Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, Volume 17Sussex Archaeological Society, 1865 - Archaeology |
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Page 169 - CHRONICLE OF BATTEL ABBEY, in Sussex ; originally compiled in Latin by a Monk of the Establishment, and now first translated, with Notes, and an Abstract of the subsequent History of the Abbey.
Page 165 - Let me go home, I pray you, to my wife and children, to see them kept, and other poore folke that I would set aworke, by the helpe of God. I have set aworke a hundreth persons, ere this, all the yeare together."t Several Sussex families, enriched by the iron manufacture, assumed the rank of gentry about this time.
Page 172 - Charters of the Cinque Ports, two ancient towns, and their members ; translated into English, with annotations historical and critical thereupon. Wherein divers old words are explain'd, and some of their ancient customs and privileges observ'd. London, 1728. f°. 681. LARKING, LB The Domesday Book of Kent. . . . I.ondon, 1869. f°. App. v. contains a brief account of the lost
Page 156 - Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
Page 49 - ... 1538, and is among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum. The bulk of the properties, possessions, rights, liberties, and privileges which thus passed to the king, was granted by him to Sir Anthony Brown, " his Master of the Horse and special favourite, who had married Alice, the daughter of Sir John Gage, one of the commissioners appointed to report on the state of the abbey and to obtain its surrender. He it probably was that first converted into a residence, for himself and his family,...
Page 236 - Heads, as seem requisite to be perus'd, or Occasionally consulted, by the Reverend Clergy. Together with The Books which may be profitably Read on each of those Points, In Order to promote the Forming and Erecting Libraries of three Degrees, viz. General, Decanal or Lending, and Parochial, throughout Her Majesty's Dominions, both at Home and Abroad. To which will be subjoyn'd An Account how far the Design has been hitherto Advanc'd ; and how practicable it may be to perfect the same.
Page 30 - Below the bridge, on the banks of the Thames, formerly stood the abbot of Battle's house. Nearly adjoining was Battle bridge, so called because it was situated on the ground, and over a watercourse, flowing out of the Thames, pertaining to Battle abbey. The walks and gardens on the other side of the way, before the gate of the house, was called the Maze.
Page 35 - ... or free pledges, and every free (or frank) pledge of ten families ; and in every such tithing there was a constable or civil dean appointed, for the subordinate administration of justice : so...
Page 126 - Wollaton make my testament in this manner. First, I leave my soul to God...
Page 86 - I bequeath my soul to Almighty God and my body to be buried in the parish church of our lady St.