The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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The abbot was epistolar of the Order of the Garter . « The walls of the north isle of the Abbey church , ” says Browne Willis , who visited it in 1712 , " are still standing ; it " 6 is in length sixteen , and in breadth four , yards .
The abbot was epistolar of the Order of the Garter . « The walls of the north isle of the Abbey church , ” says Browne Willis , who visited it in 1712 , " are still standing ; it " 6 is in length sixteen , and in breadth four , yards .
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... Order of the Garter . The earliest , and most authentic notice of Windsor , is found in the instrument of donation which King Edward , the Confessor , made of it , among other lands , to the monastery of St. Peter , Westminster .
... Order of the Garter . The earliest , and most authentic notice of Windsor , is found in the instrument of donation which King Edward , the Confessor , made of it , among other lands , to the monastery of St. Peter , Westminster .
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He also made it the seat of the most noble Order of the Garter , which he had previously instituted in the year 1349. Nor should it be forgotten that , at this period , WINDSOR CASTLE . the kings of France and Scotland were WINDSOR ...
He also made it the seat of the most noble Order of the Garter , which he had previously instituted in the year 1349. Nor should it be forgotten that , at this period , WINDSOR CASTLE . the kings of France and Scotland were WINDSOR ...
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... as related by Ashmole , in his history of the Order of the Garter , dated the fourteenth of April in the same year , were directed to several sheriffs to impress diggers , hewers of stone , carpenters , and various other artificers ...
... as related by Ashmole , in his history of the Order of the Garter , dated the fourteenth of April in the same year , were directed to several sheriffs to impress diggers , hewers of stone , carpenters , and various other artificers ...
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In this court are also several apartments belonging to the officers of the Crown and the Order of the Garter . The upper court is a spacious and regular square , containing , on the north side , the royal apartments and St. George's ...
In this court are also several apartments belonging to the officers of the Crown and the Order of the Garter . The upper court is a spacious and regular square , containing , on the north side , the royal apartments and St. George's ...
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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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