Stoke Poges: A Concise Account of the Church and Manor and Also of the Poet Thomas GrayH. Cox, 1896 - 32 էջ |
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... died in 1367 , and the property passed to her son William , and from him to Richard Molines in 1381. The last of the name was killed in 1428 , while defending a bridge against a sortie during the siege of Orleans , having held the manor ...
... died in 1367 , and the property passed to her son William , and from him to Richard Molines in 1381. The last of the name was killed in 1428 , while defending a bridge against a sortie during the siege of Orleans , having held the manor ...
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... died in 1544 , and was buried , as is shown by his son's will , in the Hastings chapel of Stoke Church . He left three daughters and five sons , the eldest of whom , Francis ( the second Earl ) , was a privy counsellor of Edward VI ...
... died in 1544 , and was buried , as is shown by his son's will , in the Hastings chapel of Stoke Church . He left three daughters and five sons , the eldest of whom , Francis ( the second Earl ) , was a privy counsellor of Edward VI ...
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... died in 1572 , and was buried in the Hastings chapel . Henry ( the third earl , and was as zealous on the Puritan second son of George ) side as his brother was Papal claims . There from Stoke to the Earl in support of Mary and the ...
... died in 1572 , and was buried in the Hastings chapel . Henry ( the third earl , and was as zealous on the Puritan second son of George ) side as his brother was Papal claims . There from Stoke to the Earl in support of Mary and the ...
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... died in 1634 . Until lately the room in which Queen Elizabeth slept was shown at the manor , and contained a very fine portrait of the queen , which , with the rest of the furniture of the house , was sold and dispersed about the ...
... died in 1634 . Until lately the room in which Queen Elizabeth slept was shown at the manor , and contained a very fine portrait of the queen , which , with the rest of the furniture of the house , was sold and dispersed about the ...
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... died 1128-1129 . In 1107 William had founded the first Cistercian house in England , of which the remains are still visible in the lovely valley of Waverley , near Farn- ham , in Surrey . St. Giles was the eighth church so appropriated ...
... died 1128-1129 . In 1107 William had founded the first Cistercian house in England , of which the remains are still visible in the lovely valley of Waverley , near Farn- ham , in Surrey . St. Giles was the eighth church so appropriated ...
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Էջ 8 - Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Էջ 8 - Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danced before him. •> His bushy beard, and shoe-strings green, His high-crowned hat, and satin doublet, Moved the stout heart of England's queen, Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it.
Էջ 24 - I shall continue good part of the summer) ; and having put an end to a thing, whose beginning you have seen long ago, I immediately send it you.* You will, I hope, look upon it in the light of a thing with an end to it; a merit that most of my writings have wanted, and are like to want, but which this epistle I am determined shall not want, when it tells you that I am ever Yours.
Էջ 31 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Էջ 27 - Suddenly, in May, 1757, it was brought to a conclusion in consequence of some concerts given at Cambridge by John Parry, the famous blind harper, who lived until 1782, and whose son was one of the first ARA's. Gray's account of the extraordinary effect that this man's music made on him is expressed in that light vein with which he loved to conceal deep emotion : " There is no faith in man, no, not in a Welshman ; and yet Mr. Parry has been here...
Էջ 30 - Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 'TWAS on a lofty vase's side Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers, that blow ; Demurest of the tabby kind, The pensive Selima reclined...
Էջ 15 - He purposed to build a chapel of stone, with an altar therein, adjoining the church, and a tomb to be raised to his father and mother and a vault for his own body.
Էջ 7 - Stoke, where he died in 1572, and was buried in the Hastings chapel.