Remains Historical And Literary Connected With The Palatine Counties Of Lancaster And Chester

Excerpt from Remains Historical and Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 3 HE fifty-two Wills and Inventories, printed in this volume, were mostly 00pied from the originals at Chester by the late Rev. G. J piccope (a. Few having been copied by his father the Rev. J piccope), and with one exception, they occur in volumes 8 and 9 of the Piccope mss., now in the Chetham Library, Manchester. They were omitted, probably from want of room, from the three volumes of Wills and Inventories, edited by the Rev. G. J Piccope, and printed for this Society in 1857, 1860 and 1861. There are many very interesting wills among them, and several full and curious inventories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Remains Historical Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 31: Published by the Chetham Society The three principal offices in the establishment were fimd by individuals of knightly rank, connected with the family either by descent or by marriage, some of whose ancestors had hazarded their lives in the campaigns of Agincourt and engaged in the wars of the Roses, whilst their immediate predecessors had shared in the well-earned glories of Fled den and had returned unscathed from the wars of Scotland. These officers of the Earl had the privilege of applying to their own use, probably in their own domestic establish ments, a certain number of his Lordship's servants, wearing his livery, and whose wages and clothes were supplied by him. They had also horses kept for their convenience, and their high rank was duly recognised in the household. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Remains Historical and Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, 1874, Vol. 93 II. Tracts relating to Military Proceedings in Lancashire during the Great Civil War. Edited and Illustrated from Contemporary Documents by george ormerod, author of The History of Cheshire. Pp. Xxxii', 372. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.