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... mentioned among the recusants in Surrey remaining at liberty ( Cal . Cecil MSS . , ' vol . iv . p . 272 ) . Any further particulars about John Hardy would be AN INGENIOUS EPITAPH . The following epitaph may be of some interest to ...
... mentioned among the recusants in Surrey remaining at liberty ( Cal . Cecil MSS . , ' vol . iv . p . 272 ) . Any further particulars about John Hardy would be AN INGENIOUS EPITAPH . The following epitaph may be of some interest to ...
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... mentioned , That he was the means of hanging many of the innocent Family of the Bells , Under the idle pretence of keeping them from Jang ( ling ) And put great numbers of the hearts of steel into the hottest flames , Merely ( as he ...
... mentioned , That he was the means of hanging many of the innocent Family of the Bells , Under the idle pretence of keeping them from Jang ( ling ) And put great numbers of the hearts of steel into the hottest flames , Merely ( as he ...
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... 553 ; The Grenville Papers , ' iv . 278-9 . 9 C The Capt . Charles Bodens mentioned by MR . ROBERT PIERPOINT is no doubt the processions ) , is kept on 11 May ; that 11 S. XII . JULY 3 , 1915. ] 17 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... 553 ; The Grenville Papers , ' iv . 278-9 . 9 C The Capt . Charles Bodens mentioned by MR . ROBERT PIERPOINT is no doubt the processions ) , is kept on 11 May ; that 11 S. XII . JULY 3 , 1915. ] 17 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... mentioned . In the Blue- book of Members of Parliament , in the list of the Parliament summoned to meet at Westminster , 8 May , 1661 ; dissolved 24 Jan. , 1678/9 , the following appear as members for London City , date of return , 19 ...
... mentioned . In the Blue- book of Members of Parliament , in the list of the Parliament summoned to meet at Westminster , 8 May , 1661 ; dissolved 24 Jan. , 1678/9 , the following appear as members for London City , date of return , 19 ...
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... mention of the statue of William Huskisson , who was killed by the Rocket engine on the occasion of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates ' also makes no mention of this statue , which ...
... mention of the statue of William Huskisson , who was killed by the Rocket engine on the occasion of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates ' also makes no mention of this statue , which ...
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