The History of Wem: And [other] ... Townships [in Shropshire] ...

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Franklin, 1818 - 368 pages
 

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Page 318 - Mary, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the feast of St. Michael, £1 1 3*.
Page 99 - Enough, gentlemen,' replied he, 'my lady is very good, she says, "Go, go!" ' She repeated her former words with all her strength; but...
Page 135 - Heydon, after he was put out of this estate, did surrender it into the hands of the lord of the said manor, to the use of...
Page 41 - Rome, was the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by his third wife, Catharine Swinford.
Page 95 - When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty.
Page 134 - Paying therefore yearly unto us and our heirs at our receipt at our City of Saint Marys at the two most usual feasts in the year viz: the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and at the feast of St. Michael the Arch Angelí by even and equal portions...
Page 132 - Lord Chief Baron and the rest of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer...
Page 100 - Bishop, to excuse his mother and himself, by relating the real truth ; but neither his Lordship nor the Bishop would admit of any plea ; especially the latter, who had the Abbey lighted, the ground opened, the choir attending, an an them ready set, and himself waiting for some time without any corpse to bury. The undertaker, after three days...
Page 94 - ... all presence of mind. He held up his imploring hands, sometimes on one side of the coach, and sometimes on the other, exclaiming, " For the Lord's sake, keep them off...
Page 202 - He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples : For I am sick of love.

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