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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parliamentary history 1660-1689 1660-1689 III The restoration of Wiltshire … Commons. For Wiltshire it meant the retention both of the county's excess of seats and of their irregular distribution, … in consequence of these anomalies a perpetuation of the county's inflated importance in parliamentary life. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parliamentary history 1689-1832 PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY 16891832 The county I One of the most striking features of the county representation during this period is the comparatively …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parliamentary history since 1832 PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY SINCE 1832 I … John Benett, of Pythouse, one of the most hated men in the county by 1830 because of his uncompromising attitude to the … administrator. 3 Though opinion was sharply divided in the county as to the necessity and the extent of parliamentary …
Magna Britannia
… Parochial history Introduction PAROCHIAL HISTORY There is nothing like … large collections towards a topographical history of this county: Sir William Pole, who died in 1636; Mr. Tristram … of the work which contained the general description of the county was published in 1785, four years after Mr. Chapple's …
Magna Britannia
… Parochial history Introduction PAROCHIAL HISTORY. Little has been done, … him a preliminary discourse to a projected history of this county, treating briefly of the natural history, pro duce, … all the churches, to get a copy of what relates to this county in Domesdaybook, to search the records of the Tower …
Magna Britannia
… Parochial history Introduction PAROCHIAL HISTORY. The earliest … the itineraries of William of Worcester, who visited that county in the reign of Edward IV., and of Leland, who was … these, in point of time, follows the brief sketch of the county by Camden, in his Britannia, first published in 1586, …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… book as directed by convocation in 1597. And Pink in his History of Clerkenwell refers to a marriage of Minors in this …
Cardiff Records
… Children of the poor of the several Hundreds within this County and that the same be denominated "The Cardiff School." … Wafers, 9 brass chains for labels, &c. "The Member for the County, Lords Plymouth and Dynevor, Sir Cha s Morgan, Sir Rob …
Cardiff Records
… Parish Church of Saint Mary in the Town of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan and our Diocese of Llandaff having been …
Cardiff Records
… or simply curious. Among the subjects selected are county families, members of the Corporation, curious … and degradation there should have been found in a Welsh county town men (and churchwardens!) capable of admiring the … up to him. It will be convenient at this stage to give the history of the Lord of Cardiff Castle's relations with Saint …