The History of Chesterfield: With Particulars of the Hamlets Contiguous to the Town, and Descriptive Accounts of Chatsworth, Hardwick, and Bolsover Castle [with Additions] |
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aforesaid borough aforesaid Mayor afterwards aged Aldermen Aldermen and Burgesses Anne annual annum appears appointed Ashover bearing date Bolsover Bolsover castle borough borough aforesaid borough of Chesterfield Boythorpe Brampton Brimington called castle Cavendish chapel Charity Charles Chatsworth churchwardens Cornelius Clarke Corporation Countess Countess of Shrewsbury county of Derby court daughter Derbyshire died Duke of Devonshire Durant Hall Edward elected Elizabeth erected feet Foljambe formerly gent George Glapwell Godfrey Grace half length Hall Hardwick Hasland Heathcote heiress Henry honour inhabitants inscription interred James John John Billingsley Joshua Jebb King Lady land lieth the body Lord married Mary miles Milnes minister Newbold paid Pegge persons poor present Queen reign rent Richard Robert Samuel Sheffield shillings Snitterton stone Tapton Temple Normanton Thomas town of Chesterfield trustees Vicar of Chesterfield vote Walton Whittington wife William William Peverel Wingerworth yearly
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Page 430 - It must have been now that the king resolved to consign this unhappy lady to the stricter care of the Bishop of Durham. Lady Arabella was so subdued at this distant separation, that she gave way to all the wildness of despair; she fell suddenly ill, and could not travel but in a litter, and with a physician. In her way to Durham, she was so greatly disquieted in the first few miles of her uneasy and troublesome journey, that they would proceed no further than to Highgate.
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Page 19 - This Book of Articles before rehearsed is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.