A collection of fragments illustrative of the history and antiquities of DerbyG. Wilkins and son., 1826 |
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... aged 56 years , reigned 38 years . It appears also that eighty years elapsed from the first suppression of monastries to the time of the above grant , or patent , which states it in Michaelmas term 1602. How the grant is called Mary's I ...
... aged 56 years , reigned 38 years . It appears also that eighty years elapsed from the first suppression of monastries to the time of the above grant , or patent , which states it in Michaelmas term 1602. How the grant is called Mary's I ...
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... Aged 64 . Under this stone here lieth one , Whom bribes could ne'er prevail upon , From being for the Tories hearty , In spite of all the Whiggish party : He always cried up Church and King , And scorned to do a knavish thing : Free ...
... Aged 64 . Under this stone here lieth one , Whom bribes could ne'er prevail upon , From being for the Tories hearty , In spite of all the Whiggish party : He always cried up Church and King , And scorned to do a knavish thing : Free ...
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... aged 104. She was a maiden gentlewoman of good character , and a rela- tion to Borlace Warren , Esq . of Stapleford , near Nottingham . It is remarkable that she retained her senses to the last , particularly her sight and hearing in a ...
... aged 104. She was a maiden gentlewoman of good character , and a rela- tion to Borlace Warren , Esq . of Stapleford , near Nottingham . It is remarkable that she retained her senses to the last , particularly her sight and hearing in a ...
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... Aged 31. Samuel dyed the 28th May , 1624 , Aged 37 : buryed in Leigh Church , in Staffordshire : Elizabeth wife to Richard Brandreth dyed the 11th Febr : 1632 , Aged 49 , and lyeth near her mother : Francis yet living which Richard ...
... Aged 31. Samuel dyed the 28th May , 1624 , Aged 37 : buryed in Leigh Church , in Staffordshire : Elizabeth wife to Richard Brandreth dyed the 11th Febr : 1632 , Aged 49 , and lyeth near her mother : Francis yet living which Richard ...
Page 321
... aged 68 , in full confidence of a blessed resurrection through the merits of JESUS CHRIST , the Saviour and Redeemer of Mankind . HER genuine benevolence and unwearied charity will long continue to be remembered by the grateful POOR ...
... aged 68 , in full confidence of a blessed resurrection through the merits of JESUS CHRIST , the Saviour and Redeemer of Mankind . HER genuine benevolence and unwearied charity will long continue to be remembered by the grateful POOR ...
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Abbot acres aforesaid mayor aged aldermen Alkmund's Almshouses Alvaston anno annum appointed appurtenances bailiffs belonging Benjamin Parker body borough aforesaid borough of Derby brethren called capital burgesses Cavendish Chancel Chapel Charter Church of St common clerk Corporation Countess of Shrewsbury County of Derby d'ni daughter Derb Derby aforesaid Derbyshire Derley died Duke of Devonshire Earl Edward Large Elizabeth England erected Francis Gent George Gisborne Grace hath heirs and successors Henry Henry VIII hereditaments ib'm James John Thraves Joseph Justices King King's late letters patents liberties Little Chester Lord lyeth manor March Mary mayor and burgesses meadows messuages Michael Minister Nottingham paid parish of St Parliament persons poor presents prisoners Quarndon Queen quod Regis reign rent Richard Robert Holden Saints Samuel serjeanty shillings successors do grant tenure thereof Thomas town of Derby tythes unto Vicar Warden Werburgh's whatsoever wife William yearly
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Page 67 - YE that we of our special grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant...
Page 496 - O Lord, open ,thou our lips. And our mouth shall shew forth thy ,praise. O God, make ,speed > to ,save us. O Lord, make haste > to help us.
Page 510 - Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the faith, &c.
Page 138 - And further, we will, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors do grant to the aforesaid Mayor and...
Page 343 - To sum up her character with the brevity here required — she was a woman of a masculine understanding and conduct; proud, furious, selfish, and unfeeling. She was a builder, a buyer and seller of estates, a moneylender, a farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber...
Page 217 - ... the oaths, appointed by an act of parliament, made in the first year of the reign of our late...
Page 117 - England concerning succession to an inheritance inasmuch as the inheritance is partible among the heirs male, and from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary hath been partible, our Lord the King will not have that custom abrogated...
Page 126 - Township as shall meet in manner hereby directed shall have hold exercise and enjoy the Office or Offices to which he or they shall be so elected and chosen from the time of such Election until the...
Page 207 - The performances of this wonderful man, in whom were united the strength of twelve, were, rolling up a pewter dish of seven pounds as a man rolls up a sheet of paper ; holding a pewter quart at arm's length, and squeezing the sides together like an egg-shell ; lifting two hundred weight with his little finger, and moving it gently over his head. The bodies he touched seemed to have lost their powers of gravitation.
Page 207 - He also broke a rope fastened to the floor, that would sustain twenty hundred weight; lifted an oak table six feet long with his teeth, though half a hundred weight was hung to the extremity : a piece of leather was fixed to one end for his teeth to hold, two of the feet stood upon his knees, and he raised the end with the weight higher than that in his mouth. He took Mr. Chambers, vicar of All Saints, who weighed twenty-seven stone, and raised him with one hand. His head being laid on one chair,...