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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Cynan commanded the fugitive prince to be dragged from his asylum by force; but his soldiers were unable to execute his … Cave, is said to have been occasionally used as an asylum by that brave, but unfortunate, prince, Llewelyn ab … during the sovereignty of Grufydd ab Cynan, afforded an asylum to Grufydd, son of Rhŷs ab Tewdwr, late prince of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of a useful education. The House of Industry and Magdalen Asylum were also founded chiefly by Mr. Watt, who, for that … into one institution called the General Dispensary. The Lunatic Asylum was first instituted in 1799, and a building erected …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… of the oppressed; whilst their country remained the only asylum where the unfortunate exile found a refuge from the …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… of anarchy; opening her fosterning bosom as a common asylum for the exiled worth of every shattered state; …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I
… of Somersetshire, to Salisbury. Found Rich. Stocks, the lunatic, in an under-room, chained and ironed on a straw bed, … year. Wm. Storr, his keeper, has no other living than the lunatic's property; he has let some of his land, and is …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… be endeavoured to be speedily effected. Second, as a sure asylum, the Dutch would address to the renowned Parliament of …
Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the City of London
… p. m., ser. 2, vol. 161, No. 91. Elizabeth Allen, widow, lunatic. Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 23 November, 31 … and Robert Saunders, who say that Elizabeth Allen is a lunatic and is kept under restraint, and is not compos … on her lands, tenements, goods or chattels. She became a lunatic by the visitation of God: while she was in that …
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III
… (5.) In the writ of 15 March, 33 Edward III (No. 492) the lunatic is (erroneously?) called Robert son of Robert de …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… charity) this spacious and commodious edifice, this asylum for human misery, has been erected and is now most …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3
… father, as is supposed, and of other lands of Guy Fairfax, lunatic, in the city and county of York, value 280 l. a year, … said Gabriel by the Earl of Shrewsbury, guardian of the lunatic; also of lands, yearly value 200 l., still reserved, which descended to the lunatic from his mother, Isabel Fairfax. Nun-Appleton was …
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