The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 3Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1857 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... Sheriffs of Wiltshire : By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON Devizes Seals : By Mr. EDWARD KITE ............ . Font in the Church of St. George , Preshute : By ditto .. Pilgrims to Rome from the County of Wilts , A.D. 1504 : By ditto The Office of ...
... Sheriffs of Wiltshire : By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON Devizes Seals : By Mr. EDWARD KITE ............ . Font in the Church of St. George , Preshute : By ditto .. Pilgrims to Rome from the County of Wilts , A.D. 1504 : By ditto The Office of ...
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... Sheriff of the county , or by some of the principal landowners under the Crown within the parish . Two or three distinct cases are mentioned in the record . A certain fellow imprisoned in the castle of Old Sarum on a charge of felony ...
... Sheriff of the county , or by some of the principal landowners under the Crown within the parish . Two or three distinct cases are mentioned in the record . A certain fellow imprisoned in the castle of Old Sarum on a charge of felony ...
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Edward Hungerford Goddard. quietly add in their report , " how much the Sheriff got from Nicholas they do not know . " These cases show , first , that Chippenham had a permanent officer under the title of Bailiff long before the charter ...
Edward Hungerford Goddard. quietly add in their report , " how much the Sheriff got from Nicholas they do not know . " These cases show , first , that Chippenham had a permanent officer under the title of Bailiff long before the charter ...
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... Sheriff of this county . I purpose giving this meeting a few details of the church , which rivals almost any sacred edifice in the diocese , both in size and beauty of detail . Placed at the foot of the great down ramparts of Salisbury ...
... Sheriff of this county . I purpose giving this meeting a few details of the church , which rivals almost any sacred edifice in the diocese , both in size and beauty of detail . Placed at the foot of the great down ramparts of Salisbury ...
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... Estate in certain lands at Steeple Ashton , Semington , Henton , and Littleton . 1623. Sir John Lambe , Knight , was High Sheriff of Wilts . ton . L RUTH , married to Sir Vm . 104 Coffin Plates recently discovered at East Coulston , Wilts .
... Estate in certain lands at Steeple Ashton , Semington , Henton , and Littleton . 1623. Sir John Lambe , Knight , was High Sheriff of Wilts . ton . L RUTH , married to Sir Vm . 104 Coffin Plates recently discovered at East Coulston , Wilts .
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Page 300 - ... he was a father to the poor ; and the cause which he knew not he searched out.
Page 309 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 296 - Ken was afterwards, when the throne was declared vacant, one of those who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, for which, by Act of parliament, he was deprived of his Bishoprick.
Page 54 - Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man ? Some say, the bee stings ; but I say, 'tis the bee's wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since.
Page 301 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Page 291 - Vrats told a friend of mine who accompanied him to the gallows, and gave him some advice, that he did not value dying of a rush, and hoped and believed God...
Page 64 - Next to the immediate discharge of my holy office, I know not how in any course of studies I could have better served my patron, my people, and my successors, than by preserving the memoirs of this parish and the adjacent parts, which before lay remote from common notice, and in few years had been buried in unsearchable oblivion.
Page 134 - ... the young birds (before they were able to fly) with greyhounds. So far from this possibility existing with the present remnant of the breed, the young birds, upon being alarmed, constantly squat close to the ground, in the...
Page 268 - In the elder days of Art, Builders -wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 64 - ... parts, which before lay remote from common notice, and in few years had been buried in unsearchable oblivion. If the present age be too much immersed in cares or pleasures, to take any relish, or to make any use of these discoveries ; I then appeal to posterity : for I believe the times will come, when persons of better inclination will arise, who will be glad to find any collection of this nature ; and will be ready to supply the defects, and carry on the continuation of it.