The Underchiff of the Isle of Wight, Past and PresentKnight's library, 1911 - 414 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbey acres ancient Appuldurcombe Arreton Aula Azor Bartholomew belonging Bonchurch Boniface Castle century chapel charter circa cliff cottage daughter death deed demesne Domesday Domesday Book earl early Edward Edward III Elizabeth entered escheator estates Estur farm Gatcombe Godshill grant heir held Henry Henry III Heyno Hill Hist Ibid inquisition inst inter Isabella Island Isle of Wight issue Johannes John de Insula John Hacket King King's Knight land later Lawrence Lisle lord Luccombe maner manor marriage married Newport Niton Oglander Old Church parish Patron Popham priory probably Quarr Quarr Abbey recorded rector Redvers reference reign resident Rewe Richard Richard de Redvers road Robert Russel Saxon says seised Shanklin shillings Shorwell Sir John Southampton Steephill Stenbury stone Stur Thomas tithes tythes Undercliff Ventnor village Wathe Whitwell wife William Wodyton Worsley Wroxall Yaverland
Popular passages
Page 232 - Edward, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting.
Page 213 - THIS is the place. Stand still, my steed, Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been.
Page 232 - This Book of Articles before rehearsed is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page 318 - Record, held once in the year, and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the Steward of the Leet j being the King's Court granted by Charter to the Lords of those hundreds or manors.
Page 100 - Rome. The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death to think, that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Page 275 - England without the register's certificate that he had published banns on three ' successive Lord's days, at the close of the morning exercise, in the public meeting place commonly called the church or chapel, or (if the parties preferred it) in the nearest market-place on three successive market days.
Page iv - Yet if their deeper sense he inly weighed, And the dim veil, with which from common view Their fairer parts are hid, aside be laid, Perhaps not vain they may appear to you.
Page 318 - Court leet and there take the oath of allegiance to the king. The other general business of the leet and tourn was to present by jury all crimes whatsoever that happened within their jurisdiction; and not only to present, but also to punish all trivial...
Page 261 - the mind of any person can remain tranquil on " the first view of this wonderful country, or if he " can gaze with indifference on the sublime scene " above and below him, I do not envy the cool " phlegm of his constitution; but I should advise him " to confine his future airings to the level and dusty " roads that surround our metropolis.
Page 318 - ... or Manor before the Steward of the leet, being the king's Court granted by Charter to the Lords of those hundreds or Manors. Its original intent was to view the...