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... , COMMONLY CALLED THE TEMPLE CHURCH . R THE first building was founded by the Knights Tem- plars , in 1185 , and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ; as D 2 appears 28 appears by the following inscription , formerly placed over LONDON . 27.
... , COMMONLY CALLED THE TEMPLE CHURCH . R THE first building was founded by the Knights Tem- plars , in 1185 , and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ; as D 2 appears 28 appears by the following inscription , formerly placed over LONDON . 27.
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... inscription over the door : Vetustate Consumptum . Impensis utriusque Societatis Resti- tutum 1695 . Nichol . Courtney , Rogero Gillingham , } Armig . Thesaur . It is built in the antient Gothic stile , the walls are of stone ...
... inscription over the door : Vetustate Consumptum . Impensis utriusque Societatis Resti- tutum 1695 . Nichol . Courtney , Rogero Gillingham , } Armig . Thesaur . It is built in the antient Gothic stile , the walls are of stone ...
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... inscription : to the 833 memory of SILVESTER DE EVERDON , bishop of Carlisle , archdeacon of Chester , and lord chancellor of England ; bishop from 1246 to 1253 . Sir THOMAS ROBINSON , baronet , treasurer , and protho- notary in the ...
... inscription : to the 833 memory of SILVESTER DE EVERDON , bishop of Carlisle , archdeacon of Chester , and lord chancellor of England ; bishop from 1246 to 1253 . Sir THOMAS ROBINSON , baronet , treasurer , and protho- notary in the ...
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... inscription , once en- graved on one of these monuments , and preserved in manuscript in the Cottonian library , which proves it to have been placed there to the me- mory of one Robert Rosse ( or Roos , ) otherwise called Fursan , à Tem ...
... inscription , once en- graved on one of these monuments , and preserved in manuscript in the Cottonian library , which proves it to have been placed there to the me- mory of one Robert Rosse ( or Roos , ) otherwise called Fursan , à Tem ...
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... inscription , to the memory of JASPER NEDHAM , M. D. 1679 . At the north - east corner a handsome white marble monu ment , with this inscription : Near this place lyeth the body of James Molins , Master of Sur- gery , and Doctor in ...
... inscription , to the memory of JASPER NEDHAM , M. D. 1679 . At the north - east corner a handsome white marble monu ment , with this inscription : Near this place lyeth the body of James Molins , Master of Sur- gery , and Doctor in ...
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