The antiquities of the priory of Christ-church, Hants, by B. Ferrey, the literary part by E.W. Brayley1834 |
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... called in former ages , is situated on the southern coast of Hampshire , near the head of the bay , or haven of Christ - church , which opens to the sea about a mile and a half below the town . This bay is formed by the junction of two ...
... called in former ages , is situated on the southern coast of Hampshire , near the head of the bay , or haven of Christ - church , which opens to the sea about a mile and a half below the town . This bay is formed by the junction of two ...
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... called Twynham , which appellation appears in the Saxon Chronicle § in the apparently more ancient form of Tweonea , or Tweornea , which was first used to designate the peninsulated district betwixt the two streams Avon and Stour ...
... called Twynham , which appellation appears in the Saxon Chronicle § in the apparently more ancient form of Tweonea , or Tweornea , which was first used to designate the peninsulated district betwixt the two streams Avon and Stour ...
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... called Thuinam , an evident Norman corruption of the proper name . The old priory Church which was at first ( in the Saxon times ) dedicated to the Holy Trinity , having been consecrated to Christ after it was rebuilt in the Anglo ...
... called Thuinam , an evident Norman corruption of the proper name . The old priory Church which was at first ( in the Saxon times ) dedicated to the Holy Trinity , having been consecrated to Christ after it was rebuilt in the Anglo ...
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... called Bordlands.1 Even these tenants sometimes paid rent in money , as appears from the Domesday Book . The Serviles or Serfs were certainly the lowest kind of tenants or rather occupiers of the soil . Indeed there were , as Spelman ...
... called Bordlands.1 Even these tenants sometimes paid rent in money , as appears from the Domesday Book . The Serviles or Serfs were certainly the lowest kind of tenants or rather occupiers of the soil . Indeed there were , as Spelman ...
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... called Maritagium and Marcheta , paid respectively on the marriages of sons or daughters of tenants , are here meant . + Rot . Patent . 8 Edw . II . p . 1 m . 2. - For the principal grants by the Redvers ' family , see Appendix , Nos ...
... called Maritagium and Marcheta , paid respectively on the marriages of sons or daughters of tenants , are here meant . + Rot . Patent . 8 Edw . II . p . 1 m . 2. - For the principal grants by the Redvers ' family , see Appendix , Nos ...
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aforesaid altar ancient anno appears arches Architect architecture Baldwin de Redvers BENJAMIN FERREY Bishop borough Brander building burgesses buttresses Canonicis Canonicorum canons Castle cathedral central charter choir choir-aisle Christ Christ-church Twynham columns Convent Countess cross-springers crown crypt Domesday Book doorway Earl of Salisbury ecclesiæ ecclesiam edifice Edward entrance erected estates ex dono feet Ferrey Flambard granted groining Gustavus Brander head Hengistbury Head Henry iiijd inscription Isle of Wight John Draper King Lady chapel late latter London manor of Christ-church Michael's Loft Montacute mouldings nave niche Norman Norman architecture north aisle omnibus original ornamented parish Parliament pertinentiis Plate pointed style present PRIORS OF CHRIST-CHURCH Priory Church probably quæ quam quatrefoil Redveriis reign repairs Richard de Redvers roof Saxon Screen sculptured semicircular side staircase stone surmounted terræ terram tower town tracery transept vaulting Vide vili wall William Winchester Winchester cathedral
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Page 42 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him ; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Page xii - To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant...
Page 3 - Mention of the town, however, is first met with about the year 900, in the account given by the Saxon chronicler of the contest for the crown between Edward the Elder and his kinsman Ethelwald in 901 ; the latter having collected troops to support his pretensions, marched to Wimborne, in Dorsetshire, of which place he took possession, and afterwards continued his progress to Tweonea, or Twynham...
Page 61 - Church, for a commemoration sermon on the third Sunday in August, as an everlasting memorial, and as expressive of my gratitude to the Supreme Being for my signal preservation in...
Page 41 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots (Isaiah 11:1).
Page 13 - Bridge, in a straight Line to the South-western Corner of Merritown Common; thence along the Southern Boundary of Merritown Common and of Hurn Common to the Point at which the Southern Boundary of Hurn Common reaches the Moor's River ; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Boundary Post of the Parish of Christchurch on the Ringwood Road, close by Fillybrook Plantation.
Page 13 - The old borough of New Windsor, the lower ward of the Castle, and so much of the parish of Clewer as is situated to the east of the following boundary ; (that is to say,) From the point at which the...
Page 29 - So much variety and grandeur, intelligence and taste, are displayed in its architecture, that we cannot but regret the deficiency of records which prevents our ascertaining by whom, and at what exact periods, the different divisions of this noble fabric were respectively erected. With the exception, indeed, of the Norman...
Page 87 - ... where it was intended to be fixed, it was found to be too short ; no remedy appearing, the embarrassed workmen retired to their dwellings. On returning to the church the ensuing morning;, they discovered that the beam had been placed in its right position, and was now extended a foot longer than was requisite. Speechless with surprise, the additional workman occurred to their thoughts ; and on recovering their tongues, they agreed, that no other than our Saviour could have assisted them...
Page 36 - ... including many representations of a grotesque and satirical character, which are supposed to refer to the selfish arts of the mendicant friars, who began to establish themselves in England in the thirteenth century. Of this description, in particular, are two arms on the south side (vide Plate IX.