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... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . See his Life by Prof. C. H. Firth , in the D.N.B. ' where the name is given as John Blakiston ( 1603-1649 ) . He was M.P. for Newcastle , where he was a mercer . The date of his death shows that the question of his ...
... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . See his Life by Prof. C. H. Firth , in the D.N.B. ' where the name is given as John Blakiston ( 1603-1649 ) . He was M.P. for Newcastle , where he was a mercer . The date of his death shows that the question of his ...
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... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . I should say that the suffix is ey , not ney , and that n belongs to the foregoing syllable . In English names ey and ay often mean island . In some , which come to us from France , ay stands for a Roman place - name ...
... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . I should say that the suffix is ey , not ney , and that n belongs to the foregoing syllable . In English names ey and ay often mean island . In some , which come to us from France , ay stands for a Roman place - name ...
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... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . PLOUGH - JAGS . We have this day , Jan. 7 , had a fine " gang " of plough - jags from Burton here . I remember when every village had its own " gang , " but for many years Burton - on - Stather has provided the only ...
... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . PLOUGH - JAGS . We have this day , Jan. 7 , had a fine " gang " of plough - jags from Burton here . I remember when every village had its own " gang , " but for many years Burton - on - Stather has provided the only ...
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... Sparke family for some generations . • . ARCHIBALD SPARKE . 6 • · Particulars relating to birth , his years of association and identity with Carnarvon , where he died and where buried , and any mentionable ana would oblige . Was he ...
... Sparke family for some generations . • . ARCHIBALD SPARKE . 6 • · Particulars relating to birth , his years of association and identity with Carnarvon , where he died and where buried , and any mentionable ana would oblige . Was he ...
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... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . The N.E.D. describing this as frequent in modern use begins with a quotation from the Anglo - Saxon Psalter ( c . 1000 ) , the next instance given being from the Digby Mysteries ( c . 1485 ) . One is reminded of the ...
... ARCHIBALD SPARKE . The N.E.D. describing this as frequent in modern use begins with a quotation from the Anglo - Saxon Psalter ( c . 1000 ) , the next instance given being from the Digby Mysteries ( c . 1485 ) . One is reminded of the ...
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