History of Ashford

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H. Igglesden, 1868 - 186 pages
 

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Page 82 - That the said person was not put in, wrapt or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only...
Page 104 - Charles 1 1, very favorably received at court, and made one of the royal chaplains. In 1661, he was one of the divines appointed to review the book of Common Prayer ; and, as he complied with the terms of the act of uniformity, he continued a steady conformist to the established church till his death. When the royal society was founded, in 1663, the name of...
Page 107 - ... you once ; and pray take it as follows. I have long, with great pleasure, determined, and no less frequently declared it to my friend Dr. Charlett, upon providing as far as I could by your hand, towards immortalizing the memory of the person, for his fame can never die, of that great man, and my most honoured friend, Dr. Wallis, to be lodged as an humble present of mine, though a Cambridge man, to my dear Aunt, the University of Oxford.
Page 97 - On this day, which was the first anniversary of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, their infant son was admitted by baptism into the Christian Church.
Page 55 - ... fiercely under the reign that was to come. The place of publication of the first edition I do not know, but I presume it was at Geneva or Frankfort. It is closely and vigorously written, deserving, in many parts, a high place among the English prose of that age, though not entirely free from the usual fault — vulgar and ribaldrous invective. He determines all the questions stated...
Page 54 - Whereof politique power groweth, wherefore it was ordained, and the right use and duty of the same? 2. Whether kings, princes, and other governors have an absolute power and authority over their subjects? 3. Whether kings, princes and other...
Page 119 - God, to our Lady Saint Mary, and to all the holy company of heaven, and my body to be buried in the churchyard of...
Page 149 - The family of Arden is very ancient, Robert Arden of Bromich, esq. being in the list of the gentry of this county returned by the commissioners in the twelfth year of king Henry VI. AD 1433.

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