The Topographer: Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England, Volume 2Sir Egerton Brydges Robson and Clarke, 1790 - Great Britain |
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... say that the Arguments of their Corre- fpondent , tho ' very ingenious , are not fatisfactory to them . Indeed the law upon the fubject is determined , and reafons , which appear to them , conclufive , fuggeft themselves to their minds ...
... say that the Arguments of their Corre- fpondent , tho ' very ingenious , are not fatisfactory to them . Indeed the law upon the fubject is determined , and reafons , which appear to them , conclufive , fuggeft themselves to their minds ...
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... now enjoys it . " It paffed from the Stawel fa- mily above 40 years ago by an heiress to the Congreves . Top . Vol . I. p . 33. - Editor . See " At " At Stratfield - Say , Nicholas de Stoteville , Review of Gough's Camden . 53.
... now enjoys it . " It paffed from the Stawel fa- mily above 40 years ago by an heiress to the Congreves . Top . Vol . I. p . 33. - Editor . See " At " At Stratfield - Say , Nicholas de Stoteville , Review of Gough's Camden . 53.
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... Say , Nicholas de Stoteville , founder of Valle- mont Abbey , Normandy , founded a cell of Benedictine Monks , under a Prior 1170. The cell was in Berkshire , but the parish in Hampshire . " See Top . Vol . I. p . 191 . P. 161. The feat ...
... Say , Nicholas de Stoteville , founder of Valle- mont Abbey , Normandy , founded a cell of Benedictine Monks , under a Prior 1170. The cell was in Berkshire , but the parish in Hampshire . " See Top . Vol . I. p . 191 . P. 161. The feat ...
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... Say and Sele , and from them by an heiress to the Twilletons , now Lords Say and Sele , and the pre- fent owners . The Church of Bletfo , in Bedfordshire . " Hic jacet Radulphus Lamior quondam Coferarius et Cuftos Garderoba primus cum ...
... Say and Sele , and from them by an heiress to the Twilletons , now Lords Say and Sele , and the pre- fent owners . The Church of Bletfo , in Bedfordshire . " Hic jacet Radulphus Lamior quondam Coferarius et Cuftos Garderoba primus cum ...
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... up . The remaining queftion therefore is , whether the Writ in this cafe creates a new Barony of the fame title or not ? We I venture to say , it does not , because Confiderations regarding Writs of Summons , & c . 125.
... up . The remaining queftion therefore is , whether the Writ in this cafe creates a new Barony of the fame title or not ? We I venture to say , it does not , because Confiderations regarding Writs of Summons , & c . 125.
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