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... Towns have been written , that satisfactory knowledge can be obtained with respect to them . The scattered fragments ... Town of Godmanchester has ever yet been published . Its antiquity as a probable British Settlement - its importance ...
... Towns have been written , that satisfactory knowledge can be obtained with respect to them . The scattered fragments ... Town of Godmanchester has ever yet been published . Its antiquity as a probable British Settlement - its importance ...
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... town , have ena- bled the Author , by the freedom and fidelity with which they have been investigated and dis- cussed , to make its History a comparative text- book relative to Parochial and Ecclesiastical Anti- quities . He has not ...
... town , have ena- bled the Author , by the freedom and fidelity with which they have been investigated and dis- cussed , to make its History a comparative text- book relative to Parochial and Ecclesiastical Anti- quities . He has not ...
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... Town Clerk . RICHARD GAUNT , Sub - Bailiff , and Collector of Amerciaments and Fee - Farm Rents . JOHN FIELDS , Hayward . THOMAS BESTER , Bellman . WILLIAM SHAW , WILLIAM REEVE , Constables . WILLIAM REEVE , John Fields , Ale - tasters ...
... Town Clerk . RICHARD GAUNT , Sub - Bailiff , and Collector of Amerciaments and Fee - Farm Rents . JOHN FIELDS , Hayward . THOMAS BESTER , Bellman . WILLIAM SHAW , WILLIAM REEVE , Constables . WILLIAM REEVE , John Fields , Ale - tasters ...
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... town within its limits , if we except Godmanchester , al- though Castor , on the banks of the Nen , was close to its northern borders . Many British roads , as well as Roman , passed through it in various directions , amongst which that ...
... town within its limits , if we except Godmanchester , al- though Castor , on the banks of the Nen , was close to its northern borders . Many British roads , as well as Roman , passed through it in various directions , amongst which that ...
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... town Durnoma- gus ( now Castor ) with Camborsham or Cambridge , which ran probably in the line of the subsequent Roman road , except that it crossed the Ouse near Hartford and Hemingford on its way to Fenny Stanton . A third running ...
... town Durnoma- gus ( now Castor ) with Camborsham or Cambridge , which ran probably in the line of the subsequent Roman road , except that it crossed the Ouse near Hartford and Hemingford on its way to Fenny Stanton . A third running ...
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The History of Godmanchester, in the County of Huntingdon (Classic Reprint) Robert Fox No preview available - 2018 |
The History of Godmanchester, in the County of Huntingdon (Classic Reprint) Robert Fox No preview available - 2018 |
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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 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or...
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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.
Page 273 - Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc.
Page 60 - The first is a large folio, written on 382 double pages of vellum, in a small but plain character} each page having a double column. Some of the capital letters and principal passages are touched with red ink; and some have strokes of red ink run across them, as if scratched out.
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