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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… parish of St. Nicholas, by the act of the 2d and 3d of Edward VI. passed for this purpose. THE PARISH OF ST. MARY … of St. Mary the Virgin. When this church was desecrated, I have not found, nor any further mention of it; but am … containing two bells. The present altar-piece was given by Edward Bartholomew, esq. in 1706; he likewise gave for the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… there is nothing recorded but their bare names. Godwyn I. succeeded him, and was at the council at Kingsbury, in … Danes, in 1011, and who is mentioned in a letter of king Edward the Confessor, as bishop of Rochester, as late as the … master of Pembroke-hall, and prebendary of Lincoln. King Edward IV. gave him the provostship of Beverly, made him …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… II. who was prior in the time of bishop Walter. The next I find is William de Borstalle, who was preferred to the … in 1448. William Wode was prior in the reign of king Edward IV. and he was succeeded by Thomas Bourne, who was … and another was by letters patent, anno 13 king Charles I. annexed to the archdeaconry of Rochester. The crown …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the 10th century was included in Northumbria. In 923 King Edward sent a force to the town to repair and man it. 4 … 23 The endowments of the parish church were confiscated by Edward VI, but restored in great measure by Mary. No … a free school, and a library, all very well supported. 'I cannot but doubt,' he remarks, 'but this increasing town …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 as the Recorder of Cambridge said in his speech to James I in 1615, 'This river, with navigation to the sea, is the … most of the surrounding country. 20 The first mention of a post office operating in Cambridge was in 1672, when the … Petty Cury. A telegraph service was first provided by the Post Office in 1870, and the telephone service instituted by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were founded probably soon after 1729 under the will of Edward Storey (d. between 1692 and 1712). They comprised … Queens' Coll. (C.A.S. Publ. 1867), 57, 68. Cooper, Annals, i. 384; iii. 99; John Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… its parish suggests that later ones were carved out of it. Edward of Cambridge and his mother gave the advowson to St. … proposed that St. Benedict should be united to St. Edward, St. Edward being the fitter church, and that the … lightest and most airy church and in the best repair that I ever saw for an old one'. 110 He is commemorated in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Maud successively to her first husband, Simon de St. Liz I (1090), her second husband, David I of Scotland (1113); her … of the original holding of the earls. 28 When, in 1340, Edward III created William of Juliers Earl of Cambridge, … 40: he was the legal adviser of the Corporation and the post was always held by an attorney. 437 The greatest of all …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Archbishop of York. Writers born in the Borough include Edward Grim (fl. 11707), the biographer of Becket; Thomas … Mary Ann Kelty (d. 1873), who wrote on religious subjects. Edward Norgate (d. 1650), illuminer and herald-painter, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… corn because of scarcity in 1351 17 and under Elizabeth I a protest that the local shortage was sending up the price … before to Cambridge is suggested by the occurrence under Edward I of the name Flaxhythe as one of a succession of … newspaper, the Cambridge Journal and the Weekly Flying Post, appeared on 22 September 1744. It was started by Robert …