The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1777 - Cumberland (England) |
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... most obvious of all reasons , namely , waiting for further materials . Hence it hath happened , that there is . no account in his manufcript from what fountains he derived his in-- formation : and in fact , many of his accounts , when ...
... most obvious of all reasons , namely , waiting for further materials . Hence it hath happened , that there is . no account in his manufcript from what fountains he derived his in-- formation : and in fact , many of his accounts , when ...
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... most ample repofitory of old evidences ; but after the ftricteft inquiry , nothing hath been found now remaining , fave only the above mentioned alphabetical digest , preferved from oblivion by the aforefaid Sir Daniel Fleming . To all ...
... most ample repofitory of old evidences ; but after the ftricteft inquiry , nothing hath been found now remaining , fave only the above mentioned alphabetical digest , preferved from oblivion by the aforefaid Sir Daniel Fleming . To all ...
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... most fatisfactory account of the ancient state of the Borders , and confequently of that remark- able and extraordinary tenure of Border fervice , with which the cuf- toms of every manor throughout both the counties are most intimately ...
... most fatisfactory account of the ancient state of the Borders , and confequently of that remark- able and extraordinary tenure of Border fervice , with which the cuf- toms of every manor throughout both the counties are most intimately ...
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... most fufficient and difcreet bor- derers inhabiting the bounds thereof , who fhall conveen twice in the year , for fuch effect and at fuch time and place , as by the particular commiffioners fhall be appointed unto them . Which Border ...
... most fufficient and difcreet bor- derers inhabiting the bounds thereof , who fhall conveen twice in the year , for fuch effect and at fuch time and place , as by the particular commiffioners fhall be appointed unto them . Which Border ...
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... most commonly Perjury . is the root and ground of the hindrance and perverting of all justice , and the occafion and cause of great disorders ; it is agreed and ordered , that if any of the fubjects of either realm acquit himself by his ...
... most commonly Perjury . is the root and ground of the hindrance and perverting of all justice , and the occafion and cause of great disorders ; it is agreed and ordered , that if any of the fubjects of either realm acquit himself by his ...
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abbey aforefaid againſt alfo alſo ancient Appleby barony barony of Kendal bishop caftle Carliſle chapel Chriftopher church Clifford confiderable cornage Crackenthorp Cumberland daughter and heir death demefne died earl Edward efquire eftate Elizabeth eſtate faid faid Robert fame fecond feems fervice feveral fhall fhould fide fifter firft firſt fome fon and heir fubjects fucceeded fuch Grame granted hath houfe houſe iffue inquifition James Kendal king Henry king's Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore knight laft Lancaſter lands lord lord Clifford lord Wharton lordship Lowther Lowther baronet Machel manor Margaret married meffuages moiety moſt Mufgrave Newbiggin parish perfons poffeffions prefent Prefton purchaſed queen Anne's bounty rector reign of king rent Richard Roger ſaid Sandford ſchool Scotland ſhall Sir James Lowther Sir John Sir John Lowther Sir Thomas Soulby Strickland tenants tenements thefe thereof theſe unto uſe vicar Warcop warden Weft Weftmorland Wharton whofe wife William yearly
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Page 561 - Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all, from...
Page x - This Book of Articles before rehearsed is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page cxxxiii - That the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon the first day of May which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united into one Kingdom, by the name of Great Britain ; and that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as her Majesty shall appoint, and the crosses of St.
Page 561 - Tho' wond'ring Senates hung on all he spoke, The Club must hail him master of the joke, Shall parts so various aim at nothing new? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and his God adores With the same spirit that he drinks and whores; Enough if all around him but admire, And now the Punk applaud, and now the Fryer.
Page 540 - Here I, Thomas Wharton, do lie, With Lucifer under my head, And Nelly my wife hard by, And Nancy as cold as lead. Oh, how can I speak without dread, Who could my sad fortune abide? With one devil under my head And another laid close on each side.
Page 561 - His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty, which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind ; Too rash for thought, for action too refined...
Page 397 - ... the Veteriponts, Cliffords, and their descendants. " At the death of John de Veteripont, during the minority of his son, who was ward to the prior of Carlisle ; we find by an inquisition then taken, that the said prior had suffered the walls and house of Brougham to go to decay, for want of repairing the gutters and roof...
Page cv - I prayed him, therefore, to let them know, that if they would, according to the ancient custom, send to me for leave, they should have all the contentment I could give them ; if otherwise they would continue their wonted course, I would do my best to hinder them.
Page 2 - In these mountains (Crossfell), towards the northeast part of the county, is a very remarkable phenomenon, such as we have not found any account of elsewhere in the kingdom, except only about Ingleton, and other places bordering upon the mountains of Ingleborrow, Pendle, and Penigent, in the confines of the counties of York and Lancaster; it is called a helmwind. A rolling cloud, sometimes for three or four days together, hovers over the mountain tops, the sky being clear in other parts.
Page cxvii - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.