Charters and Documents Illustrating the History of the Cathedral, City, and Diocese of Salisbury, in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

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H.M. Stationery Office, 1891 - Great Britain - 446 pages
 

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Page 25 - of Lords to King George III. in 1767. It was not, however, commenced until 1773, and was completed early in 1783. In 1860, her Majesty's Government, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, determined to apply the art of photozincography to the production of a fac-simile of
Page 1 - carrying out the wishes of the House of Commons. On 7 December 1855, he stated to the Lords of the Treasury that although “the Records, State Papers, and Documents in his charge constitute the most complete and perfect series of their kind in the civilized world,” and although they are of the greatest value in a historical and constitutional point
Page 25 - of French and Bretons, and quartering them on his subjects, “each according to the measure of his land,” for the purpose of resisting the invasion of Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The Commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place; who
Page 17 - 1866. There Is, in this volume, a legendary account of the peopling of Ireland and of the adventures which befell the various heroes who are said to have been connected with Irish history. The details are, however, very meagre both for this period and for the time when history becomes more
Page 37 - IV. 1.: From reign of Edward VI. to that of James I. In Part IV. 2-—the work is carried down to the early part of the eighteenth century, with Index to the entire publication. ACCOUNT OP FAC.SIMILES OF NATIONAL MANUSCRIPTS OP IRELAND. IN ONE VOLUME; 8vo., WITH INDEX. Price
Page 27 - APPOINTED TO INQUIRE WHAT PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS BELONGING TO PRIVATE FAMILIES AND INSTITUTIONS ARE EXTANT WHICH WOULD BE OF UTILITY IN THE ILLUSTRATION OF HISTORY, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, SCIENCE, AND GENERAL LITERATURE. Date. Size. Price.
Page 25 - might know what was due to him, in the way of tax, from his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign. The nobility and people had been grievously distressed at the time by the king bringing over large
Page 25 - Huntingdon, Kent, Leicester and Rutland, Lincoln, Middlesex, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Wilts, Worcester, and York. The second volume, in quarto, contains the counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

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