Archbishop Rotherham, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of Cambridge University: A Sketch of His Life and EnvironmentJ. W. Ruddock, 1901 - 212 pages |
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... centuries , of Scott . is too widely and strongly attested to be considered a mistake . * Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence is that connected with a bequest in Rotherham's last Will . " John Scott , " he says , " my blood relation ...
... centuries , of Scott . is too widely and strongly attested to be considered a mistake . * Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence is that connected with a bequest in Rotherham's last Will . " John Scott , " he says , " my blood relation ...
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... centuries , of Scott . is too widely and strongly attested to be considered a mistake . * Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence is that connected with a bequest in Rotherham's last Will . " John Scott , " he says , " my blood relation ...
... centuries , of Scott . is too widely and strongly attested to be considered a mistake . * Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence is that connected with a bequest in Rotherham's last Will . " John Scott , " he says , " my blood relation ...
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... him " de Rotherham , " as no contemporary does so . The two pictures under which the name is written " de Rotherham , " belong to the 17th century . CHAPTER II . EARLY SCHOOL DAYS . A Clerk there CHAPTER I. ] II INTRODUCTORY .
... him " de Rotherham , " as no contemporary does so . The two pictures under which the name is written " de Rotherham , " belong to the 17th century . CHAPTER II . EARLY SCHOOL DAYS . A Clerk there CHAPTER I. ] II INTRODUCTORY .
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... 42,000 . It is now certainly much larger the increase of buildings is very great . The estimate of the Medical Officer of Health in 1898 was 52,000 . century , when the firm of the Walkers became celebrated Early School Days CHAPTER II.
... 42,000 . It is now certainly much larger the increase of buildings is very great . The estimate of the Medical Officer of Health in 1898 was 52,000 . century , when the firm of the Walkers became celebrated Early School Days CHAPTER II.
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... century , our first step is to bring back the green fields almost everywhere , and make the Don , which winds through it , a silver stream full of perch and trout , with now and then a far - travelled salmon ; bordered by water meadows ...
... century , our first step is to bring back the green fields almost everywhere , and make the Don , which winds through it , a silver stream full of perch and trout , with now and then a far - travelled salmon ; bordered by water meadows ...
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alias aliis Archbishop of York Archbishop Rotherham Archdeacon benefice Bishop of Lincoln Bourchier brother Buckden building Burgundy calicem Cambridge Carnebull Chancellor Chantry Chapel of Jesus church College of Jesus collegio meo Court crown death dicto collegio diocese Duke of Burgundy Duke of York Earl Ebor Ecclesfield ecclesiæ edited Edward Edward IV ejusdem Elizabeth eorum estates etiam et lego Eton Fellows George Rotherham given Gloucester grammar Guest habeat hæredibus Henry VII History ibidem iiijd Item unum Item volo quod Jhesu John Rotherham John Scott King King's College land lego Lewis Lincoln College Lord Wenlock Luton manerium meum manor Margaret meæ meam meis mentioned Minster NOTE omnes Oxford parish Parliament pedigree prædicta priests Prince Provost quæ Queen quia Rector reign Richard Richard III Sanctuary Seal secundum shew Sir Thomas Rotherham Someries Statutes terras Thomas Rotherham tomb University Volo etiam quod Warwick William Wingham Yorkshire
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Page 140 - Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth; Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so — for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Page 123 - ... to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols closed the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasured tales and legendary lore. All, all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose. All, all are fled ; yet still I linger here ! What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old mansion frowning through the trees, Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze.
Page 123 - The mouldering gateway strews the grass-grown court, Once the calm scene of many a simple sport; When all things pleased, for life itself was new, And the heart promised what the fancy drew. See, thro' the fractured pediment revealed, Where moss inlays the rudely sculptured shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest.
Page 64 - Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Page 12 - Because I was born in the town of Rotherham, and baptized in the parish church of the same town, and so at that same place was born into the world, and also born again by the holy bath flowing from the side of Jesus...
Page 28 - He distributes innumerable straws in various places, with the ends in sight, that he may recall by the mark what his memory cannot retain. These straws, which the stomach of the book never digests, and which nobody takes...
Page 186 - Graybern, provost, and the fellows of the college of Jesus in Rotherham, quit-claim to John Scott and his heirs their interest in Houseley and le Chapell in accordance with a charter thereof made to the said John by the archbishop himself. On Nov. 4th, 1507, John Scott makes Houseley hall over to trustees as part of the jointure of Agnes his wife.
Page 29 - It is not until after a three years' probation, during which time it has been ascertained whether the ' scholar ' be ingenio, capacitate sensus, moribus, conditionibus et scientia, dignus, habilis, et idoneus FOR FURTHER STUDY, that the provost and fellows are empowered to elect him one of their number
Page 28 - ... apply his wet hands, oozing with sweat, to turning over the volumes, then beat the white parchment all over with his dusty gloves, or hunt over the page, line by line, with his fore-finger covered with dirty leather. Then, as the flea bites, the holy book is thrown aside, which, however, is scarcely closed once in a month, and is so swelled with the dust that has fallen into it, that it will not yield to the efforts of the closer.
Page 65 - This carries with it an admission," as Lord C. observes, " that a power of jurisdiction did reside in the chancellor, so long as he did not determine against the common law, nor interfere where the common law furnished a remedy. The king's answer,