The history of the ancient town and borough of Uxbridge, by G. Redford and T.H. RichesWilliam Lake, 1818 |
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... heir of Robert Doiley , by the daughter and heir of the said Wigot . This Milo gave lands parcel of the demesnes of the manor of Colham , to the Abbot of The following is the account of Colham recorded in Domesday " The manor of Coleham ...
... heir of Robert Doiley , by the daughter and heir of the said Wigot . This Milo gave lands parcel of the demesnes of the manor of Colham , to the Abbot of The following is the account of Colham recorded in Domesday " The manor of Coleham ...
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... heirs . Eubulo dying in 1335 , Sir Roger Le Strange , his nephew and heir , granted the reversion of this manor , after the death of the Countess of Lancaster , to Sir Nicholas de Cantilupe , with remainder to himself and his heirs ...
... heirs . Eubulo dying in 1335 , Sir Roger Le Strange , his nephew and heir , granted the reversion of this manor , after the death of the Countess of Lancaster , to Sir Nicholas de Cantilupe , with remainder to himself and his heirs ...
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... heir Jane , married George Lord Stanley , eldest surviving son of Thomas Earl of Derby . Lord Stanley died in his father's life time , having from the time of his marriage been summoned to Parliament as Lord Strange . His eldest son ...
... heir Jane , married George Lord Stanley , eldest surviving son of Thomas Earl of Derby . Lord Stanley died in his father's life time , having from the time of his marriage been summoned to Parliament as Lord Strange . His eldest son ...
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... heir at law of George , to Sir Robert Vyner Bart . In 1700 Thomas Vyner Esq . devisee of Sir Robert , conveyed it by sale to Richard Webb Esq . and Samuel Dodd Esq . ( afterwards Sir Samuel Dodd , and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ...
... heir at law of George , to Sir Robert Vyner Bart . In 1700 Thomas Vyner Esq . devisee of Sir Robert , conveyed it by sale to Richard Webb Esq . and Samuel Dodd Esq . ( afterwards Sir Samuel Dodd , and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ...
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... heir was ; in order to entitle the king to certain advantages incident to the military tenures , by which lands were then possessed † . By an inquisition of the manor of Colham , taken at Colham in the second year of king Edward III ...
... heir was ; in order to entitle the king to certain advantages incident to the military tenures , by which lands were then possessed † . By an inquisition of the manor of Colham , taken at Colham in the second year of king Edward III ...
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Page 114 - Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighborhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements.
Page 79 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Page 115 - ... of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements. They encourage the cultivation of the remote, which must always be the most extensive circle of the country. They are advantageous to the town, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in its neighbourhood. They are advantageous even to that part of the country. Though they introduce some rival commodities into the old market, they open many new markets to its produce.
Page 79 - Here the gray, smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 174 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 78 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Page 78 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Page 79 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command.
Page 58 - ... and to return again to the public debate ; and there being good stairs at either end of the house, they never went through each other's quarters ; nor met, but in the great room.
Page 231 - ... to administer justice for all commercial injuries done in that very fair or market, and not in any preceding one. So that the injury must be done, complained of, heard, and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues longer.