The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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It has sent members to parliament since the 20th year of the reign of Edward II . though for some notorious acts of bribery and corruption in the election of their representatives , it deservedly suffered the displeasure of the House of ...
It has sent members to parliament since the 20th year of the reign of Edward II . though for some notorious acts of bribery and corruption in the election of their representatives , it deservedly suffered the displeasure of the House of ...
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It will be sufficient for us , without attempting to trace its earlier history , to state in the year 886 it was the residence of Alfred and his three sons , Edward , Athelward , and Alsward , and that money was coined there called ...
It will be sufficient for us , without attempting to trace its earlier history , to state in the year 886 it was the residence of Alfred and his three sons , Edward , Athelward , and Alsward , and that money was coined there called ...
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... in 1022 , Capute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of Edward the Confessor were translated into Latin , and published for the regulation of all the subjects of the kingdom both English and Danes .
... in 1022 , Capute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of Edward the Confessor were translated into Latin , and published for the regulation of all the subjects of the kingdom both English and Danes .
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It afterwards formed a part of the great possessions of Edward , Duke of Somerset , who was executed in the last year of Edward the Sixth ; and after various successive grants , & c . this manor and estate were finally conveyed , in the ...
It afterwards formed a part of the great possessions of Edward , Duke of Somerset , who was executed in the last year of Edward the Sixth ; and after various successive grants , & c . this manor and estate were finally conveyed , in the ...
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William Walker , Jolin Myllist , William Roke , William Biggs , John Rolfe , and Edward Stephenson . It appears to have been erected by William Montacute , Earl of Salisbury , in the year 1938 , for canons regular of the order of Saint ...
William Walker , Jolin Myllist , William Roke , William Biggs , John Rolfe , and Edward Stephenson . It appears to have been erected by William Montacute , Earl of Salisbury , in the year 1938 , for canons regular of the order of Saint ...
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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