The History of Preston, in Lancashire: Together with The Guild Merchant, and Some Account of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster |
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... borough , and parish , locally situated on the river Ribble , in the hundred of Amounder- ness , County Palatine of Lancaster . " Since this place in length of time was ruined by war , or as the common people think by an earthquake ...
... borough , and parish , locally situated on the river Ribble , in the hundred of Amounder- ness , County Palatine of Lancaster . " Since this place in length of time was ruined by war , or as the common people think by an earthquake ...
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... Borough of Preston in Amounderness . Theobald Walters , son of Henry , son of Hubert , and brother to Hubert Walter , a bishop of Canterbury , ob- tained a grant of the fee of the Lordship of Preston , and the whole wapentake or forest ...
... Borough of Preston in Amounderness . Theobald Walters , son of Henry , son of Hubert , and brother to Hubert Walter , a bishop of Canterbury , ob- tained a grant of the fee of the Lordship of Preston , and the whole wapentake or forest ...
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... borough by Henry II . in the twenty - sixth year of his reign , when the men thereof gave one hundred marks , to have by charter the same liberties that the men of Newcastle had , for the con- firmation of which , they paid 2nd king ...
... borough by Henry II . in the twenty - sixth year of his reign , when the men thereof gave one hundred marks , to have by charter the same liberties that the men of Newcastle had , for the con- firmation of which , they paid 2nd king ...
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... borough town in Lancashire , pleasantly situated on a gentle elevation above the Ribble , about fifteen miles from the confluence of that river with the Irish sea , and in the centre of a country abounding in rich and varied landscapes ...
... borough town in Lancashire , pleasantly situated on a gentle elevation above the Ribble , about fifteen miles from the confluence of that river with the Irish sea , and in the centre of a country abounding in rich and varied landscapes ...
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... borough . The mayor and two towns bailiffs ( anciently named pretors ) , and two serjeants or subministerial officers , are elected annually upon the Friday preceding the festival of St. Wilfrid , who was formerly the lord of this borough ...
... borough . The mayor and two towns bailiffs ( anciently named pretors ) , and two serjeants or subministerial officers , are elected annually upon the Friday preceding the festival of St. Wilfrid , who was formerly the lord of this borough ...
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