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Page 76
Certain persons , ” says the original grant , " did claim common of pasture in
sundry of the said grounds ; " and therefore the Crown undertook to issue a
Commission , to enable claimants “ to treat with such Commissioners , by way of
...
Certain persons , ” says the original grant , " did claim common of pasture in
sundry of the said grounds ; " and therefore the Crown undertook to issue a
Commission , to enable claimants “ to treat with such Commissioners , by way of
...
Page 77
It is matter of fact , however , that the number of those who dissented were three
times as many as those who had given in their names , had every one of them
been the signature of per . sons who possessed right of Common . Those
persons ...
It is matter of fact , however , that the number of those who dissented were three
times as many as those who had given in their names , had every one of them
been the signature of per . sons who possessed right of Common . Those
persons ...
Page 144
Every femme covert being a widow , and every husband of a woman having an
inheritance in this Manor , is to have the same interest in the copyholds , as they
have in freeholds at common law . “ The fines due to the Lord are , £ . 8 . d .
Every femme covert being a widow , and every husband of a woman having an
inheritance in this Manor , is to have the same interest in the copyholds , as they
have in freeholds at common law . “ The fines due to the Lord are , £ . 8 . d .
Page 217
... of apparitions , and witchcraft , and possessions , so silly as well as monstrous
that they might have nauseated the coarsest appetite for wonder ; and he
ascribed a supernatural importance to the most common incidents which befel
him .
... of apparitions , and witchcraft , and possessions , so silly as well as monstrous
that they might have nauseated the coarsest appetite for wonder ; and he
ascribed a supernatural importance to the most common incidents which befel
him .
Page 236
The Vicar also, at that time, obtained an allotment on the Common of eight acres
of land. Since that time the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds was
appropriated by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for the further
augmentation of ...
The Vicar also, at that time, obtained an allotment on the Common of eight acres
of land. Since that time the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds was
appropriated by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for the further
augmentation of ...
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| Title | The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of Trent Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Author | William Brocklehurst Stonehouse |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2005 |
| ISBN | 0598936025, 9780598936028 |
| Length | 463 pages |
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