The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 4Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1858 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... notice we have of this eminent person is that he held the office of Comptroller of the Royal Household to Henry VIII . in 1533. At this time he must have been of mature age ; and being but the younger son of a junior branch of his ...
... notice we have of this eminent person is that he held the office of Comptroller of the Royal Household to Henry VIII . in 1533. At this time he must have been of mature age ; and being but the younger son of a junior branch of his ...
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... notice whatever , which apparent apathy on the part of my pet , I attri- buted to the brightness of the evening , but great was my astonish- ment on the following morning to find one sparrow roosting quietly in a corner , and the other ...
... notice whatever , which apparent apathy on the part of my pet , I attri- buted to the brightness of the evening , but great was my astonish- ment on the following morning to find one sparrow roosting quietly in a corner , and the other ...
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... notices of Kington have been gleaned , possibly interesting to local readers . The only place under the name of Chintone in Wilts , mentioned in the Domesday survey , is an estate of no great extent then held by Ralph de Mortimer , a ...
... notices of Kington have been gleaned , possibly interesting to local readers . The only place under the name of Chintone in Wilts , mentioned in the Domesday survey , is an estate of no great extent then held by Ralph de Mortimer , a ...
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... . 58. J. 22 . Many of these notices of Kington are to be found in Bishop Tanner's Collection , Bodl . Lib . Oxford ; marked T.T. 342 . 2 Plac . de Q. W. p . 802 . The deed was dated Feb. 2 , 14 Edw . 40 Kington St. Michael .
... . 58. J. 22 . Many of these notices of Kington are to be found in Bishop Tanner's Collection , Bodl . Lib . Oxford ; marked T.T. 342 . 2 Plac . de Q. W. p . 802 . The deed was dated Feb. 2 , 14 Edw . 40 Kington St. Michael .
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... notice . JOHN AUBREY F.R.S. Without committing the error either of over - rating or under- rating Aubrey , whatever else he might be , he was certainly an original . Though his writings present a strange farrago , they have nevertheless ...
... notice . JOHN AUBREY F.R.S. Without committing the error either of over - rating or under- rating Aubrey , whatever else he might be , he was certainly an original . Though his writings present a strange farrago , they have nevertheless ...
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Page 326 - In regard to the natural history of these atones," says Stukeley., " the whole country hereabouts is a solid body of chalk, covered with a most delicate turf. As this chalky matter hardened at creation, it spewed out the most solid body of the stones, of greater specific gravity than itself; and, assisted by the centrifuge power, owing to the rotation of the globe upon its axis, threw them upon its surface, where they now lie.
Page 130 - Gigantic Elephants, of nearly twice the bulk of the largest individuals that now exist in Ceylon and Africa, roamed here in herds, if we may judge from the abundance of their remains. Two-horned Rhinoceroses of at least two species forced their way through the ancient forests, or wallowed in the swamps. The lakes and rivers were tenanted by Hippopotamuses as bulky and with as formidable tusks as those of Africa.
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Page 307 - Avebury], into the closes there: where I was wonderfully surprised at the sight of those vast stones, of which I had never heard before, as also at the mighty bank and graffe [ditch] about it.