A General History of the County of Norfolk: Intended to Convey All the Information of a Norfolk Tour, with the More Extended Details of Antiquarian, Statistical, Pictorial, Architectural, and Miscellaneous Information; Including Biographical Notices, Original and Selected, Volume 2John Chambers J. Stacy, 1829 - Norfolk (England) |
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Page 369
... persons who originally gained History of Embanking , " is of opinion , this part of Norfolk , called Marshland , from the sea ; where the Saxons were also invited to settle , from the ex- traordinary fertility of the soil ; and that ...
... persons who originally gained History of Embanking , " is of opinion , this part of Norfolk , called Marshland , from the sea ; where the Saxons were also invited to settle , from the ex- traordinary fertility of the soil ; and that ...
Page 370
... person of great sta- ture and courage , assisting the said inhabitants in their right of common , took an axletree from a cart wheel , instead of a sword , and the wheel for a shield or buckler , and thus armed soon repelled the ...
... person of great sta- ture and courage , assisting the said inhabitants in their right of common , took an axletree from a cart wheel , instead of a sword , and the wheel for a shield or buckler , and thus armed soon repelled the ...
Page 393
... person shall be of a honest life and con- versation , religious , grave , and discreet , able to read if such a one may be had , a single woman , her place to be void by marriage , to be fifty years of age at least , no com- mon beggar ...
... person shall be of a honest life and con- versation , religious , grave , and discreet , able to read if such a one may be had , a single woman , her place to be void by marriage , to be fifty years of age at least , no com- mon beggar ...
Page 397
... person could claim wreck but by charter : and 3dly . That the cause was adjourned to the parliament . Query . Does this word ' Parliament ' occur in any record before this time ? * Besides West Hall , here are the manors of Pakenham ...
... person could claim wreck but by charter : and 3dly . That the cause was adjourned to the parliament . Query . Does this word ' Parliament ' occur in any record before this time ? * Besides West Hall , here are the manors of Pakenham ...
Page 403
... person of Lynn , its wings , when extended , measured seven feet three inches , was about four feet high , claws the size of a man's hand , and his beak three inches in circumference . - Gent's . Mag . Dec. 1800 . LYNN REGIS . Forty ...
... person of Lynn , its wings , when extended , measured seven feet three inches , was about four feet high , claws the size of a man's hand , and his beak three inches in circumference . - Gent's . Mag . Dec. 1800 . LYNN REGIS . Forty ...
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