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A History of the County of Derby
… leased the lead mines of Wirksworth in 835. 7 With this Saxon Benedictine abbey, which perished by the hands of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and most costly in the kingdom'. 40 Thurstan, the last Saxon abbot, was appointed by Harold. He was of Witchford in … and the three sainted abbesses from their tombs in the old Saxon church to shrines behind the high altar of the new. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… de mirra,' presumably once the property of the last Saxon king of England. The Conqueror's cloak is said to have …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… chartulary of 95 folios contains copies of several Anglo-Saxon documents in the orthography of the thirteenth century. … temp. Edward II. In this volume are transcripts of 48 Saxon charters. IV. Ee. 3, 36 is the 'Album Registrum …
A History of the County of Worcester
… his body was carried for burial to Pershore. 13 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes him as 'a good man and pure and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… gate of Shrewsbury by Siward, son of Ethelgar, a wealthy Saxon. 1 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, who visited it c. … church with eight prebends 13 and some of the other Saxon churches had as much as two hides of land, 14 but the … of life-leases tried to make them hereditary. Siward, the Saxon founder of St. Peter's church, had surrendered all his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were also brought to Thorney, 11 and sometime during the Saxon period the monks carried off those of Huna, St. … Peterborough, and Gosbert of Battle. The list of nobles, Saxon and Norman, is a long one, but no other royal persons … certainly untrue of Fulchard and probably of Siward. Two Saxon Chrons. (ed. Earle and Plummer), i, 198. Cartul. Rames. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Minster became the burial place for several members of the Saxon royal house. 8 The church was served by secular canons, … century (Plummets Life of Alfred the Great, 137-9). Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Rolls Series), 181. Cott. MS. Domit. A. xiv. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 2. THE PRIORY OF MORVILLE Morville church was originally a Saxon minster served by eight canons. After 1071 Roger, Earl …