History, directory, and gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, by W. Parson and W. White, Volume 11827 |
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Page 165 - with great lamentation, and tears unutterable, had spoken these words, even suddenly, and in the same place where she stood, the earth making a hissing noise, presently opened, and swallowed her up, in the presence of all the spectators. As soon as the king perceived this miracle to happen in the presence of all his company he...
Page 202 - French, well known in that city by the fictitious title of the duke of Baubleshire, which, on the decline of his understanding he assumed, and wherein he seemed to have more pride than any peer of the realm adorned with a real one. He wore a star composed of pieces of cloth of different colours, or of painted paper, on the breast of his spencer, a cockade in his hat, and several brass curtain rings on his fingers. He was so enthusiastically enraptured with his visionary dignity, as to imagine...
Page 179 - ... they have learned to read and write, and in the dean's judgment, are sufficiently grounded in the first rudiments of grammar : after admission to be maintained by the church, until they competently understand grammar, and can read and write Latin, for which they shall be allowed four years, or with the dean's assent five at the most : none shall be admitted above fifteen years of age.
Page 265 - Tonstal received his kinsman with great kindness; and soon after his arrival, gave him the archdeaconry of Durham, to which the rectory of Easington was annexed. He immediately repaired to his parish...
Page 329 - Sunderland, a.nd granted the privilege of a market and annual fairs : previous to this incorporation, the borough had been governed by a bailiff, appointed under the bishop's patent.
Page 202 - Northumberland, comprising upwards of 30,000 volumes, which cost him about i'1400, although he was supplied with them by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge at 40 per cent, under prime cost. These useful libraries are placed under the care of the parochial ministers, and the books are lent gratuitously to the parishioners.
Page 431 - The church is in the form of a cross, with a square tower rising from the centre, upon pointed arches, supported on clustered pillars. There is no evidence to prove the time of its being built, but it appears from the great irregularity in placing the stones, observable in...
Page 166 - This alarmed the monks, one of whom went to the king, and informed him, that St. Cuthbert had a mortal aversion to the presence of a woman. Unwilling to give any offence to the church, Edward immediately ordered the queen to arise, who, in her under garments only, returned by the gate through which she had entered, and went to the castle, after most devoutly praying that St. Cuthbert would not revenge a fault, which she had, through ignorance, committed.
Page 198 - Philippa demanding the king of Scotland from John Copeland, he replied that he would not deliver his prisoner to any man or woman except his own lord. At this time, Edward III. was at Calais, and on hearing of the conduct of Copeland, he ordered him to repair thither, which summons he immediately obeyed, having previously secured his captive in a castle in Northumberland. The king, on seeing him, thanked him for his bravery, made him a knight banneret, and settled on him £100 a year in lands, and...
Page 193 - On the brink of the ascent stands the Bailies, object rising gradually above object, guarded with the remains of the town wall, and crowned with the cathedral church, which in this view presents the north and east fronts, like the mitre which binds the temples of ifs prelate ; giving the noblest supreme ornament to the capital of the principality.