 8 from assize rents, to … that in 1414 the tenants mowed the fodder fen on the lord's orders; 75 they were also still supposed to put their …