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He purported that it had been handed down to him through generations of his ancestors, the Shropshire Peverel family who claimed to have possessed the Holy Grail in the Middle Ages.
The Mike Arrington Web 2.0 Aussie Quiz Ben Barren 2006
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Perhaps the Peverel family really had possessed an ancient relic that they believed was the Holy Grail, and what Wright claimed to have hidden was this same artifact.
The Mike Arrington Web 2.0 Aussie Quiz Ben Barren 2006
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In fact Peverel is found in Domesday as Piperellus, and Pepperell still exists.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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The rather romantic names Avenel and Peverel seem to be of similar formation, from Lat. avena, oats, and piper, pepper.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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Castle in Plantagenet times; Peverel, a name now familiar through the magic pen of Scott; Talbot, whose progeny, in times when the
The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune 1863
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Lord HASTINGS unites the Hungerford sickle with the Peverel garbe: No. 270; and the _Dacre knot_ is entwined about the Dacre escallop and the famous “ragged staff” of Beauchamp and Neville: No. 235.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Gresham, Marbella, Spain, 19/09/2011 17:51 Peverel has arisen as O & M now, still same horrid service.
Evening Standard - Home Nick Goodway 2011
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Shortly after his arrest, Tchenguiz's residential property-management business Peverel and a number of associated companies were put into administration after
Evening Standard - Home Nick Goodway 2011
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It's got lots of advantages - location, security, parking (I dont personally use the gym or the pool) but the service charges are absolutely ASTRONOMICAL. .without any real explanation, and Peverel is a deeply shady, labyrinthine organisation with so many wheels within wheels that it's almost impossible to get to the bottom of anything without turning it into a full time job.
London SE1 community website geoff holman 2010
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It's got lots of advantages - location, security, parking (I dont personally use the gym or the pool) but the service charges are absolutely ASTRONOMICAL. .without any real explanation, and Peverel is a deeply shady, labyrinthine organisation with so many wheels within wheels that it's almost impossible to get to the bottom of anything without turning it into a full time job.
London SE1 community website geoff holman 2010
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