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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... know no other particulars than that the care of their horfes was committed to him , and that for this charge he had eight pence paid him yearly by the Convent of Whitby . As for the rife of furnames in and about Whitby , much more might ...
... know no other particulars than that the care of their horfes was committed to him , and that for this charge he had eight pence paid him yearly by the Convent of Whitby . As for the rife of furnames in and about Whitby , much more might ...
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... know fome of its properties ; but when once feparated , we know not what becomes of it . Since then Pau- linus pretends to give us clearer notions of these matters , let us hear him ; and , divesting ourselves of all paffion and ...
... know fome of its properties ; but when once feparated , we know not what becomes of it . Since then Pau- linus pretends to give us clearer notions of these matters , let us hear him ; and , divesting ourselves of all paffion and ...
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... knows the country : For , if we except the before - mentioned palace of King Ofwald , we find none of them very near the wall . Aidan Castle , about four miles to the north - eaft of Hexham , is the nearest in fituation there- to of any ...
... knows the country : For , if we except the before - mentioned palace of King Ofwald , we find none of them very near the wall . Aidan Castle , about four miles to the north - eaft of Hexham , is the nearest in fituation there- to of any ...
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... know likewife , by relation , that in Africa , Afia , Egypt , and Greece , nay among all nations and kingdoms of the world , where the church of Chrift is established , this our time and order is practifed . Shall then these remote and ...
... know likewife , by relation , that in Africa , Afia , Egypt , and Greece , nay among all nations and kingdoms of the world , where the church of Chrift is established , this our time and order is practifed . Shall then these remote and ...
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... know you not . And if your Father Columba ( yea and our Father , if he be the true fervant of Chrift ) were holy and mighty in miracles , yet can he by no means be preferred to the most bleffed Prince of the Apoftles , to whom our Lord ...
... know you not . And if your Father Columba ( yea and our Father , if he be the true fervant of Chrift ) were holy and mighty in miracles , yet can he by no means be preferred to the most bleffed Prince of the Apoftles , to whom our Lord ...
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Page 126 - 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 126 - 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 126 - 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 126 - You and yours shall hold your lands of the Abbot of Whitby, and his successors in this manner: — That upon...
Page 238 - ... from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents.
Page 82 - 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...
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