Memoirs Chiefly Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Northumberland: Feudal and military antiquities of Northumberland and the Scottish borders, by C. H. HartshorneBell and Daldy, 1858 - Northumberland (England) |
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... possessions which have never been alienated from the Crown , and which con- sequently have an unbroken chain of documentary illustration preserved amongst the Public Records , —perhaps there is not any structure in England that can be ...
... possessions which have never been alienated from the Crown , and which con- sequently have an unbroken chain of documentary illustration preserved amongst the Public Records , —perhaps there is not any structure in England that can be ...
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... the Percies first came into possession of Alnwick . It was indispensable that this period of the early Eng- lish style should be selected in preference to any other , because by far the greater part of the building , —the PREFACE . vii.
... the Percies first came into possession of Alnwick . It was indispensable that this period of the early Eng- lish style should be selected in preference to any other , because by far the greater part of the building , —the PREFACE . vii.
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... possessions as he marched north- wards , nor is there any trace beyond the Humber of that important Survey that ... possessed the benefits of a civilised code con- temporaneously with the south of England during the years immediately ...
... possessions as he marched north- wards , nor is there any trace beyond the Humber of that important Survey that ... possessed the benefits of a civilised code con- temporaneously with the south of England during the years immediately ...
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... possessions south of the Tweed ; and these he possessed before he gained the crown , in consequence of his marriage with the widow of Simon de St. Liz , who was the daughter of Waltheof , the last Anglo - Saxon Earl of Northumberland ...
... possessions south of the Tweed ; and these he possessed before he gained the crown , in consequence of his marriage with the widow of Simon de St. Liz , who was the daughter of Waltheof , the last Anglo - Saxon Earl of Northumberland ...
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... possession of the Scots , Guy de Roxdale , Baron of Lyd- dale , granted the parish of Cannoby ( terram inter Lyd- dale et Esk ) to the Abbey of Jedburgh , and the grant remained undisturbed when Cumberland was restored to the English ...
... possession of the Scots , Guy de Roxdale , Baron of Lyd- dale , granted the parish of Cannoby ( terram inter Lyd- dale et Esk ) to the Abbey of Jedburgh , and the grant remained undisturbed when Cumberland was restored to the English ...
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Page 210 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
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Page cxi - Melsa habeant et teneant predictam terram in qua fundata est abbatia sua, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis in bosco et piano, in pratis et pascuis, in aquis et molendinis, in...
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Page 135 - This year went Siward the earl [of Northumbria] with a great army into Scotland, both with a ship force and with a land force, and fought against the Scots, and put to flight King Macbeth, and slew all who were the chief men in the land, and led thence much booty, such as no man before had obtained. But his son Osbarn, and his sister's son Siward, and some of his house-carles, and also of the king's, were there slain, on the day of the Seven Sleepers," (July 27.) Bishop Aldred, of Worcester, is sent...
Page 217 - O'er either door a sacred text Invites to godly fear ; And in a little scutcheon hung The cross, and crown, and spear. Up to the altar's ample breadth Two easy steps ascend ; And, near, a glimmering, solemn light Two well-wrought windows lend.
Page 220 - ... of the fourteenth century may be divided more or less definitely into 41 groups separated by average intervals of 13^ years. In Kyoto a complete record has been kept for a thousand years. Here there was a strong maximum of destructive and strong earthquakes...
Page 156 - Counties palatine are so called a palatio; because the owners thereof (the earl of Chester, the bishop of Durham, and the duke of Lancaster,) had in those counties jura regalia, as fully as the king hath in his palace ; regalem potestatem in omnibus, as Bracton expresses it u.