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... reign of King Edgar it was rebuilt , and finished in the year 970. The stone for this ad- mired structure was brought from Barnock , near Stamford . This astonishing edifice was singularly famous for a stately front , a curious altar ...
... reign of King Edgar it was rebuilt , and finished in the year 970. The stone for this ad- mired structure was brought from Barnock , near Stamford . This astonishing edifice was singularly famous for a stately front , a curious altar ...
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... reign of Henry the Third ; and its revenues , during this period , had increased to the annual sum of 1,7211 . Upon the erection of the episcopal see , these revenues were divided into three parts , two of which were after- wards ...
... reign of Henry the Third ; and its revenues , during this period , had increased to the annual sum of 1,7211 . Upon the erection of the episcopal see , these revenues were divided into three parts , two of which were after- wards ...
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... reigns of Adrian and Antoninus , in the year 144 . Camden observes , that in his time there were eleven arches , though ruinous with age ; and Morton states that there were fourteen . Here are are now four bridges , two consisting of ...
... reigns of Adrian and Antoninus , in the year 144 . Camden observes , that in his time there were eleven arches , though ruinous with age ; and Morton states that there were fourteen . Here are are now four bridges , two consisting of ...
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... reign , David of Scotland was summoned to surrender the castle to the crown of England , but refusing to comply , the sheriff was directed , by royal mandate , to raise the posse comitatus to force him to submis- sion . During the reign ...
... reign , David of Scotland was summoned to surrender the castle to the crown of England , but refusing to comply , the sheriff was directed , by royal mandate , to raise the posse comitatus to force him to submis- sion . During the reign ...
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... reign , taken up his residence ; when Alexander , king of Scotland , had an audience , and promised to do fealty and homage to the King of England . Henry the Eighth settled the honour of Fother- inghay , in dower on Queen Catherine ...
... reign , taken up his residence ; when Alexander , king of Scotland , had an audience , and promised to do fealty and homage to the King of England . Henry the Eighth settled the honour of Fother- inghay , in dower on Queen Catherine ...
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