The Early History of the Town and Port of Hedon: In the East Riding of the County of York, Volume 1

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A. Brown & sons, 1895 - Church architecture - 227 pages

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Page 15 - John, by the Grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou...
Page 229 - ... tot et tales probos et legales homines de balliva sua per quos rei veritas in premissis melius sciri poterit et inquiri. In cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes.
Page 43 - Scandinavia, the huntari or gau of Germany. The terms wapentake and hundred are both, in Anglo-Saxon records, of somewhat late occurrence. The wapentake is found only in the Anglian districts, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland, and Leicestershire. To the north the shires are divided into wards, and to the south into hundreds.
Page xxiv - Nos autem predictas donacionem et concessionem ratas habentes et gratas eas pro nobis et heredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, concedimus et confirmamus sicut carta predicta racionabiliter testatur.
Page 12 - Gild was the department of town administration whose duty was to maintain and regulate the trade monopoly. This was the raison d'etre of the Gild Merchant of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ; but the privilege was often construed to imply broader functions— the general regulation of trade and industry 3.
Page 53 - Thomas, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of Bedford; Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester; Blanche, who was married to the Duke of Bavaria; and Philippa, who was married to the King of Denmark.
Page 50 - Know ye, that of our special grace we have granted and given license, on behalf of ourselves and our heirs, as far as in us lies, to our beloved and faithful...
Page clxxxiv - Licet de communi consilio regni nostri statuerimus quod non liceat viris religiosis seu aliis ingredi feodum alicuius, ita quod ad manum mortuam deueniat sine licencia nostra...
Page 72 - The Se Crekes parting aboute the sayde Toun did insulate it, and Shippis lay aboute the Toun : but now men cum to it by 3. Bridges, wher it is evident to se that sum Places wher the Shippes lay be over growen with Flagges and Reades, and the Haven is very sorely decayid. "There were 3. Paroche Chirchis in Tyme of Mynde : but now ther is but one of S. Augustine : but that is very fair.

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