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... Church , Kent , a loose palimpsest brass plate , and he gives the later inscription thus : - " " Pray for the soule ... Church wtin London , Wolman ..... my bodye to be buried in the churche of Cokston in Kent , in the Chapell of our ...
... Church , Kent , a loose palimpsest brass plate , and he gives the later inscription thus : - " " Pray for the soule ... Church wtin London , Wolman ..... my bodye to be buried in the churche of Cokston in Kent , in the Chapell of our ...
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... Church are still there , " must be a bit of a wag , and one who delights to play practical jokes , for the statement is utterly devoid of truth . Still it must be confessed that MR . WALFORD laid are four effigies , removed some ...
... Church are still there , " must be a bit of a wag , and one who delights to play practical jokes , for the statement is utterly devoid of truth . Still it must be confessed that MR . WALFORD laid are four effigies , removed some ...
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... Church , as the Cheshire clergyman no doubt well knows . One of these is , as he says , at the east end of the south aisle , and the other at the east end of the north aisle , although it for- merly stood on the south side of the ...
... Church , as the Cheshire clergyman no doubt well knows . One of these is , as he says , at the east end of the south aisle , and the other at the east end of the north aisle , although it for- merly stood on the south side of the ...
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... Church of Scotland in 1635 having this rubric prefixed to the order for the administration of the Holy Communion , viz . , " So many as intend to be partakers of the Holy Communion shall receive these tokens from the minister the night ...
... Church of Scotland in 1635 having this rubric prefixed to the order for the administration of the Holy Communion , viz . , " So many as intend to be partakers of the Holy Communion shall receive these tokens from the minister the night ...
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... Church , according to the Rubrick and Liturgy of the Church of England as now by law established . And my mind and will is that the Rents and profits of the said lands , Houses , or Ground rents so to be purchased as aforesaid shall be ...
... Church , according to the Rubrick and Liturgy of the Church of England as now by law established . And my mind and will is that the Rents and profits of the said lands , Houses , or Ground rents so to be purchased as aforesaid shall be ...
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