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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… mercer No date Abstract Withering, the master of the royal swans, complained that the previous May, on hearing that … Withering of co. Staffordshire. He was Master of the Royal Swans in 1629. J. Jackson Howard (ed.), The Visitation of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of water-fowl, and sometimes is visited by very fine wild swans. The town contains a library, but has no other … supposed to have derived its name, signifying the "Isle of swans," from the situation of its ancient church on a …