The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey: Collected from the Original Records of the Abbey, and Other Authentic Memoirs, Never Before Made Public. Containing, Not Only the History of Whitby and the Country Adjacent, But Also the Original and Antiquity of Many Particular Families and Places in Other Parts of Yorkshire. Divided Into Three Books ...A. Ward; and sold in London by T. Cadell ... and G. Robinson ... : As also by all the Booksellers in York; and by J. Monkman, Bookseller in Whitby, 1779 - Whitby (England) - 379 pages |
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Page 124 - Each of you shall do, make, and execute the said service, at that very hour, every year, except it be full sea at that hour ; but when it shall so fall out, this service shall cease.
Page 124 - Allatson shall take nine of each sort, to be cut as aforesaid ; and to be taken on your backs and carried to the town of Whitby, and so to be there before nine of the clock of the same day afore-mentioned.
Page 320 - Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Motion, We have given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto the said...
Page 124 - But the hermit being a holy and devout man, and at the point of death, sent for the abbot, and desired him to send for the gentlemen who had wounded him. The abbot...
Page 124 - You and yours shall hold your lands of the Abbot of Whitby, and his successors in this manner: — That upon...
Page 236 - ... from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents.
Page 80 - English of all England, greeting. Know ye that I have granted, and by this my charter have confirmed, to the Burgesses of Nottingham all those free customs which they had in the time of King Henry my...
Page 80 - English, present and to come, greeting. Know ye that I have granted, and by this my...
Page 318 - Know ye that we, of our special grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents...
Page 24 - And to thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven...