The history of the county of LincolnJohn Noble, 1830 |
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... castle called " Twigrain , " as existing in the neighbourhood of Wainfleet ' which separated the divisions of Lindsey and Holland ; Ivory Hills are situate in the latter division , but the North and East sides are bounded by Lindsey ...
... castle called " Twigrain , " as existing in the neighbourhood of Wainfleet ' which separated the divisions of Lindsey and Holland ; Ivory Hills are situate in the latter division , but the North and East sides are bounded by Lindsey ...
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... castles , and established their habitations , & c . From the Conquest to the present time , there are few matters deserving the notice of the historian . During the Civil War between Charles the First and his parliament , the county was ...
... castles , and established their habitations , & c . From the Conquest to the present time , there are few matters deserving the notice of the historian . During the Civil War between Charles the First and his parliament , the county was ...
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... castle , but the old town is clean consumed and eaten up of the sea . " " But though the sea , by some such strange accident , made that irruption into those parts , yet did not the tides , for any long continuance of time , flow wholly ...
... castle , but the old town is clean consumed and eaten up of the sea . " " But though the sea , by some such strange accident , made that irruption into those parts , yet did not the tides , for any long continuance of time , flow wholly ...
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... castle , and for some time set at defiance the king's forces , who were sent to reduce him to obedience . The Lin- colnshire men having no other means of access but by water , transported themselves over in boats , and discomfited the ...
... castle , and for some time set at defiance the king's forces , who were sent to reduce him to obedience . The Lin- colnshire men having no other means of access but by water , transported themselves over in boats , and discomfited the ...
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... lily White water - lily Sea beach , Skegness Salt Marshes • Tumby ·· Moor , near Tattershall Summer Castle Near Boston .. South Kyme Ditto Botanical Names . Oenanthe pimpinelloides Ophrys apifera Ophrys aranifera ... 62 HISTORY OF.
... lily White water - lily Sea beach , Skegness Salt Marshes • Tumby ·· Moor , near Tattershall Summer Castle Near Boston .. South Kyme Ditto Botanical Names . Oenanthe pimpinelloides Ophrys apifera Ophrys aranifera ... 62 HISTORY OF.
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abbey abbot acres afterwards aisle aldermen ancient Anno appears arches belonging Bishop of Lincoln borough Boston Botolph bridge building built burgesses buried called castle cathedral chancel CHAP chapel charter choir church city aforesaid city of Lincoln clunch contained county of Lincoln court Croyland dedicated to St died drain Earl east Edward Edward III England erected feet fens formerly Freiston Gainsborough Gainsburgh granted Guthlac Henry VIII Holbeach Holland inches inhabitants inscription John king king's books Knight lands Leonard Irby Lincolnshire Lord manor marshes Mary mayor miles monastery monks monument nave parish parliament persons Prebendary present Priory probably reign Richard river river Trent river Welland river Witham Robert Roman Saxon sheriffs side situated Skirbeck Sleaford Spalding stone Stukeley successors Sutton Swineshead Thomas tower town transept Trent vicarage village Wainfleet wall Wapentake Whaplode whole William Willielmus Witham
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Page 122 - Province, under the penalties therein expressed, so as such Ordinances be reasonable, and not repugnant or contrary, but as near as may be, agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our Kingdom of England, and so as the same ordinances do not extend to the binding, charging, or taking away of the right or interest of any person or persons, in their freehold, goods or chattels whatsoever.
Page 119 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 270 - ... delinquents in England who have not yet compounded), shall be vested in the Lord Protector, to hold, to him and his successors, Lords Protectors of these nations, and shall not be alienated but by consent in Parliament. And all debts, fines, issues, amercements, penalties and profits, certain and casual, due to the Keepers of the liberties of England by authority of Parliament...
Page 119 - York, be and shall be, forever hereafter, persons able and in law capable to have, get, receive, and possess lands, tenements, rents, liberties, jurisdictions, franchises, and hereditaments to them and their successors in fee simple...
Page 123 - ... that the common council of the city, aforesaid, for the time being, or the major part of them, shall and may have power, from time to time, to...
Page 119 - Charter, shall for ever hereafter be one body corporate and politic in deed, fact and name, by the name and style " THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN AMERICA...
Page 70 - parts of Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire, which afforded an honest employment and " livelyhood to great numbers of people. But at present the said navigacion is much " obstructed and in great decay by reason that the rivers or auntient channells of " Witham and Fosdyke, which runn betwixt Boston and Trent are much silted and " landed up and thereby not passable with boats and lyters as formerly, to the great " decay of the trade and intercourse of the said citty and all market and other towns " neare...
Page 327 - ... steep from each point, and the road is formed with pebbles, roughly pitched. Crowland, though nominally a market-town, is virtually only a large village ; little more than the ruins of its former splendour remaining. The market was long since removed to Thorney, as a more eligible place. The town or village is so surrounded with fens, as to be inaccessible, except from the north and east ; in which directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth. The inhabitants are principally occupied...
Page 238 - Contrary in any wise notwithstanding although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises or any of them or of any other gifts or grants by Us or by any of Our progenitors or predecessors heretofore made to the said...
Page 25 - The sorts of timber which are yet distinguishable are birch, fir, and oak. The soil to which the trees are fixed, and in which they grew, is a soft greasy clay, but for many inches above that, the soil is composed of decayed leaves and other vegetable matter. The water on the outside of the banks which the forest has formed, deepens very suddenly. The whole appearance of the vegetable soil, which is found here, so perfectly agrees...