The History of Godmanchester in the County of Huntingdon: Comprising Its Antient, Modern, Municipal, and Ecclesiastical History |
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... given to it by strangers from the coasts of Gaul and Germany , who , trafficking here , called the inhabitants Briths , from the custom among them of painting their bodies and small shields with an azure blue , which colour was by them ...
... given to it by strangers from the coasts of Gaul and Germany , who , trafficking here , called the inhabitants Briths , from the custom among them of painting their bodies and small shields with an azure blue , which colour was by them ...
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... given the preference to Huntingdon for their occupation , from the Castle - hills present- ing a site more agreeable to their usual tactics . But in all ages mankind have been alike subservient to the adage " Necessitas non leges habet ...
... given the preference to Huntingdon for their occupation , from the Castle - hills present- ing a site more agreeable to their usual tactics . But in all ages mankind have been alike subservient to the adage " Necessitas non leges habet ...
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... given by Alfred to Guthrum , that he might the rather hold them by fealty than pira- tically ; Smollet , " that he held them as a feudatory prince ; and Ingulph , " in speaking of the Abbey of Croyland , which was in the East Angles ...
... given by Alfred to Guthrum , that he might the rather hold them by fealty than pira- tically ; Smollet , " that he held them as a feudatory prince ; and Ingulph , " in speaking of the Abbey of Croyland , which was in the East Angles ...
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... given them in Fleta . " Lands holden by this tenure are , therefore , a species of copyhold ; and as such preserved and exempted from the operation of the statute of Charles 2d . Yet they differ from common copy- holds principally in ...
... given them in Fleta . " Lands holden by this tenure are , therefore , a species of copyhold ; and as such preserved and exempted from the operation of the statute of Charles 2d . Yet they differ from common copy- holds principally in ...
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... given a name com- pounded of both , and calls it Villanum Socagium . We shall not , in illustrating the customs of Godmanchester , enter into the consideration of feudal tenures generally , which were various in their nature , but only ...
... given a name com- pounded of both , and calls it Villanum Socagium . We shall not , in illustrating the customs of Godmanchester , enter into the consideration of feudal tenures generally , which were various in their nature , but only ...
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The History of Godmanchester, in the County of Huntingdon (Classic Reprint) Robert Fox No preview available - 2018 |
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Abbot acres afore aforesaid Bailiffs aforesaid borough amongst Anno antient demesne appointed Bailiffs borough aforesaid called castle Charles 2d Charter Chauntry chester church Clarke Commonalty confirmed Corporation county of Huntingdon Court Crown custom Danegeld Danes demesne Demy died Domesday Duchy Duke Earl Edward 1st fee-farm rent Godman Godmanchester grant Guild Gumecestr Guthrum heirs and successors held Henry 8th Heron Hunt Huntingdonshire inhabitants James John Negus King John King of England King's kingdom kingdom of England Lancaster lands letters patent liberties Lord Lord of Ireland manchester manor meadow Mehew Merton Ouse Parliament possession present Prior Ramsey Recorder Regis reign Richard river river Ouse Robert Stevenson Robert Vinter Roman rood Saxon Seal seid seisin shillings sluices Stevenson tenants tenements tenure tingdon tion tolls town Tryce tyme Via Devana Vicar Villeins villenage William William Franklyn ye sd
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Page 78 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine...
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Page 383 - ... to read good authors or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary or memory have its full fraught; then with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness, to render lightsome, clear, and not lumpish obedience to the mind, to the cause of religion, and our country's liberty, when it shall require firm hearts in sound bodies to stand and cover their stations, rather than to see the ruin of our protestation, and the enforcement of a slavish life.
Page 72 - Ancient demesne consists of those lands or manors, which, though now perhaps granted out to private subjects, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time of Edward the Confessor, or William the Conqueror; and so appear to have been by the great survey in the exchequer called domesday-book.
Page 148 - ... ordained, or provided, or any other thing, cause, or matter, whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the 23d day. of May, in the seventh year of our reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the * * * * Per ipsum Regem.
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