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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... held . As for nepos I have always tranflated it nephew , which I am pofitive is what it really fignifies in every one of our records . Fadum is al- most every where rendered by the English word freehold . Whenever there was reason to ...
... held . As for nepos I have always tranflated it nephew , which I am pofitive is what it really fignifies in every one of our records . Fadum is al- most every where rendered by the English word freehold . Whenever there was reason to ...
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... held under the Abbot and Convent ; as alfo the Palfraymans , the Horfemans , the Waynemans , the Baileys , the Can- delers , the Monkmans , the Saddlers , the Brewers , the Coupers , the Bakers , the Smiths , the Mafons , and the ...
... held under the Abbot and Convent ; as alfo the Palfraymans , the Horfemans , the Waynemans , the Baileys , the Can- delers , the Monkmans , the Saddlers , the Brewers , the Coupers , the Bakers , the Smiths , the Mafons , and the ...
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... held in the fucceeding reign , fhe was enabled to make fo noble a ftand against the church of Rome , about the observance of Eafter ; where tho ' fhe loft her caufe , by being out - voted , yet that did not leffen her efteem for the ...
... held in the fucceeding reign , fhe was enabled to make fo noble a ftand against the church of Rome , about the observance of Eafter ; where tho ' fhe loft her caufe , by being out - voted , yet that did not leffen her efteem for the ...
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... held by the wifer and better part of man- kind , even while alive . What refpect the vulgar paid to his memory fuffici- ently appears , not only from the palace of King Ofwald , which we have already mentioned , but also from several ...
... held by the wifer and better part of man- kind , even while alive . What refpect the vulgar paid to his memory fuffici- ently appears , not only from the palace of King Ofwald , which we have already mentioned , but also from several ...
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... ( held more than three centuries before this ) not on the day of the full moon next after the vernal equinox , but on the Sunday that followed next after that day . Nor will this difference to any unprejudiced man appear a thing material ...
... ( held more than three centuries before this ) not on the day of the full moon next after the vernal equinox , but on the Sunday that followed next after that day . Nor will this difference to any unprejudiced man appear a thing material ...
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Abbot and Convent acres aforefaid church againſt alfo alſo anceſtors appurtenances Archbishop Archbishop of York Archdeacon belonging Biſhop carucate of land Chaplain charter confirmed Cholmley chriftians church of St church of Wyteby clofe confiderable Convent of Whiteby defire donation Efke faid Abbot faid church falvation fame feal feems fervants fervice feven fhall fhillings fhips fhould fide fince firſt fome foul fuch gave heirs or fucceffors Hilda himſelf holy houfe houſe Hugh Hylda at Wyteby John Karliol likewife Lord manor Martinmas moft Monaftery Monks ferving Monks performing divine moſt Northumberland obferved oxgangs of land perfons performing divine fervice perpetual alms Peter and St poffeffed poffeffion prefent Prieft Ralph reafon refided Richard Richard de Percy Robert Roger ſaid Saltwick Sneton Streanfhalh thefe themſelves thereof theſe thofe Thomas thoſe tithes toft town uſed Walter weft Whitby Abbey Whitby Strand William de Percy Witneffes yearly York
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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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